Show pro ic FE FEEDING E DING COLTS ON GRAIN IS FAVORED TIM that young colts to do their beat basi must be fed grain has hn frequently been advised in these columns ite bently it was our pleasure to visit one of the largo stock barins located in in the central portion of the state writes tin expert in the farmer fanner and breeder on it we ve saw a splendid lierd herd 0 of shorthorn cattle anti and also large york swine hut but what pleased ui most was the twenty three guide grade and pure bred shire colts colta which we vo saw in the box stalls nt their dauts dams sides in the horse barns fahey were cie tin an excellent lot of colts us good as we have been on any farni for or it 11 long time we visited at the farm for several hours with the herds and in the lie fields observing the results of Il breeding reeding which lind been practiced in tile fur for nier mer and tile methods of management which were being practiced ill out tile tha form farm we chanced to go 0 1 into ato the tha horse barns just a as the lie caretaker was feeding tile ilie quires tit at tour four p pm in before turning thim thein together with their colls col IB out to pasture for the alie night immediately wo we looked into the santis to see alint tile colts would be doing malle the mares were munching their grain these colts colta ranged in bigo age front from three to right eight wicks weeks were they hey lying down and asleep standing back in the stall or nursing the mothers not a single one of them As we passed from stall fitall to we found every colt swatting standing up to the feed boxes and enjoying its bite of grain with its mother no wonter wonder they hey were such title tine follows fellows big for their ago age and the pictures oi of thrift drafters till in the making we then followed foll owed the feeder from stall to stall as lie he fed the tenta remaining ining mares marca with colts and sure enough those colts knew what was coming when the door opened anil and lie he stepped into tha stall with pall in hand they hesitate to be shown tile lie way ivay hut made a beeline bee line for the feed box lox they stayed too until all the feed was gone we repent if young oung colts colta are to do their best as well as they should they must liae have grain the colts on this stock farm were mere getting it together with their mothers it a inix mixture ture of bran and oats with a little corn the fedil boxes arc were attached to the walls alls in one corner of the stalls tit at it a point low lov enough so flint tile the colts could easily reach bliem and cat out aut of thern it Is 19 n good way and nit it very simple pimple one colts are naturally curious to know what aliat liat their mothers mot lieis are doing and to do Ilkew lse anti so soon learn to ent cat in tills this way vay while lit at this farm we hall biarl tin an opportunity port unity to further furl lier study the of feeding the colts on nil gratin grain and con to do to eo during dining their early development out in the pastures we a number of yearlings year lings two tuo year olds lind three year olds all of which ind had been red fed similarly jol to t tills h Is years colts they were all big grow thy drafters far advanced advil need in their development to for their respective ii eq compared with the general run of young oung horses hoi ses seen hcan about tile the state producing high clas draft horses a matter or of breeding alone but one of good feeding too |