Show how to keep breeding Breed mares brood mares area are among the most profitable animals owned by the farmers if they are good once and breed to good horses otherwise th they should not be kept at all W while hile 2 ad milting that there are ces under which it may be pro profitable fit to keep a poor horse borse it certainly never paya pays to raise one A broodmare brood mare should be used regu larl arly yand and kindly until near the time of her fo aling and pene generally rally bulli she and her loal foal will be the better for it she should however if so used be well fed and not have too much corn for some time before fo aling two months jf if possible os sible bhe should be loose at night and if not used in the daytime time also mares in the later stages of pregnancy nal are very liable tobe to bo taken with violent pains and if loose they will generally get relief by rollou rolling etc I 1 have known some same cases where loss of the colt and deal death it of mare ware resulted from her struggle struggles 1 w when lien tied in a stall shortly atter after the birth of the colt she may maybe be worked but not to excess and find abe should not bo be too much blamed if ane she objects to working at thu time for many very good tempered mares object strongly to leavina leaving their young especially for the farat ritt few limes times when the colt is from four and a halt to six til month months old it may be weaned the marc mare should be carefully attended to until her milk dries up at this time she ghe will be weak and should be well fed fid and kindly treated american aarl cult urist for january |