168 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
Where corn is fed to horses the most econom- 
ical results may be attained by giving chopped 
rough fodder or hay, moistened, with the 
ground grain well mixed with it. Corn-meal 
ought never to be fed by itself, as it will tend 
to cause colic. The digestive fluids are not 
able to act freely on compact masses of the 
grain alone. Stewart notes that “probably 
more cases of horse colic arise from feeding 
corn-meal than from all other foods combined.” 
A committee of the American Institute 
Farmers’ Club in 1855 made an examination of 
the rations fed stage horses in New York city. 
Hundreds of animals received hay and corn- 
meal only for their feed. The New York Con- 
solidated Stage Co. reported on 835 horses, 
weighing from 1,000 to 1,100 lbs. each, that 
traveled on an average 214 miles per day. They 
had for feed 8 lbs. of hay and 17 105. of corn- 
meal per day. This meal was used in cut feed. 
Stewart recommends the following ration as 
one more satisfactory with him than anything 
else:* Grind together 950 Ibs. oats, 950 Ibs. 
corn and 100 lbs. flax-seed. The 20th part of 
flax-seed improves the ration in protein and 
very much in fat—35 105. or 12 per cent to 2,000 
lbs. This is well balanced as a working ration, 
is Just laxative enough for health, and keeps 
the coat fine and glossy. 
* Feeding Animals, 1886, p. 390, 
