A large per cent, of the colts raised
will be bred by farmers, and a large per
cent, of live colts are raised by farmers
having but few mares than by the large
breeders. A farmer can do his work and
raise a colt from each mare nearly every
year, but he ought to have three to do
the work that is expected of two that do
not raise colts, The mars can do a reas
onable amount of work up to the time of
foaling, but should not be overloaded or
hurried, or have fast road* wrk the last
months. The best time for colts to come
is as soon as there is good feed, and if
earlier ones are expected, the mares must
have a good patch of early sown rye to
run on a few hours every day. I have
made a practice of letting my mar s
have a good bite of rye after the day's
work is done, and it doe c not seem to
spoil their appetite for dry feed as it
does in cattle, and 1 believe the colts are
stronger and the mares have more milk.
