Breeding and Management of Horses on a Farm. 
£43 
real' a fine colt of any breed will never succeed in so doing by 
parsimonious means. 
The expense of breeding and rearing fine carriage-colts must 
necessarily be greater than that of breeding for the team only, 
inasmuch as the stallion, in the first instance, will cost more ; the 
colt must be allowed corn from an early age, or he will never 
attain the size and stature requisite for his work ; and, moreover, 
he should not be broken-in before he be full three years old, and 
for some period after should only be put to the gentlest work. 
His expenses will probably stand thus : — 
£ s. d. 
Stallion 330 
Keep of mare for one month . . . . . 0 14 0 
Do. of colt for two years and a half, with corn during six 
months of each year . . . . . . 30 0 0 
Breaking-in .... . . . .220 
35 19 0 
The additional care and attention that these animals will re- 
quire ; the expenses of clothing, wages, horse-fair, &c. &c., will, 
on a rough calculation, take at least 40Z. out of the farmer's pocket 
at four years old ; and at that age a handsome and powerful colt, 
fit for the London market, may fetch on an average about GO/., 
although many of them do realize a much larger sum from the 
first-rate London dealers. To do so, however, they must not only 
be of a very good quality and have showy action, but must like- 
wise be five years old, as they are not fit for town-work much 
before that age. The average profit, therefore, of a good carriage 
colt at four years old may be from 20Z. to 25/. 
The expense of breeding and rearing the hunter will be greater 
than that of either of the former breeds, from various causes. 
The cost of the stallion will be greater ; he will probably never 
do any, or at all events very little harness -work ; and must like- 
wise, to fetch his full value, be kept until five years old, at least, 
before he is sold. Adding, therefore, two guineas, at the very 
lowest computation, for a stallion of character, and at least 20/. 
for keep from the age of four to five years, a hunter will not cost 
the farmer less than sixty guineas when fit for sale, and, inde- 
pendent of these expenses, the prime cost of the dam may have 
been considerable, and she may not be powerful enough to do 
much hard work upon the farm. 
Now, at five years old a horse should have some character in 
the field as a hunter to realize the sum of 80/., although, if he be 
a horse possessed of considerable speed and power, he may fetch 
a good deal more. The farmer consequently prefers keeping 
