St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-10-07

staaA real hard work for quite . little
time after fosline, % that 70 . man
who depends mostly On his mares 70 do
hh work the question d raising spring
foals = one Of considerable impor.
tance. The objections that apply
IN the case Of spring foals
However. do not apply with equal force
regarding equal foalA To be sure the
trotting-horse breeders have . strong
objection to breeding their mares 20
that they win drop foals In autumn.
but - their objeetion = based almost
solely on the ground that autumn foals
are not Of the requisite size and age to
trot in yeariing stakes the following
season. It has NO bearing in the case Of
farmers who are not raising trotters
for turf purposes alone.
As general thing and speaking from
experience II may be taken - almost
certain that the foal that is dropped In
autumn. after the flies cease to be
troublesome, and the scorchinR hot
weather is over, will in its yearlinR
form surpsss the one that was foaled
any time between the middle of July
and the first Of September. Indeed
for some reasons Il il preferable to
have the autumn foal dropped nearer
the first of October than the first Of
September.
A very large number of foals dropped
in the two months of July and August
die before they are . week old from
the troublesome bowel complaints that
are always much more fatal in the ex.
tremeIy hot seasons than 1t any other
time, and even when they live, the ef.
fects of the weather. the hies and tho
short pasturage ON which their de- ms
arc oftentimes forced to get their liv-
ing give them setback that the well.
cared for autumn foal never gets
Farm mares that are bred 50 rs 70
produce foals in the fall are in NO way
incapacitated from doing their full
share Of the spring work, and ~ the
farm work after that time is not hard
they need not be thrown out Of use 1t
all excepting for the first ten days after
the birth Of the foal Then with lit |
tie extra attention the foal will begin .
hearty growth that need never be
checked.
In the early fall . ration of green
forage will be found IN excellent Is |
well as convenient way of keeping MP |
the mares flow of milk. Sowed corn
isa first-class article for this purpose, |
and where It is grown alfrlfs may
also be used. As the cooler weather
comes box stall should be provided
for mare and foal and the ration for
the mare should be of food calculated
to keep up the milk supply. The usual
Iced Of oats should give way 10 ground
pats, bran, middlings and even a round
rye mixed in proper proportions The
Iced should be fed in box in which
the foal can also get 70 IL and he will
begin to partake Of it in surprisingly
hort time. in fact the writer has
Known Of some foals that commenced
10 eat such feed 1t 1--WE weeks Of age.
When spring comes. autumn foals
hat have been treated in this manner
will be found to be not much behind
he spring foals in point Of size. and
head of those foaled in July and Au-
INST. They will also be eating grain
nicely and may be weaned without
their growth. Then, too, the
'astures will be all ready to turn them
INTO aud the dams will again Be ready
o take part in the spring farm work.-li
National Stoclman and Farmer,
P1lveFised Sell. II