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balanced more or less accurately according to 

 their content of protein and carbo-hydrates. 

 Where timothy and oats are too expensive various 

 other substitutions for these materials should be 

 made as suggested above. Many of these substi- 

 tutions not only reduce the cost of the ration but 

 increase its effectiveness. 



Feeding Mares. Previous to foaling and es- 

 pecially after foaling mares should be fed grain 

 and green feed with a view to producing a large 

 milk yield. The more milk produced by the mare 

 the better the development in the colt. In this 

 respect the colt is on the same basis as the lamb, 

 call or pig. For the production of large amounts 

 of milk a relatively narrow ration is indicated. 

 For this purpose clover and alfalfa should be fed 

 in the place of timothy and a relatively nitrogenous 

 grain ration should be given, accompanied by 

 bran, cotton seed meal, barley, peas, or other 

 similar material depending upon the market price 

 of such feeding stuffs. While the colt is sucking 

 the mare, some care should be exercised to prevent 

 the feeding of materials which could unfavorably 

 influence the milk, and thus affect the colt. Even 

 when mares are on the best of pasture they should 

 receive some grain feed in order to keep up the 

 milk yield to its highest point. 



Feeding Stallions. Similarly with the stallion 



the object should be, especially during the season 

 of service, to give him feeds which contain a rela- 

 tively high percentage of protein, as well as other 

 materials which make the ration as a whole some- 

 what laxative. Oats, bran, clean hay, crushed 

 barley and green grass or other suitable material 

 may be given but corn and Kafir corn or other 

 highly carbonaceous foods are not indicated during 

 this time. 



