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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 7, 
RAISING THE YEARLING COLT. 
Give It Enough to Eat. 
Our colts are all raised from mares 
that do the work on the farm. If they 
do not foal before the Spring work be¬ 
gins, I work them up to time wax forms 
on the teats. (I want to say here always 
use extra long whiffletrees, so the traces 
will not chafe or press too hard on mare’s 
side.) The mare is then turned loose in 
large box stall, or if weather is warm out 
in a lot alone, and from that time until 
colt comes and stands up, I am not very 
far away. When colts suck I do not 
bother any more with them only to see 
the mare has plenty of bran and oats and 
water. If work is pressing, the mare is 
put to work again on third or fourth day 
after foaling. The colt is kept shut up in 
box stall; at no time is it allowed to fol¬ 
low the mare when at work, but we take 
the mare to the colt at half-past nine in 
the forenoon and at half-past three in 
the afternoon, always being careful that 
the mare is not too warm. I do not think 
we lose any more time in this way than 
we would if colt was tagging around all 
the time and it is better for both mare 
and colt. The colt soon learns to eat a 
little out of mare’s feed box, and then a 
separate box is put where mare cannot 
get at it, and some bran and oats are 
kept in it for the colt, and it soon learns 
to walk up to its box like an old horse. 
From that time on if the mare is work¬ 
ing, we do not bring her to stable between 
stopping times, but keep water where colt 
can get it, if it wants a drink. While the 
colt is in stable is good time to get on 
friendly terms and get it used to being 
handled. I have had them so before now 
they would follow me around like a dog. 
Any time when mare is not at work in 
Summer she is turned out, but if she 
comes up to barn at any time during the 
day I put her in if I am around and give 
her a feed. Wean at five months old. 
Shut colt up away from mare entirely and 
keep it there until it gets over the loss 
of mother, and gets so friendly it will 
come up to you without any fear. I al¬ 
ways aim to keep the colt thriving; do 
not allow it to get in poor condition. To 
start with I feed a quart of bran and 
quart of ground oats twice a day, and 
when it gets so it eats that up and looks 
for more I increase the ration up to two 
quarts of each twice a day. That with 
all the hay it will eat up clean keeps it 
in fine condition. It also gets salt once 
a week and on fine days is let out for a 
short time. I keep the colt on ground 
floor with plenty of bedding, and clean 
out frequently, or the manure will get 
hot and that 1 think is not good for colt’s 
feet. The colt is also halter broken so 
it will lead anywhere and stand tied, and 
also used to being curried and brushed, 
and to have its feet lifted up so that 
when shoeing time comes there is no 
trouble. It is more cost and trouble to 
raise a colt in this way than by the 
method of letting it run around the straw 
stack, but it pays, for if any animal is 
half fed and uncared for when it is young 
it never regains what it has lost. Our 
colts come out in Spring at a year old 
smooth and slick, no fleece of long hair 
like wool, no lice; do not have to be 
raised by the tail nor stand against fence 
to keep from falling, but with head up 
and tail over back like a squirrel. They 
start the second year as they should, and 
the owner will be more than paid for his 
care and expense in seeing how they look 
and how they enjoy themselves when 
turned out to pasture. O. N. 
Do Not Feed Corn. 
Avoid feeding the mare much corn dur¬ 
ing gestation. Fasten rail across corner 
of box stall, place a box there, and when 
mare is fed, feed the colt too, oats or 
chop feed. Wean at three months old. 
Keep mare in at night and let colt to 
pasture with other horses. Always feed 
three times a day, and keep colt in stable 
during the daytime. Feed all the oats 
it will eat until about seven months 
old; then you can limit according 
to condition. Never feed a colt un¬ 
der one year old any corn. Always re¬ 
member a colt is like a growing boy. He 
can eat between meals and is always hun¬ 
gry when mealtime comes. A colt fed 
entirely on oats will be fat and neat; have 
short hair and an eye as clear as a dia¬ 
mond, and will jump four feet high if you 
snap your finger. At two years he will 
be pretty well grown out, and be ready 
for light work. After the mare’s milk is 
dried up put calf muzzle on colt and turn 
both out at night. j. p. w. 
Detour, Md._ 
TO PREVENT GNAWING WOOD OR 
HALTER. 
I noticed that your veterinary advised 
placing a muzzle on a horse or mule to 
keep him from gnawing the woodwork 
of his stall. This would be a troublesome 
remedy, as it would have to be removed 
every time the animal was fed. I have 
found that by painting the woodwork 
with coal tar the worst wood-gnawing 
horses would never bite it afterward. The 
tar should be put on while hot. An old 
broom or whisk brush may serve as a 
paint brush. I have also found a way to 
cure a horse of biting his halter strap or 
rope by boiling the rope in water in 
which a bar of cheap washing soap has 
been dissolved. This remedy tried on 
several horses which I have owned never 
failed. One horse, when I first got him, 
would bite a heavy rope in two almost as 
soon as tied. A small soaped rope cured 
him completely. That was nearly 10 years 
ago and it has not been necessary to tic 
him with a chain since. W. e. b. 
Chatham, N. J. 
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Another simple remedy is a strong decoction 
of quassia chips, but this cannot lie used in 
cold weather, for the animal must be thor¬ 
oughly wetted with the quassia tea. It is 
better than tobacco tea, as it does not make 
the animal sick, quassia being an excellent 
tonic. SARA A. LITTLE. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
Farmers’ I Torse Companies.-— As to that 
farmers’ horse company, page 242, will say in 
brief that about 12 years ago two coach 
stallions were shipped to this county and 
were sold to a company consisting of bank¬ 
ers and mostly farmers. Stallions cost $2,000 
each, which were really worth no more than 
$1,200 each. This proved to he a failure; 
when all was simmered down it was discov¬ 
ered that the former never had a dollar in¬ 
vested, simply his signature to draw the good 
honest farmers, who at the end paid for the 
horses and were at a loss. I would not 
breed a draft mare to a coach horse for the 
reason you will simply get nothing but a 
common horse. A. R. 
Marshall Co., Ind. 
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to produce the profit. As it is the food digested and assim¬ 
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