Ill MANAGEMENT OF THE FOAL 
1. The Suckling Foal 
At the Ritchie Stock Farm, Selma Farm, Cornell University, Hayfield 
Farm, Holbert Farms, and White Oak Stock Farm the nursing foals get 
grain as soon as they nibble on it. Other farms reporting differ in each 
individual case as to the age when the suckling foals are fed grain. From 
the Gossard Breeding Estates comes the statement that nursing colts are 
fed on grain as early as 7 days old, while at the Waddington Farm it is 
claimed that the first grain feed provided for their colts is given 
a month before weaning time. According to Cooley the nursing 
foals at the Purdue University get their first grain when only 2 to 3 weeks 
old; at the Pentoila Stock Farm, when 4 to 6 weeks old; at the University 
of Missouri, as 30-day-olds; at the Michigan Agricultural College, at the 
age of 3 to 4 weeks; at the Minnesota University when 6 to 8 weeks old; 
at the Maple Lawn Farm, as 3-weeks-old; at the Central Kentucky Farms, 
Woodside Farm, and Lefebure Sons’ Co., when a month old; at the Santa 
Anita Rancho, at the age of 2 to 4 months; at the Raboin Pioneer Home¬ 
stead Farm, Iowa State College, Rookwood Farm, and Maplegrove Farm, 
when 2 months old; at the Wisconsin University and J. H. Serven & Son, 
when 2 to 3 months of age; at the Lakewood Farm, as 3-month-olds; at the 
Illinois University, when 3 to 4 months old; and at the Longview Stock 
Farm, at the age of 3 to 6 months. 
Eighteen breeding establishments report on feeding their suckling foals 
all the grain they will eat. These include the Maplegrove Farm, Maple 
Lawn Farm, Woodside Farm, Holbert Farms, Minnesota University, Pen¬ 
toila Stock Farm, University of Missouri, Michigan Agricultural College, 
Waddington Farm, Lakewood Farm, White Oak Stock Farm, Cornell Uni¬ 
versity, Ritchie Stock Farm, Truman’s Pioneer Stud Farm, Hawthorn 
Farm, Raboin Pioneer Homestead Farm, Illinois University, and Long¬ 
view Stock Farm. In a specific way, reports from the Hayfield Farm and 
Iowa State College state that their nursing foals are fed all the grain they 
will eat up two times daily, and likewise at the Chestnut Farms they get 
all they will eat three times a day. At the Selma Farm nursing foals are 
also fed grain three times daily. At the Santa Anita Rancho the practice 
is to furnish grain only in the morning and at night. According to Hooper, 
at the Central Kentucky Farms, nursing colts receive their grain feed in 
creeps and sometimes on the pasture, but more frequently in the former. 
They get one pint of grain at first. At times they may be fed in boxes in 
the mother’s stalls. Foals at the Thos. Kiddoo Farm also feed in creeps. 
At the Oakdale Farm the suckling foals get the same feed as the mare 
three times a day all that they will clean up in an hour. Similarly, at the 
Wisconsin University the suckling colts are fed the same time and as 
often as the mother, and so, too, at the Arngibbon Farm they eat grain 
with their dams. At the Gossard Breeding Estates the suckling colts are 
fed also at the same time as their dams in the feed manger, but they are 
separated by tying the mare. At Purdue University the nursing colts get 
from one to three grain feedings a day. 
At the Gossard Breeding Estates, Longview Stock Farm, Lakewood 
Farm, Hawthorn Farm, Lefebure Sons’ Co., Michigan Agricultural Col¬ 
lege, Truman’s Pioneer Stud Farm, Illinois University, and Hayfield Farm, 
nine breeding establishments in all, the nursing colts are fed on oats as 
the sole grain feed. At the Hawthorn Farm and Lefebure Sons’ Co., re¬ 
ports specify that the oats fed are rolled and at the Truman’s Pioneer 
Stud Farm, Illinois University, and Hayfield Farm the oats are fed in a 
