The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-24
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.ll.r nnd weanIng YOU'VE cOlIs'

,.S..ouen,ly farmer Is obliged Z
EoFk DTS or or the colts II they ar u
Tue a lII' need It Is common 70 ~
csfeiu NY colts 10 follow while the dam =
law lowing OF cultlyating corn, OF = G Ss1sT5
l,, ," 81 wheat There Is always nSNI ~
t ,So coIts when machines are USED iol
Ioo spf Cg or harvesting. There IS als as.
mUS~ ~ less loss to the farmer II the colt.
lon Al will through tho standing corn VI
S' w. have seen four good mares hitc q
v" .o amer Nor each one Of which had SUCK
mo eOlt' The owner Of the wheas III. G.u
nj nj own the machine or team anu u, oe oI
NV n,yticular man, he was very mnch =, e \,
s,risej on seeing the colts take alter , LaeIf
elC Sa"o,i vn dams right through the stand
inc grain, and in almost every Tltec oO,1s
III, S,bere was no help for it. The coils
G pi mi been trained to remain In the
s,shI pV while the dam was at WORK, ana
the mares would not bulge ii the coils
did not follow. ,-,.,.,, ,o0,,
vbiie moving at The rate Of two acres
nsr dsy will walk about twenty-five
Tnjles, This is too much Tor any young
colt During this day at every stopping
i6e coli will suck, and this is TOO much
Sr bolh lie mare and the colt; thus both
become thin and exhausted, and BY fall
both together will be valued OF a positive
Ioss Of twenty-five per cent,
How 10 remedy these evils Il g the OBJ
let Of this PARTICLE to suggest. We shall
nol advance o theory, but q course that
hundreds Of our best farmers practice and
commend.
The attachment OF the marc to her
Young Is especially great. After the colt
|, about ten days old the mare may be
mi toIqN work. If she stands in q box
sall-as she should-she may be separ'
,ted, for an hour at first, from the colt
II sbe lrets and chafes, as she most likely
will let her be treated very kindly, and
when she Is returned to the colt let O
liule Of her milk be drawn oil before the
coll Is allowed 10 suck. At night let
both be out in a small but good pasture.
By degrees the interval Of the separation
NAV be increased to four hours. Very
OCn both will become reconciled. The
colt in the stall will lie down and grow,
having all the exercise he needs during
evening and night; the dam will perform
hefwOfk with more ease, she will not run
down so fast, and the colt will not be ex-
posed to injury from machinery.
When the colt learns to eat grain-say
a,lhe age Of two months-it may be al.
loved to feed with the dam; or, if the
dam Is fed corn, the colt should have its
own trough and be fed bruised oats and
bran. It's best, however, to feed the
same to both, and allow them to cal to.
gelher.
When the colt is about four months old
itshould be weaned gradually. The marc |
should receive less sucCulent feed IN the
stable, while the colt should be turned to |
pasture When both are together in the |
stable, the colt should be made acquaint- |
Cd with the halter, and so tied that it can |
feed with the mare, but not reach the |
teal. 1t may, at this age, be allowed to |
lnw milk about three times day at |
feeling time, but when five months old it |
should be weaned entirely. II the mare |
t;breeding, and with foai, the colt should |
be weaned at four months old, because 1t |
sOO much for the animal to supports
colt and IGtus, and also work.
A very bad process Of weaving, and |
o1e which is but too often pursued, is to |
iam the colt, together with other young
horses, into a large pasture and work the
nire on another part Of the farm. Under
this treatment the colt will generally run
back and forwards, up and down the lot, |
lnd Whitney for the dam until il is so re.
dGced that It can rim no more. II the
dam can hear the call she will fret, be in.
llientive 10 her work, exasperate the
driver, especially il q hired hand, and
everything will be uncomfortable all
a'0und. By the method suggested the
colt and the dam are weaned from each
other BY degrees, neither knowing or car.
Ing much about it, both will keep in good
o'def and everything be lovely.
Brood mares should not be worked so
aaFd and fast as to become heated, but if
1he mare be returned 10 the stable while
warm, and We mean to make q difference
9etween warm and heated, it is well to
nav OF considerable OF the milk and to
IsI her cool of a little before the colt is
SLOWED to get to the teat.
Inc loss OF hair in patches, the dullness
" W sle coat and not inIreQuently distem.
IeE and diarrhea, are superinducet' " the
S SsiI, being allowed to suck over.heated