Rural School Leaflet 



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Next to oats, com is the common grain for horses in America. It is 

 used largely in the Com Belt and to the southward. While much has 

 been said against the use of com because it is fattening and heating unless 

 fed in connection with some biilkier feed, it is the cheapest of all the 

 cereal grains, considering the amoimt of food value per unit of weight. 

 A given quantity furnishes more energy than does the same quantity of 

 any other food. It furnishes the largest amount of digestible nutrients at 

 the least cost, and is universally palatable. 



Well fed and well groomed 



Com and oats, mixed half and half according to weight, make a very 

 good grain ration for horses and are much cheaper than oats alone. The 

 bulk of oats overcomes, in large measure, the objectionable features of 

 corn; while com, with its large amount of easily digested materials, 

 furnishes the ration with the elements that supply energy. 



Because of its physical effect, wheat bran is considered a valuable 

 addition to the ration of horses. Bran has a loosening effect on the bowels 

 and tends to allay feverish conditions. It is entirely too bulky to form 

 any considerable j^art of the feed for a hard-working animal. 



Among the many dry forage crops fed to horses, timothy hay heads 



