Show JUDICIOUS OF FALL C z I 1 excellent types of farm animal BT W M KELLY there are many reasons why the practice of breeding tho the farm mares for fall colts colta should prove advantageous however very few farmers have made it a success to be suro sure a maro mare can roar rear her foal very nicely during tho the winter and if she bhe falls to get with foal in the spring there Is no good reason why she should be allowed to miss tho the whole year but as an a general thing the spring colts pay best spring is the natural seas season for mares to bring forth their young this Is not tho the most important reason but we all know that grass is the best bes t food for young foals that Is of 0 c ourse course when properly supplemented with grain in the winter when fed drybrough dry roughage the ettelt upon its digestive english Champ champion loi shire tern la Is tar far interior to that ot at grass and too there is ia the question of plenty ot of exercise and sunshine colts need plenty of exercise and sunshine to build up strong muscles and sinews in the cold weather he la is kept in the stable most moat of the time kept in a stall during the winter his feet are sure to grow crooked unless intelligent care caro jwta en of them in the summer the natural wear arid and tear of traveling about the p pasture as hoeka his bis feet in ideal shape so that a very little attention Is required to keep them of the right length As a general thing the milk that A a mare gives during the winter Is of rather an uncertain quality the amount of milk a maro mare produces Is not large even on grass in the winter when she Is fed dry roughage and grain her production is very small of course this can be supplemented by the milk of a cow but the feeding of cows milk to young foals Is a matter which requires the most moat painstaking care and even then tho the results aro are not always satisfactory still another advantage of rearing spring colts bolts Is the iho fact that weaning period comes when the mare Is naturally going dry horses like other do domestic mertic animals are highly artificial products Ilowe however vei the greatest success Is attained by raising them as nearly as possible in their natural state plenty of green grass sunshine exercise and the added milk production of the mare are the principal reasons why spring foals are best on the other hand many farmers who advocate breeding for fall colts claim that they can get better service out of oti their mares during the springs work on ray my own farm I 1 have never been able to see much in this claim grain harvesting are fully as aa hard work a plowing and cultivating any fair minded man will agree that haul ing a corn binder when the temperature Is around 90 degrees la is no suitable work for brood mares that are heavy with foal no matter what season of the year common gense sense must be exercised in the caro and band handling lins of work mares that hat are heavy with f cal if one is to succeed in raising good colts it does not require a great deal ul of skill to raise a fall colt it if good sense is exercised in the process it the foal is shut up in a tight stall and compelled belled to stand on manure and filth it is sure to produce unsoundness at the very beginning it your mares acal in the fall plan to provide plenty of room for the foals to run about and pick bits of food here and there BB an they please give them a little cows milk arid and encourage them to eat when they please allow them to run about oven even if the weather Is quite cold and snappy F feed eed the mares plenty of at milk mak ing foods such as carrots mangles ground oats and wheat bran good care and plenty of good food and exercise will bring the colt through to grass in tine fine shape then when he is turned out to pasture teed feed him a small ration of dry roughage until the grass ariss becomes dry and hard haid grain may profitably be fed all summer but the hay fec feeding ang may be safely discontinued after ahr grass becomes hardened |