232 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



These six horses were fed b}' the regular feeder but uuder the direc- 

 tions of the teamsters. The oats were given in three feeds of about 

 4 lbs. each at 5 o'clock in the morning, at noon and at 5:30 at night. 

 Tliey were given a light feed of hay morning and noon and a heavier 

 feed at night, or the noon feed was dropped out and the others in- 

 creased accordingly. They consumed an average of lS-20 pounds of hay 

 I)er day. One horse, No. 3, was fed only about 8 lbs. of oats, but ate 

 from 30-35 lbs. of hay daily. 



TJic Cheap Ration. Fed Nos. 7-16. 



The remaining ten horses, 7-lC, had been fed the same as the others 

 but were changed to the cheaper ration one week before the start of 

 I lie test and were fed this ration throughout the ten weeks of the 

 I'eediug period. The ration consisted of shredded corn stalks, oat 

 stiaw, hay, carrots, oats, ear corn and a feed mixture of dried beet 

 pulp, bran and oil cake in the proportion of: 



Dried beet pulp 4 lbs. 



Bran • 1 lb. 



Oil cake 1 lb. 



The ration was fed as follows to Nos. 7-12: 



Morning feed : 



Oat straw 5 lbs. 



Carrots 4 lbs. 



Ear corn 3 lbs. 



Noon feed : 



Timothy hay 4 lbs. 



Oats .". 2 lbs. 



Night feed : 



Shredded corn stalks 8 lbs. 



Carrots 4 lbs. 



Feed mixture 2 lbs. 



Nos. 13-lG received the same ration in smaller quantities, averaging 

 only a little over one pound of oats daih'. 



In feeding these substitute feeds it was thought best to provide a 

 variety, as none were as palatable as the regular hay and oats ration. 

 The stalks and oat straw were eaten fairly well after the first few days. 

 The carrots seemed to be relished by all the horses but No. 14 which 

 was the poorest feeder of all. The feed mixture of beet pulp, bran and 

 oil cake was eaten well in most cases; sometimes, however, the oil cake 

 was left. 



