Show PROPER PROPER CARE FOR HORSES AND COLTS oats go well with timothy hay straw and corn diet Is b liable to cause trouble oats are the best general food for a horse and go well with timothy hay once or twice a week give a teed feed ot of corn and clovar clover with bran mash give only what will be eaten up clean some horses are predisposed to colic and a straw and corn diet ia la almost sure to cause trouble at frequent bent such oam 4 forsea fed regularly often got get in the habit of pawing in the stable peed feed them regularly and it if not driven or used every day turn the horses out into the yard for exercise many horses forsea are ruined by being brought into the barn too hot and left to stand in a cold draft or hitched to a post to stand facing the wintry blasts it if you starve the colt the first winter he Is liable to come out very thin in the spring and worth less than when weaned some farmers keep their horses on straw with just a little grain in win ter bran should make part of such a ration it la Is believed by many that clover bay gives the horses heaves this la is a mistake it if a horse Is fed the proper quantity of clover and not overfed there la Is no danger ot of the heaves do not give horses water immedi immediately after eating an hour after they have finished their meal la is soon enough to water them the colts training must begin shortly after birth A halter should be put on so he can be ba caught and handled every day never tease him |