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a twenty-four-year-old mare; at the Oaklawn Farm, instances of mares 
twenty-eight years old are known to have raised foals, and at the Oak¬ 
dale Farm a mare at the age of twenty-five years is also indicated as hav¬ 
ing delivered a colt. 
6. Work 
Excepting only in two farms, the Waddington Farm and Oaklawn Farm, 
where mares are not worked, in others, including thirty-three establish¬ 
ments altogether, such as the Truman’s Pioneer Stud Farm, Thompson- 
dale Farm, Rookwood Farm, Chestnut Farms, Hayfield Farm, Cornell 
University, Selma Farm, Santa Anita Rancho, Wisconsin University, 
Woodside Farm, Thos. Kiddoo Farm, University of Illinois, Raboin Pio¬ 
neer Homestead Farm, Iowa State College, Holbert Farms, J. H. Serven 
and Son, Pentoila Stock Farm, Maple Lawn Farm, Gossard Breeding Es¬ 
tates, Irvinedale Farm, White Oak Stock Farm, G. Andrews and Son, 
Longview Stock Farm, Ritchie Stock Farm, Arngibbon Farm, Hawthorn 
Farm, Purdue University, Michigan Agricultural College, University of 
Minnesota, Lefebure Sons’ Co., Oakdale Farm, Lakewood Farm, and Uni¬ 
versity of Missouri, mares are worked, generally farm work. At Central 
Kentucky Farms, says Hooper, mares are likewise worked. According to 
Stericker, also, mares should be worked, but not too heavily, nor should 
they be backed. 
With regard to suckling mares, these are not worked at the Maple Lawn 
Farm, and Santa Anita Rancho. At the Selma Farm, Chestnut Farms, J. 
H. Serven and Son, Holbert Farms, and Hayfield Farm, the mares are, as 
a general rule, not worked. Several farms report the working of suckling 
mares, namely: the Truman’s Pioneer Stud Farm, Thos. Kiddoo Farm, 
Woodside Farm, Rookwood Farm. Longview Stock Farm, Lakewood Farm, 
Pentoila Stock Farm, Ritchie Stock Farm, University of Missouri, Uni¬ 
versity of Minnesota, White Oak Stock Farm, G. Andrews and Son, and 
Gossard Breeding Estates. At other farms, while suckling mares are also 
worked, it is brought out that they should not be strained hard at all, but 
rather a light work should be given. These farms include the University 
of Illinois, Raboin Pioneer Homestead Farm, Purdue University, Michi¬ 
gan Agricultural College, Cornell University, Thompsondale Farm, and 
Wisconsin University. 
7. Pasturage 
Thirty-three farms reporting all unanimously indicate that mares are 
turned out in the pasture during the “grass season,” provided that they 
are not worked as some breeders point out. But during “fly time,” which, 
according to White occurs from July 15 to September 15, several breeders 
believe that mares should be sheltered during the day time, to be turned 
out only at night. As Peterson remarks, the mares may have access to a 
shed where they may shelter readily when flies are bothersome. Presum¬ 
ably, a shelter is located on the pasture and mares turned loose when they 
are idle may come to the shed any time they please. At the Holbert Farms 
working mares are also pastured, but only at night. 
In response to the question asking the approximate area of paddock or 
pasture necessary for the mare throughout the year, three farms—the 
Santa Anita Rancho, Oaklawn Farm, and the Gossard Breeding Estates— 
place it as of one acre; three others—the Maple Lawn Farm, Truman’s 
Pioneer Stud Farm, Lakewood Farm, and Michigan Agricultural College 
concur on allotting two acres; and two farms—the Raboin Pioneer Home¬ 
stead Farm and Selma Farm—advocate the apportionment of three acres. 
The Chestnut Farms use the three-quarter-acre lots, and according to 
Peters it should be one and a half to two acres of pasture for each mare 
throughout the year, while Trowbridge favors the employment of two and 
