9THE  WIM0 iSIN  FARMER.



Bock, because many of the diseases of sheep
are contagious.
  "lwe wowd-cutlouonrbrother farmers who
have a touch of the fewer, and advise then to
keep cool Do not pay extravagant prices for
sheep. Ohio, Michigan and Vermont have
sheep to expoK.  Enter into oorreepcindence
with some upright man; you may gratify your
desire at fair prices; but remember our motto:
"Be sure you are ready and then go ahead."
  Excellent advice.


        Management of Young Colts.

  EvITOo WIS. FARMER:-Will you be kind
enough to give yot.- readers (and me in partic-
ular) your idea of the best managment of a
colt (spring) from birth till one year old. By
so doing you will oblige me. and possibly some
others.                      SUB 15CR I I.



LiAK, Mit. Uo., Yeb, 3, 1S03.
  A.%YwEB.-Certainly, with pleasure.  The
rearing of colts is a subject of importance, and
one in regard to which many farmers are great-
ly at fault.
  Concerning the measures necessary to in-
sure the getting of a colt worth raising no ques-
tion is asked; we therefore leave the discus-
sion of that matter to another time.
  The first year is the most important period
in the whole life of the horse: beacause it is
the formative pcriod.  "Just as the twig is
bent, the tree's inclined" is of the widest ap-
plication, and the requisites which it implies
cannot be neglected without sure and serious
filre0



  The rule in dealing with the young cek
should be to make it, in health and habit, as
nearly as possible what you would have it when
grown.
  To this end, the mother should, if practica-
ble, for a time have comparative quiet-that is
she should not immediately be put to lard work.
She should not, however, be confined, as is the
practice with some, to a narrow stall. Free-
dom of motion-and a part of the day, at



least, in the open air-good, nourishing diet-



grain (which if 4uuinedpoe coarseoy ground wit
be all the better) are also good, and it shouli
have free access to them with the mother.
  If the owner depends upon the mother fl*
spring and summer work, she will, in a shout
time, be competent to perform a reasonabl
share; but she should not be put to severe In
bor until the colt is old enough to rely, to a
considerable extent, upon food other than milk.
  When at light labor, the colt, if not too iii-
convenient, should be allowed to accompany
the dam and to draw. the needed milk whei
hunger prompts. But if the labor be so hard
as to heat the blood of the dam a good deal, it
would be better that she should have time to
cool and rest before allowing the colt to suck,
as the milk would otherwise be unwholesome.



fiIn cames of this sort the colt shiouldl be connu-
ed in some way, and yet so near that occasion-
ally-say once or twice in the forenoon and as
often in the afternoon-the dam    may be
taken to it for the relief of its hunger. An
enclosure of moderate size is better than a large
field for its confinement, as in such enclosure
it will run and worry less. But it answers
very well, in some respects best of all, to tie
the colt on the margin of the field during the
hours of its mother's labor; as in this way it
may be the more conveniently and the oftener
fed, while it is at the same time taught to stand
hitched. The dam when performing hard la-
bor should have more dry feed, and grain at
least twice a day.



- P.,peixndimiseay second in importance
to proper feeding.  The colt is a most saga-
cious and tractable little creature, and its
character may be aoulded-at least its habits
may be formed-almost at will It is the pre-
rogative of the owner to say whether he will
have an unruly, biting, kicking, fractions,
balky, halter-breaking, runaway brute, or an
orderly, kindly, obedient, faithful, noble ani-
mal worthy of being ranked almost as a mem-



I her of his household.



these are essential.                       i   If he would have the mean
and devilish
  At first, of course, the young colt will desire Ibrute first delineated,
let him simply compel
nothing but its mother's milk, but, after a time, I the young colt to jump
over the bars which its
it will learn that grass and the mash or mess of I dam can only straddle
over with effort-tease,



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