REPORT OF TEE AGRICULTURIST 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



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horse per working day, and the driver received $1,411 per day. It is evident there- 

 fore that the team and driver cost $2.16 per day, leaving a margin of 32 cents, or 36 

 cents per horse per day for wear and tear. 



FEKDIXG HEAVY HORSES. 



Several experiments in feeding heavy horses have been conducted during tha 

 year. 



Not infrequently oats are high-priced when bran is cheap. During the past year 

 chopped oats have usually sold for from $24 to $26 per ton on the Ottawa markets. 

 Bran has been as low as $15 per ton. 



To the man with many horses to feed, economy in the meal part of the ration 

 is a most important consideration. For that reason one of the experiments was con- 

 ducted for the purpose of finding out if bran could be used to any considerable extent 

 as a substitute for oats- 



The horses, 12 in number, were divided into 6 groups of 2 each ; the roughage 

 ration in each case being oat hay. 



Group 1 received a meal mixture of equal parts of oats and bran ; group 2, 1 part 

 bran to 2 parts oats; group 3, 2 parts bran to 1 part oats; group 4, pure oats; group 

 5 oil meal 1 part, oats 10 parts; and group 6, bran 2 parts, oil meal 1 part, and oats 

 10 parts. The oats were ground in every case, and the ground oats or other meal and 

 ground oats were mixed with the cut hay and the whole mass dampened. 



The meal was fed in three nearly equal portions morning, noon and night, whib 

 only about one-fifth of the hay was fed in the morning, as much at noon, and the 

 balance or three-fifths at night. 



To illustrate, one of the horses in group 1 received his rations as follows : — 



Morning, hay, 3 lbs. ; meal mixture, 6 lbs. 



Noon, hay, 3 lbs. ; meal mixture, 6 lbs. 



Evening, hay, 8 lbs.; meal mixture, 5 lbs. 



The meal mixture and cut oat hay being mixed together and slightly dampened 

 in each case. 



BRAN FEEDING EXPERIMENT OAT HAY. 



