Show LABOR INVOLVED MAKES DRAFT HORSES profitable no class of stock will give li better eLiter returns than animals with and quality care of colt if I 1 WI kilt 4 prize winning inning english draft mares the colt should have 14 roomy box stall it if you have two colts keep them together when the mares are at work as there Is no animal that likes company better than a colt says a terin american cultivator As they get older see that they have plenty of good clover hay and bright oats to eat it is well to have a little pasture near the barn and let them into this when the mares are at work have this fenced with good woven wire high enough so they cannot got get their heads over it the pas paa true should be arranged so they can run into the barn to get away from the flies leave the cover to the oak box open so they can help hell themselves keep a pall of water in the stall where they can reach it after a little you can mix skim milk with the water later give them clear skim milk but let them have what water they want at all times some colts will take skim milk at once but be careful and not give them too much to commence with say two quarts at first and as they get accustomed to it you can give them five or six quarts twice a day this you can teed feed all winter and they will go on to pasture in the spring in fine shape it if they are eating oats and drinking milk at weaning time there will be no setback which always occurs it they are not when they are about a deax on the pasture we gradually w a n them from the oats and milk and they get nothing but pasture fall when they are again fed grain and hay wo we always stable all of our colts n at night but they have a roomy yard or 01 flold field to run in in the day time so that they got get plenty of exercise wo we always break our colts to liar bar nes ines before they are three years old get them used to the harness before spring work begins work them only halt half a day at a time to commence with and see that their collars and harness fit them well when the weather gets warm clip your colts by so doing you may avoid sore shoulders if a colt gets a sore bore shoulder let aim rest a few days and heat heal it up if you continue to work him and the sore keeps getting worse you may have a shoulder that will always bother you yon when ho he Is put to hard work we aim to sell bell all of our geldings before they are seven reven years old when you intend to sell your horses see that they are in proper shape they should be fat as that Is what the market do demands peed feed them on good wholesome food corn can be fed to quite an extent it at this thia time with bran and a little oil meal dy by breeding the right horses those with weight and quality I 1 know of no class of stock that will bring betyy returns for our high priced bends fends considering the amount of labor involved than good draft horses |