THE FEEDING OF LIVE STOOK. 167 
States, the principal grain fed horses is corn on 
the ear. Each horse is given a number of ears 
at a feed, dependent upon the amount of labor 
he is performing and the size of ear and char- 
acter of grain upon it. In addition to this, 
timothy hay, especially in the North, forms the 
balance of the ration. In many cases, how- 
ever, clover hay is fed. The writer has fed cut 
cornstalks instead of hay with much success. 
The horses eat the cut or shredded fodder with 
relish. 
It would not appear, however, the best prac- 
tice to feed horses corn alone for grain. This 
food is too heating in summer, as it 1s essen- 
tially a heat and fat-forming food. Some of the 
corn may be replaced to advantage with oats, 
which is more of a muscle former. Stewart 
says* the rations of thousands of horses on 
street railroads in this country have finally 
been fixed. The ration for summer is half oats 
nd half corn, ground together, 16 Ibs. to each 
norse, with 12 105. of cut hay. In winter 16 
ibs. of corn-meal, with the same amount of hay, 
torms the ration. This practice he specially 
refers to as occurring in New York city, but 
states that in many other cities the corn and 
oats are fed the year through. This ration, it 
is to be understood, was fed to a class of horses 
that worked hard seven days a week. 
*Feeding Animals, 1886, p. 378. 
