EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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animals, averaging 1,254 pounds at the outset. This group is represented 

 by four horses in illustration 1. They were used by the Horticultural 

 Department for cleaning snow from the walks on the campus, hauling 

 manure from Lansing to the college, a distance of three miles, and 

 delivering coal at the college, in addition to other miscellaneous work. 

 Nos. 7-12 were the regular farm teams used to haul feed from the city 

 and manure from the barns to the fields. This group is represented by 

 four horses in illustration 2. They were a little heavier than Nos. l-iJ 

 and averaged 1,291 pounds at the beginning of the trial. The other 

 four horses, Nos. 13-16, were worked comparatively little. Nos. 13 

 and 14 were a pair of light driving horses and were driven only enough 



Illustration 3. 



for exercise. This pair is shown in illustration 3. Nos. 15 and 10 

 were old horses; No. 15 was worked considerably but No. 16 was idle 

 most of the time. These last four horses cannot be compared with the 

 other t^vo lots as conditions were very different. Fair comparisons and 

 conclusions can be drawn, however, from the results shown by Nos. 

 1-6 and 7-12, as they were kept under the same conditions. 



THE RATIONS. 



Regular Ration. Fed Nos. 1-6. 



Oats 11-12 lbs. daily. 



Timothy 18-20 lbs. daily. 



Bran, a light feed once a week. 



