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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November l 1 ?, 
HOW TO RAISE A COLT. 
I have a nice colt, foaled July 2; he is 
growing nicely up to now, and eats hay, 
grass and bran. I want to know the A. B. C. 
of how to feed, what to feed and how much 
to feed; also when to wean the colt, or in 
other words I want to know just how to 
raise a good big work horse. 'The dam is a 
Percheron, weighing 1,400 and the sire is 
the same. I want a good horse or none at 
all. and after I know how I don’t think that 
It will be any harder to raise a good one 
than a runt. A - s - 
Connecticut. 
If, as F. A. S. states, his colt has a sire 
and dam of good size and breeding, and 
his colt is growing nicely, he is well past 
the ABC, and getting along toward the 
X Y Z of a good horse. Let the colt run 
with his mother until six months old, and 
longer if he is not too much of a tax on 
her strength. We have weaned colts at 
four months old, but always regretted do¬ 
ing so afterward. Feed the mare well 
and induce the colt to eat bran or ground 
oats, or both. Handle the colt, pet him 
until he will come to you anywhere and 
enjoy having your arm over his neck; 
gain his confidence so that he will think 
anything you do is all right. \ hen when 
you do wean him leave him in his own 
box stall, and take the mare out of hear¬ 
ing altogether, to another barn if possible. 
If you leave the mare near the colt he 
will worry more, and probably hurt him¬ 
self trying to get to her. From now on 
aim to keep him contented and happy, let 
him have as much exercise as possible 
without exposing him to stormy weather, 
and give him plenty to eat; ground oats, 
ground wheat or rye, or even whole oats. 
The knowing ones tell us that a colt can¬ 
not chew whole oats, but there,is nothing 
he likes better, or thrives on better, than 
whole oats, unless it be coarse (flaky) 
wheat bran. Mixed with bran, feed it dry 
mostly, but wet it for him once in two 
or three days, and then change his feed 
frequently, giving all bran or all oats at 
a feed to coax his appetite. I find that a 
growing colt needs as much grain feed as 
a driving horse, and as he advances in 
size and age he will require more. There 
is very little danger of giving him too 
much, especially if half his entire grain 
ration consists of wheat bran, of which, as 
a colt food too much cannot be said in 
its favor. It supplies material for the 
making of bone and muscle, regulates the 
bowels and assists in keeping the skin 
healthy, and he cannot eat enough of it to 
hurt him. During cool weather cornmeal 
may be added up to 25 per cent by weight 
of the entire ration. Early cut hay with 
plenty of clover in it is better than Tim¬ 
othy, and he should not be expected to 
eat it very close, but be permitetd to pick 
it over somewhat. Our experience leads 
me to say in conclusion, feed bran, any 
of these grains or all of them, and allow 
the colt to balance his own ration, but 
keep him plump and fat every day of his 
life. 
After he is two years old put the pole 
in that runabout and hitch him with a 
good, prompt, sensible horse (not a lazy 
old mare), and drive him, for this is as 
much a part of raising a colt as the feed¬ 
ing. Get him started going and then keep 
him moving right along; he won’t have 
time to balk, or turn, or scare. Don’t go 
out to the “top of the hill” or the “forks 
of the road” and turn around, but go 
somewhere. If you turn him on the road 
he will remember it and turn there some 
time when you don't want him to. Don t 
drive too far at first, nor too often, but 
let his drives be as regular as is conven¬ 
ient, increasing his work as he increases 
in age and strength, but always keep 
within his strength and endurance; even 
if he does weigh 1,300 or 1,400 pounds at 
four years old he is only a colt yet, and 
should not be treated as a mature horse. 
This is the way we raise our colts, and 
we have raised some that we were proud 
of, just as good as it was possible • for 
them to be, breeding and parentage con¬ 
sidered, but not always. Sometimes they 
come lacking in vitality and drag along, 
are pushed or coaxed along, never thriv¬ 
ing, until they get large enough to hold 
up one end of a neck yoke. Then we 
start to drive them, when the enforced ex¬ 
ercise drives the blood to-the very remot¬ 
est blood cell, carrying life and vigor with 
it. CHARLES J. WOLFE. 
Pennsylvania. 
F. A. S. wishes to raise the best possi¬ 
ble horse in the best way. Many things 
are essential to the accomplishment of this 
object; plenty of food of the best quality, 
pure water, sunshine and warmth, fresh 
air and exercise, kind companionship and 
grooming. This nice colt already three 
months old and “growing nicely” argues 
that the clam is well fed and cared for. 
In order to secure best results I would, 
if possible, not wean him before six 
months old, as the dam, even if working, 
if fed an extra grain ration, will feed him 
without injury to herself. She may lose 
flesh which will be regained after the colt 
is weaned. Too much care cannot be ex¬ 
ercised at weaning time that the colt shall 
not injure himself in his efforts to escape 
from confinement and reach his dam. If 
he has been taught to stay alone for a few 
hours at a time he will fret less at this 
time. Give him a roomy box stall on the 
sunny side of the barn, without nails, 
splinters or sharp corners, and with a 
window protected inside with wire net¬ 
ting. Colts like to see what goes on out¬ 
side. Have a small door high up for ven¬ 
tilation and keep it open during the day 
and at night when the weather is warm. 
Keep a good-sized box or manger filled 
with clean bright hay—nothing is better 
than clover rowen—cleaning out each day 
and filling fresh. The horses will cat 
what he leaves. Dr. Smead says the best 
grain ration for a colt is oats and wheat 
bran mixed, equal parts by weight, and 
fed one pound to each one hundred pounds 
of colt each day, one-half in the morning 
and the rest at night. The best plan is 
to lead him to water three times a day, 
always supposing him to have been halter- 
broken in the first days of his life, so he 
is constantly reminded that you are both 
master and friend. Keep salt in a box 
nailed in a corner at a comfortable dis¬ 
tance from the floor. He must have it if 
he is to do well. At weaning time allow 
him to go to the dam for a short time 
each morning and again at night for a 
few days, then only in the morning, then 
every other day, and finally not at all. 
This is safer for the mother than a sud¬ 
den change. Keep his stall clean and well 
bedded, and straighten his hair every day, 
handling his legs and cleaning his feet. 
Allow plenty of exercise, except when the 
weather is entremely cold or stormy, when 
he is better indoors. maple grove. 
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