Show PROF GREGORY TALKS OF HORSE management MANAfi Effi F NT stable construction for the progressive farmer and live stock fancier that does things today copyright DW L american Amerl cn press pre ass A elation 11 horse u st like ilke till the cow stable table should be uell ell aud and have plenty of light if tho the floors arc art of t i lent should be well N it wa it both to floor and to the tile hers a feet A falc fal c floor of plank la Is of til aset set er the lill tit floor stable construction til tit mil tall should bu be in mad a 1 I t epp e pp lill dl to klip the horses from kiLki nir one another 10 in by 14 fours sit til ill to about four and it half fit ir ili hult heli jit lit etli it heiti v reid jimile ire iloie 11 that 41 4 N FIO FIG OP OF A KIND make it durable and not derex pensive partition ju the length of the stall should be nebout nine feet ten inches from the mauger manger back the floor should slope slightly back to the gutter chutes from which the hay can be pitched from frow the mow directly into tin the ininger in are it great conven lenie fence and nid aid in tit keeping tho the baru barn clean unis or more bos box stalls should be pro vided for the U of the mires at par turi tion tinie rhey an tire convenient for eick pick horses borse nt tit any time and tire re almost a if a stai stallion lloil Is kept A small room should bv be provided ded near the in ili which I ilch the harness can bo be hung the ani asimoula from front the manure Is vir destructive to leather besides this when the harness bangs directly behind the horses it Is occasionally sio nally bally kicked down and trampled on the colts ed go t tangled in it and it causes trouble generally the young horses do not need an expensive shelter horses stand cold weather better than any other class of stock the this most they need Is a good shed with a tight root roof and kept well bedded they can run on the pasture in winter as uell ell as in summer it if pirt of this th grisi gr isi his hit been allowed to grow up during the fall one of the greatest objections lona ions to letting colts run in this gunnor la Is the Ili billt to wire cuts where the pasture Is 19 fenced i with ith barb od pd wire especially pec lall F if it he the faco Is not hept in ill url int grinss at all times ire uta nn itterly ible the loss os on one or tuo to colts Is 14 enough to kiy for putting k rood good oven oren wire font fen 0 like that in article 1 around the entire horse lia sture three years Is usually the best age to breed mores 4 for the first timo time when they are erv for their airo AIR brawling breedl brew ling nR at two years Is an tin adian zidan tage na as it broadens them out and at the a time gives them mon moro grace and symmetry it in this case bo however Nover towy should not iw be bred the following ear oo 00 that they may have an tin to complete their growth it N 1 beet best to 0 mi manage the breed breeding lg that the colte will rill conn cattle at different to 00 that only one on of the mares will be out of life at tit it time tinie I 1 be he colt colto should uld amat lit times of the mr par when the werk wark 1 Is slack lack ast far aft can be ar Fr frailing oiling Is no better feed for jr re v or 41 fae S fiakas bone of any kind than thau mtr la n abuso to their high feeding 00 t eem deew to have a ef iret keeping the animal animals in better spirits than any other kind of feed oate are usually too espe to ae w fed exella crelly however lio there li in probably n ni better ratton for draft horses than one part bran brau two parts corn and throe three parts oats 0 round ground barley may be auml in place of the corn it oats are high two instead of three nm be A of 11 once a wed et 1 in ili tle winter whiter will add to th the thrift of if the the amount of this grain era in inix mixture ture fed should vary tary from wap to one and a quarter lionnie 4 to the hundred pounds of live n willit t 1 ij t pi po r the first amount 14 1 about rish for idle lio borso while the Is for nt at hird work orl or nur it font foat po vo tit nt fai etui 1 I too much in iria to wort hores it bialo 4 them paunchy and listless k hopie horse ins iris a small sto stomach and N when lien nt at work orl needs 4 most of the tile room there for his grien from prom alint e quirt r to it of good clover or timothy iny or a mil inix ture of the two tuo per por hundreds 13 1 when nt at in lit thi winter at 3 can lan use more inore roii und lesh trupti iraln ner evir feed aulbia dust dusts hay bay or straw it will lulu their wind I 1 horses should lve plenty of water ater they will vill stand the work a great deal better in warm weather it if they are given water lu in the middle of 0 the forenoon and afternoon if they ore are to bo be kept nt at work they may bo be given pit 11 the water they want but carp care should shoud be taken not to till fill a warm horse up with cold