The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12
CARE OF COLTS.
Kiai % Food EeaaireA ~
niRoi

FE SAn6 VT
Kl.a q Food Required ~ cro"'ss
Anisssis-
Aseol, NAV be reared As easily asa
caHs This ease. however, often
70 necicc,. and the young animAi Is
In 70 rear i,.elf and DO the best II can
ure the refuse of the horse stable.
IT, is contrary to common s-hse'aho
aecpmv. A young animal really
49, more care and better treatment
ID an old one. inssmuch as the OLD
60 a. has matured It's growth and
49, merely sustenanee. while the
y is making growth and requires
-, nly food enough TO support life
also TO furnish matter wherewith
e0krowing frame is built up. There
Sa1fEood deal in breed. ba. more in the
~ Of an animal. Breed gives the
e.0rbility aud power ~ do what can
hoiAne with the materials furnished
ltou no: be a substitute for the mate
49, otherwise something could De
net from nothing. When one says a
thoepughbred COW. for instance, Will
pro6nce a pound Of fat from a quantity
Of food which has less than 4 pound OF
tat n it, the claimant may be justly
~consk!ered 10 lie under = mistake, and
Give 10 breed more than he Is warrant
ed = doing. And yet this mistake has
49, and is frequently made, and peo-
pIobave beca led TO believe that a
IS Suehbred animal requires less food
of5kre than a so-calIed scrub does to
do well a. this will.
20 the contrary, We nus believe
thae feeding has greatly helped breed
M md anage our stock On the basis
thoe good blood needs more food and
befter care than cold blood, and the
high breeding tends TO nothing more
'then to this. viz. that il increases the
capaeity Of an animal for food and It's
necessity for careful treatment, and
givoo j. the ability To digest and assim-
ila1o more nutr.n,cnt than the common
nuo4 animals. turning al this food.
houE3ver. 10 good account and profit.
is : it should be and is just and
80. But il should be- well under
~. and the owner of 4 good colt. Of
okich he desires u maze a valuable
aoese either for use or sale, must act
apou this rule and give the young ami
mali n the most nutritive food il can
Iieo6, and lodge and care for it in the
very best manner
1he yearling colts need liberal feed
nG.g Approaching their second year.
9hoysare taking on the form and figure
sJf1e maturcd animal. and this form
sheo ii be carefully encouraged by good
ieong and warmth. Coarse bulky
io06stends to make an animal pot
ilGNfIed' and hollOw-backed. because
ithg%eratcs the stomach and bowels
Il 10 fills up the abdomen. while it
IL urages the growth Of muscle and
eakens the lOins and rump. A
should show only a slightly un-
Id ing line from the wi.hers to the
and a broad lOin in which the
In bone is marked by a slight
Id F>sion instead of a ridge. This
to- once iiXed'On the colt will V
krmaGently lost, and if for want of
fe the flesh il lost At any time the
I'd kiness of line and fullness Of muscle
yNi teturn IN better feeding. The colt
sk6uA not be emasculated until its
third year. This gives it the full
slioulder, strong. muscular and arched
ncok,bnd ROBUSTNESS of form which
z Ot oQIy seems to, but really does. make
eg4ng and vigorous animal.
feeding at this period of its life
sac be mainly oats. Oats contain
tloS haterial, in abundance, of which
90 and muscle are made. II is an
Old Tory Of the Scotchman who re-
err to the charge that his country
n,0n lived on oatmeal. which was
horSe9 food. by asking where else
c3n&de he found such horses or such
n.e0sf The retort was just. for the
500 Clyde-dale horses. reared upon
ot&qk pave the precise form. exagger-
a1e is true, by their massive build.
VIII every horse except the racer
Sion h,ve To a greater or less degree
con- lent with its purpose in life. The
wosk horse will need n greater museu-
lar - elopment than the roadster. but
of il Is desired il is best Sc
ciuc1s by a food of oat, and but little
corr hay. But the grooming mus.
n'e forgotten. for this helps very
N uoe 70 develop the muscular growth
Ne it irmness and solidity.-N.
ses.