The Horse - Its Keep Management #267502

There is a chapter on breeding — stating how many valuable mares are practically lost when they get to a certain age, or, in other words, how many good mares are sold for a trifle, which, with very little trouble and forethought, might be sent to some farmer in the country and bred from. This can easily be done. In some instances a colt can be reared for from £35 to £40 up to when it is four years old, and if from an extraordinarily good mare it sometimes turns out worth from £70 to £100.