93 THE HORSE 



tated to put my most finely-bred carriage colts 

 to farm work, indeed have sometimes gone to con- 

 siderable inconvenience to do so. 



Of course, judgment must be used. I have 

 rarely kept a colt (unless of draft stock) at the 

 plow more than two or three hours and at the har- 

 row a still shorter time. The main thing, as al- 

 ready stated, is not the work we get out of him, 

 but the steadying and civilizing effect that it has 

 upon him. 



