The Young Foal.
It will be poor business policy to neglect the young foal at this time of the year. It is very easy to follow the lines of least resistance, and let the colt follow its dam about all over the farm. This way may be the easirst way to manage the foal, but it in not the beft way. A young colt tires vt-rv quick'.v. and if allowed to follow dam all day as she goes up and down the field on the plough or the disc it will be completely fagged out at night and cannot make as good growth a* though it were not exercised so much. A good big box stall is the best place for the colt when its dam is at work, and by starting right a colt can be trained so that it will be as contented away from its mother as with her.
The first time the colt is kept away from the mare it will n3 doubt be very restless, but if shut up in a big stall so that it cannot get into the mangers and hurt itself, and cannot see nor [ hear its dam, it will soon become rei concilcd to its fate, and after being thus left for a time or two it will be !no further trouble. A colt should rarely be tied the first time it is left j alone, for it will pull back and may I easily strain its back or throw itself i and break a leg or sustain bad bruises. The stomach of a horse is very small, and especially is this true of a foal, hence it should have nourishment, little at a time and frequently. If the mare I is being worked near the barn she can f he unhitched in the middle of the fore- ! noon and also in the afternoon, and 1 the colt allowed to suck, greatly to I the benefit of the colt and to the relief Sof the mare. By proper training a i young colt may be taught to stand tied with a halter to a waggon out in the ! field near the place of working. This | is handier than having it at the barn, [ and it can be allowed to suck more fre- ! quently. Never tic a young colt to a | post or a waggon the first time it wears a halter, but put on the halter and teach it to lead and stand while you bold the rope. If it pulls and rears back it cannot hurt itself, for it is not held absolutely tight. After it finds that the halter will not come off and that the rope will not break, it can be tied to something solid, when it will soon give up it* pulling and stand as well as an old horse. Just exercise judgment in handling the foal, keep it at home as much as possible, and it will grow better and do better than if allowed to folllow its dam continually.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 131, 15 February 1909, Page 3
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505The Young Foal. King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 131, 15 February 1909, Page 3
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