WORK THE STALLIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 10

WORK THE STALLIONS.

EMPHATIC, i^'rERIdIIN'OPINION. ' • The' necessity.' of- wprking.vthe, stallion; tB/;keeß\him v is; ,insisted;,upoii,bulletin just 'issued by,;;tlie,"*\Visconsin .. Station, .- this -course' :''in tlie .case .of ; v the' theavy'.'draught'!,breeds'. 7lt tended ,t<j y gefe, £ 'wt(rk'. .hi4ii4S- ! ; should bo capable /, of -;;dping£ the, vrorl^;; that>■ jvill ; lie r^^r^'W^is^offspnif^:,.HeJ should 'be,C™rked/ and'vabundantly} exercised, and •be -fed 'like. a work liorso. Flat /ana'Babbyf conditions' ruin:,'the:;breediiig' poweravof^ : ":ma'^■Js"3v^e!lJ■yv3,J;a'ugi^t\stal- , - ■■lions;' , -in^act ) ; ;blubber-'as j ' , ihe4-bone'-)pf *tllisr-'baSiiM&^ : c'.stifotitoto' for^this, jind .vigouri' produceii ; by labour •;and;; exercise. in the Cpetfair; rLackvof- exfercisei pfctn-; permg, • ovCr-fecding, and . the' use of 7 boiled 'foods, -j slops,.and > sweet;; foods might put 011 ,/but; it: was': the. ;wrong;;s6rt 'of jand ; they ;rumecll •the cpiistitution'-'of 'the hprse|.absolutely lessened i hisvirility, $ led '. to sterility, and dnduced- weaknessin ,'the;;progeny. Evidenco-.. is^'qubted ; /.shoWng/that.. foals'; 'groM,;; andflabby "stallions. ;'iri'd ; uiiajjlesosM^ '^xeara^f ! "fatw^M)<xhtolt(iy yitre' /^usrfMly^Sbtt%Sn^l^ : li.'umOTp : aq', i v' : b"ut 'birth. ?be::ke^ffijhari/Km^tilar'^l»tfst;'.WT' ' instead "of ? losmg a 'safe nor ,a Sensible- policy to . patronise :a soft, blubberyi under-exercised,' overifere.d, iOTjerrfedi.iror l ;:l.dnigged:Vstallion. 'SucTi detrini^t;:': i to' , ;:thei industry'fof .the ;cbuntry, and should bo let alone." . j '.";y ;