CORNELL 



IReaMngsCourse for jfarmers 



PtTBLiSHBD Monthly by thb Nbw York State Collbgb op Agriculturb 

 AT Cornell University prom November to March, and Entered at 

 Ithaca as Sbcond-Class Matter under Act op Congress July i6, 1894. 

 L. H. Bailey. Director. Charles H. Tuck, Supervisor. 



SERIES X 

 HORSE PRODUCTION 



ITHACA.N. Y. 

 JANUARY, 1910 



No. 48 

 FEEDING THE HORSE 



FEEDING THE HORSE 

 M. W. Harper 



In seeking to improve our horses wc must not underestimate the 

 importance of generous feeding. Breeding and selectioti make success 

 possible, but we will fail wholly, or in part, unless the horses of all ages 



Fig. 20. — A well-Jed farm draft team. Weight, 3,000 pounds 



and stages of development arc provided with sufficient supply of the 

 most suitable foods. Many a one has fallen short of success in breeding 

 by depending on blood alone to improve the horses. He has forgotten 

 that all of our improved breeds of horses are the product of adequate 



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