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Feeds and Feeding. 



and shorts, equal parts by weight, with bran and shorts only, for 

 horses. 



Feeding bran, wheat and shorts, in opposition to bran and shorts 

 North Dakota Station. 



The summary shows that each horse fed whole wheat, in addi- 

 tion to bran and shorts, while doing eleven hours more work con- 

 sumed ten pounds more grain and gained eleven pounds less per 

 month, on the average, than those getting bran and shorts only. 

 This indicates that whole wheat has no advantage over the same 

 weight of bran and shorts in the ration. 



465. Ground wheat and bran compared with oats. Shepperd 1 

 next fed a mixture of two parts ground wheat and one part bran, 

 by weight, to one lot of work horses, while another received whole 

 oats. The trial began in November and continued until March, 

 with the results here given: 



Whole oats compared with a mixture of two parts ground wheat and one 

 part bran, by weight North Dakota Station. 



In these trials, although the horses getting oats ate somewhat 

 more grain, they showed a slight loss in weight while doing some- 

 what less work than those fed ground wheat and bran. 



1 Loc. cit. 



