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Show SHOULD NOT NEGLECT COLT if Youngster Is Properly Handled From Beginning It Will Not Civ Much Trouble. Tbe farmer owning 40 acrea or more of land, who does not raise at least one colt every year. Is not doing his best The mare w ill do most kinds of farm work and raise her colt without with-out much loss of time. If the colt is properly handled from the beginning It will not give much trouble. Never allow It to run after Its mother when she Is working. This worries and frets the mare, and It wears out the colt Keep It at the barn, loose In a box stall, and tempt It with a little clover bay and oats. F-arly colta will be weaned pret- y soon now. If they have been brought up to this point right, weaning wean-ing does not mean much. Feed more requently with sweet clover hay, oats and corn, and the colt will soon be able to take care of Itself. Keep It In the barn at night and allow It to run with other young stotk in tbe pasture during the day. |