STALLION NEE NEED S I 1 RIGHT EXERCISE close Confine confinement rn ent long been given as cause for short crop of youny young animals KEEP ANIMAL IN CONDIT CONDITION 1011 practice of working horse horae during durina 5 Bre breeding edina season la Is favored if task Is not too heavy and houra are reasonable probably no other animal on tho the farm la is taken caro care of more carefully than the hie stallion una yet when the breeding season opens lie Is often not in condition causes of short cott colt crops the practice of keeping the stallion in close lias has long been given as one of the causes of short colt crops the of giving tile lie stallion plenty of exercise cannot be overestimated the krnc t i sillon fil llon owned by C VY van winkle of geneva I 1 N Y has won ribbons in his class at many horse shows sillon weighs 2450 pounds th asce v of going from rom fann istrin to farm with the stallion during the bree breeding dink season as aa practiced in some localities and count countries fleit tills has proved very good often getting as high as aa DO per cent colt crops while a grent great many men think they are doing loin well if they get 65 per cont cent to 75 per cent colt crops by the present method of cloa eon confinement work for stallion the practice of boking woking the stallion Is one of the most economical ways of inducing him to take plenty of exercise of courso course during the breeding season tho the work should not be too heavy or the hours too long but light work Is very benefic lill after the breeding reason IF Is over over tho the stallion may be worked along with the other horses and shown no favors and in tills this wity way help belp to pay for his keep tit as often where only it a few mares are arc kept the lie stallion is anther fin an expensive proposition tin tho 1 most rommon common gleyn for not working the stallion Is are too trouble lp but if the alie stallion to la worked all the time most of them soon become quiet and easily handled and give very n H 10 Kelt Ter abst professor dept of animal husbandry lus Co colorado orado agricultural college