When wo havo them two or three
years, if they become injured or debilitated,
we send them to our farm and put
them on grass until they aro in iverfect
health, although not sufficiently btrong
for tho heavy work in tho woods. They
nre then bred to the stallion nnd used
nlxmt tho farm for light work until
nbout four mouths before foaling time,
when they are again turned loose and
ullowed to run until they drop their
foals. They require no treatment except
a run at the grass and a littlo condition
iowder as a tonic.
We havo found thnt it is almost impossible
to get a maro with the heaves
foal. If a maro is injured in tho legs
if sho has flesh wounds or other injuries
that prevent her from doing hard
work, sho may be in just as good a
shape to breed as though sho did not
have these wounds or injuries. It is
aqverieuce that ono seldom sees on
colts from perfectly sound and
strongly bred stallions from the Shiro
Clyde breeds any blemishes like side-bones,
spavins or other troubles that
causo lameness. Wo havo never had
any unsatisfactory colts from tho nbovo
mentioned treatment of tho breeding
question. One is perf ectly safo in breeding
mares to jtcrfectly sound stallions
with properly shaped feet and leg bones.
he
course the mares foiust not have
blemishes from such causes as ringlono,
side-bone, spavins or other like blemishes
anil we would never advise breeding
a nmro that has tho heaves.
sho Can I'arm.
