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Show TRAINING THE COLT, Matters Which Are ef Prime Importance. Im-portance. In tho first place tench tho colt thnt you lire his superior. This can bo dono much easier whon tho youngster Is small. Put on, a soft, properly fitting fit-ting hnltor; get him thoroughly used to this, but in doing this do not tlo up to something solid and leave, .other-wlso .other-wlso you may return and find your colt has committed suicide by either breaking his neck or choking himself, him-self, but lead It quietly around the stall or yard bcBldo Its mother, and It will only he n short tlmo beforo tho youngstor will understand what you want when you pull on his halter shank and Is nicely broken to lead; teach him that you will not hurt him, but that it Is usoIosb for him to try to get nwoy. This is a great ago ot education. As It is with people, so It Is with livestock; live-stock; tho early education Is tho most Imprcsslvo and lasting, therefore, since the horso Is tho servant of man ho must bo trained in order to bo n valunblo servant. In training n colt It Is necessary to got on friendly terms, as loud or unkind treatment tends to drlvo tho colt In a direction opposite to that you would havo him go and make him do things just the opposite from whnt you want. Every anlmnl hns moro or less obstinacy ob-stinacy In Its nature. Get hold of n cat's tall and her first Idea Is to puK away, or try to lend a calf it will brace Itself and offer nil tho reslstnnco In Its power; the young colt will do the samo thing it gono nt in tho samo way As a colt reaches maturity itt strength increases very rapidly, and II a horso Is to becomo a good work horso this obstlnato naturo must be moro or less overcome Thoro Is no moro objectionable habit thnt a horso can havo than to bo a haltor breaker, or to bo ready to offot roslstance every tlmo anything out ol tho ordinary comes up, says Indiana Farmer. If anyone should doubt this lot him undortako to break a five-year-old ranch horso that nover know what submission was, and tho lesson will bo very thoroughly Impressed; it is only In vory oxcoptlonal cases that such horses are over brokon so that thoy can bo depended upon. I do not ndvocato making a pot of a colt, and would ndvlso tho reader to novor do It, for llko a spoiled child they aro always al-ways on too familiar terms and vory often get Into objectionable habits that aro not easy to break. Teach the "colt to understand your language; teach him to stop at the slnglo word "Whoa." Always speak tho word plainly and at the samo time snub the colt short nnd ho will soon connect tho word and tho event, nnd stop whon tho word Is glvon. Follow tho samo plan In teaching him to stand ovor in tho stall, or go forward or backward on command. In doing this uso the whip sparingly, but bo euro that you mako him mind you. A sovoro pun iBhmcnt will often put tho colt on bad' terms with its trainer, which Is frequently fruitful ot forming bad habits, which often reduces tho value ot many a valuablo horso. Thoso are necessary, but simple requirements, hat evory farmer raising colts should ndopt. Sco that tho colt Is tralnod proporly bo ho will bo of vauablo ser-vlco ser-vlco In tho futuro. |