418 COMPUTING THE RATION FOR FARM ANIMALS 



(4) Corn fodder, ad lib. ; corn silage, 40 Ib. ; shorts, 2 Ib. ; dry 

 brewers' grains, 2 Ib. ; oil-meal, 2 Ib. 



(5) Silage, 40 Ib. ; hay, ad lib. ; bran, 4 Ib. ; oats, 2 Ib. ; gluten 

 meal, 2 Ib. 



(6) Corn silage, 45 Ibs. ; hay, ad lib. ; oats, 4 Ib. ; oil-meal, 2 Ib. ; 

 cottonseed meal, 1 Ib. 



(7) Corn silage, 35 Ib. ; clover hay, ad lib. ; bran, oats, and corn 

 meal, 2 Ib. each. 



(8) Clover silage, 25 Ib. ; hay, 5 Ib. ; corn-stalks, ad lib. ; oats, 3 

 3 Ib. ; corn meal and oil-meal, 2 Ib. each. 



(9) Clover or alfalfa silage, 30 Ib. ; hay, ad lib. ; bran, 41b. ; mid- 

 dlings, 3 Ib. ; oil-meal, 1 Ib. 



(10) Alfalfa hay, 20 Ib. ; oats, 4 Ib. ; corn meal, 2 Ib. 



(11) Hay, 20 Ib. ; cottonseed hulls, 10 Ib. ; cottonseed meal, 4 Ib. ; 

 wheat bran, 2 Ib. 



(12) Corn silage, 30 Ib. ; cottonseed hulls, 12 Ib. ; bran, 6 Ib. ; 

 cottonseed meal, 3 Ib. 



Henry, in his " Feeds and Feeding," gives the following rations, 

 from various sources, as a guide in determining the amount of feed 

 that should be allowed the horse under various conditions : 



CHARACTER OP ANIMAL 



AND WORK REQUIRED 



Trotting horse. (Wood- 



. ruff.) 



Colt, weaning time . . 



Colt, one year old . 



Colt, two years old . . 



Colt, two years old, in 

 training .... 



Colt, three years old, in 



training 



Trotting horse : (Splan.) 



Horse on circuit . . . 



Horse on circuit . . . 



Horse variously used. 



(Stonehenge.) 

 Race horse .... 

 Hack 



RATION 



Concentrates 



2 Ib. oats 

 4 Ib. oats 

 6 Ib. oats 



8 Ib. oats 

 8-12 Ib. oats 



10 Ib. oats 



[15 Ib. oats, in excep-] 

 \ tional cases (as with \ 

 I Rams) J 



15 Ib. oats 

 8 Ib. oats 



Roughage 



Hay unlimited allowance 

 Hay unlimited allowance 

 Hay unlimited allowance 



Hay, allowance limited 

 Hay, allowance limited 

 Hay, fair amount 

 Hay, fair amount 



6-8 Ib. hay 

 12 Ib. hay 



