The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-03-19

the year IL may be necessary To-
make plans for is successful ac-
complisbment. II green food for
summer feeding % 10 be provided,
il may be a part Of the farmer
winter business TO make his calcu-
lations 10 manure his land, and to.
make other preparations necdful
to begin operations in tie spring.
In my farming experience more
care and skill is required in the
feeding If farming stock to have
IT attain IFS greatest excellence for
the cost Of food given, than is req
uisite TO grow the food for their
profitable maintenance. For a
number of years past some cXpcr-
imcnts have been made yearly to
learn the best method 10 pursue,
with the mean at my command,
to accomplish that object. In rails
ing colts ! have tried the method
usually practiced by farmers in this
section Of letting them run with
their dams for the first four or five
months, then to wcan them, and to
let them rough it for themselves,
without any special provision being
made for them in winter, turning
them to pasture in the spring as
early as they could get their living,
and keeping them oui in the fall
as late as possible, having them
grow up and become hardy, val
liable horses. Whether such q
course is the best to pursue to &C
complish that object each breeder
must Judge for himself. ] think
II is not, although many valuable
horses are thus raised, and many
more that, under different treat.
ment, would have been valuable
horses, have died from cxposur,
and insufficient feeding during the
first few years Of their lives, ant
their owners call the loss bad luck
call all such losses bad manage.
mcnt, that, with proper care, nigh.
have been avoided in a majority OF
cases. My present method in tn,
care Of colts is TO teach them TO be
handled. and accustom them to III,
halter. The first week of Their
lives they r taught to be led, ant
that they will no! be hurt, for tn,
reason that il can be done at tina
age with less labor than at a late
period. and when once taught they
never forget the lesson. In case
the dam is used on the road loi
any purpose, the colt can have it,
halter on and be- tied to the shat
or to her harness, and is there al
ways under control and is not lia
bic to get hurt. do not use tn,
dam on the road much, the bust
ness that the breeding mare i
usually put to tein. the raking @
hay /; she is then fully rceovcre,
from foaling and can do that wor'
Is well as not. When the foal !
lit TO wean ! give il and dam eacl
box-stall about I2xia feet square
with a partition so high tina, Their
Is no poss bility Of their gctun
together. The colt is allowed
suck a few days once a day. Ate
a few days the colt is taken to i
winter quarters, which consist Of
box-stall roxIs feet, in a wei
lighted stable. giving il plenty
bedding while in the stall and
daily run in u yard during the da
OF some portion e the day. unler
very stormy. II is given the be
the farm affords the first white
! he ration now is two quarts
carrots cut, with the same quanti'
Of oats and a little oilmcal dai
ind good hay. In the ,pring
colt thus fed and cared for will
into the pasture strong and vigt
o,is, ready to put on flesh a
muscle for future use. and wi
fair passurage will need very lii
care during the season. The n,
winter Il will need the same c.
and feeding in order to keep
growing. When il comes to
nipblc at two and a hell years
X will be able TO earn It's hut,
Keeping, il handled carefully.
have one nj that age ut this liz
- well maturcd thai visitors thi
4 fully > year older than il Is. I
With Hour quarts Of oats a d
Win I few carrots or apples add
kope 70 have quite a busin
clDe Of Il when II Is three We
Il will Be seen that BY
en( method considerable {
requisite IN raising and train
~ Irolu il birth ill Il Is /
bui ! have never fai