water and then let lafin hi in litand and cool off rapidly it Is an excellent plan to have a yard near the barn into which the horse can be tumid after the they y have bad had their supper they can roll and drink drinis and if the yard N 1 largo large enough find a little grass they will feel a great deal better in the morning than if kept in the barn all night care at foaling time the mare may be safely worked up to within ten days of foal fo aling lug in fact light work Is better for her than idleness would be A mare heavy in foal should not be required to back how ever eer nor to exert herself too much in pulling putting heavy loads working in the mud la Is also bid for her and if kept up for any length of time is likely to ause cause aber tiou vie the purest IDd indication lention of the approach of foiling time is the appearance nf wax on the tents which occurs about three days lays before tion at thia time the tile feid should be lu lit and a warm bran ni agh given at night the addition of a little will wilt clean out the ln in and makes foaling easy for vor several days previous to foaling the mare should ba be kept in a box stall so that she may become accustoms accustomed to the now new location some one should be at hand when the colt is born to give assistance it if necessary do not bother the mare unless it Is absolutely necessary essary ho however vever 4 soon ns as the colt Is bom born the navel cord should be tied tightly about two inches from the ludy with n string which has been soaked in some bisin solution tho the cord should bo be cut just below the point where it Is 1 tied and the remaining portion wet with some of the disinfecting solution the udder of the tile maro mare sh hou d idso be washed wh the samo same solution attention to tise iiii do lucli 1 to prevent the the attack of R scours ura and joint ill N w aich so often proves fatal to thoung noulia cols 60 not be in too big a huro lium to got get the mare on feed after fo loafing A little laxative feed for the first day or two after foaling Is all she needa in immature season the mare and colt may be turned out on grasa for n few da dai a gradually gro dually increasing the grain raffo ration at tit the cune time in case came aorl ork id IS art ug tin the mare may bo be put to i work ork in two or three days after conling foaling but two precautions ant be strictly adli kitred red to farst do not allow the colt to follow follo the in imre ire in the tile field ex haisting hau sting lils his pun strength in ili fight lug 1 flies and aud following bis his mother up and down the rough fur furrow rouLs u second do not allow alloi the cole colt to mick vall tb abe e mare 14 ver warm UP TIP will be ullin M when hie his mother comee from the field geld sail anxious to hatm bis his appetite nt at once but a little wholesome restraint at trix time will him a low leeloo that be he maet must learn karn biome time that hie bin will Is r to hie own 13 cape care of the celt colt 1 ID two or three dieks the ot 01 will bogin aln to dibble nibble nt tit the hay la in ble his moth ere manger and tf if garn a f cd box of ola 1115 own out oft of rear reab h of the other luas be ho will soon learn to tn eat eats oats he can be turned out in the pasture with hie his mother when sho ie Is not busy anil after 2111 awhile ille it if the h ab nb r FIO FIG 11 GOOD diaff STALLION feicco ith besides barbed NN re lie fie in ill i be turne out ith the othu colts without tit his ith all tit gr griss grisi isi and 0 oits ita iw he in cit it in ili addition to his 1114 mothers milk his granth mill be rapid A olt 11 that li cuirus arns 0 o i it ull lit lit before fore NN vt wiling julu thile III M little cluck chick in ili giroti it that tinie thile the fl farst i stitt i 1 Is 13 11 thil for the tile colt loo often he lie Is ga klit n the tile run of the farin little othar thin orin carust tila and strai aud i er of jj jiin oi 01 none it nil 1111 maii hold tit up their hinds in lit lionor pt the thought of gl lv ill ili i colt grien ever eer dia d i bioni the time lie fie h N big hi to t it until ht ho la Is ni aho chese ae sime same farmers fan ners hoi hoichi cei think of ft cading their vilree ll li berall for mo or three yeats i and find thin them for one third it lilt it the colt hlll bring at the same it ge size and count for more in lit a j horse thau than in lit a steer and the cost of fald att d is small compiled comp tred ired ith tile abtil pd from liberal fled I 1 it some farmel think that a cot colt t iv III gat to le be juat just so big ana and tint thit libi ril feeding only hastens the a it little this is a mistake A olt tolt hit thit 19 1 stunted when he lie la is young hlll ill never attain the size that he wo would uld if properly fed additional weight in a drift horse Is worth at tit least 25 cents pound aund and it Is a mistake not to iler plop the colt to the limit |