556 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



first one, and since, other things being equal, such an animal will "nick" 

 better with the offspring of the former stallion, this is an advantage that 

 should not be lost sight of. 



Another point that is worthy of consideration is that we should patron- 

 ize home industry. No doubt our readers are aware of the fact that 

 importers have to pay a fee of $100 per animal for registering a stallion 

 in this country. This in itself is quite a large sum, which must be added 

 to the cost of importing the animal, risks from such importation and all 

 the expenses connected therewith. In other words, whenever an imported 

 stallion is purchased we must pay several hundred dollars for something 

 that is of no real value to the practical farmer. One can usually purchase 

 a home-bred stallion for from |500 to $1,000 less than an imported one, 

 thus the original cost of the home-bred stallion is not only less, but the 

 risk is also smaller. We have no doubt whatsoever but that in the future 

 the general public will realize the fact that we can breed horses in this 

 country just as well as they can in other countries. In fact, we believe 

 that the day will come when this country will be exporting rather than, 

 importing stallions. We, therefore, urge the farmers who are thinking 

 of purchasing stallions this spring to patronize home industry. But 

 whether you decide to purchase an Imported or a home-bred horse, deal 

 with the importer or the breeder direct and don't depend upon the ped- 

 dler, who is too often disposed to palm off inferior stock for a big price. 



AMOUNT OF HAY FOR THE WORK HORSE. 



JOHN BUCKLUR, IOWA AGRICDLTURAL HXPBRIMHNT STATION. 



Horsemen generally have much to learn on the subject of feeding hay 

 to horses. The average man allows the horse to be the judge of how much 

 hay he should have, this being gaged by the animal's capacity, and thus 

 many a good horse is ruined. 



The writer has had a wide experience in the care and feeding of draft 

 teams for a period of fifteen years. This experience has been acquired 

 under a variety of conditions, part of the time having been spent in Can- 

 ada, part in Michigan and the last four years at the Iowa Experiment 

 Station. It has been my privilege to weigh all hay and grain fed to horses 

 since coming to this station, and I have never found it necessary to feed 

 more than one pound of hay for every hundred weight of the animal. For 

 example, a 1400-pound horse should not get more than fourteen pounds of 

 hay per day. 



The above amount of hay and a grain ration composed of corn, oats and 

 bran, mixed in the proportion of fifty pounds of corn, fifty pounds of oats, 

 and twenty-five pounds of bran, will make any horse fit for a hard day's 

 work. One will generally have to feed from one to one and a half pounds 

 of grain per day to every hundred weight of horse. The smaller amount 



