Show CARE OF MARE AND FOAL regular exercises should b be e given mares in foal up to the foaling coaling time but experience proves that heavy pulling jerking backing and deep mud should be avoided alfalfa timothy and clover are excellent hages for fora a mare in foal oats and bran are very practical concentrates to feed t tham lc M when heavy in in foal but one half of the grain ra lauon necomes on should be cut down when it becomes apparent that a mare in are within forty eight hours shortly after the mare has foal ed a drink of luke warm water sha be div given en her the sam sani e P ration fed prior to foaling coaling is usually tory after foal A mare should foal in a dry well lighted and bedded box stall or in a clean grass rass lot the box stall should be cleaned and disint i fechet with a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid before she enters I 1 it t A light covering of air slaked lime cimeon on the floor underneath the bedding is a practical safeguard against navel trouble As a preventative of naval and joint disease in the foal saturate its navel a soon as possible with a 5 per cent solution of lysol eysol or other disinfectant to prevent blistering the colts belly smear the parts at the base of the naval cord with va vaseline or unsalted lard before applying the disinfectant fec tant the tour of the farm and dairy experts which include prof J E dorman donnan ben R eldredge and W C winder will arrive here friday may 7 and give the farmers a tall talk on farming fanning and animal husbandry |