Feed and Care of the Horse. 331 



512. Rations. The following rations given by various author- 

 ities may serve as a general guide in determining the amount of 

 feed which should be allowed the horse under diverse conditions: 



Character of animal and _ \ _ 



work required. Concentrates. Roughage* 



Trotting horse. Hiram Woodruff. 1 



Colt, weaning time ...................... 2 pounds oats. Hay ad lib. 



Colt, one year old ......................... 4 pounds oats. Hay ad lib. 



Colt, two years old ....................... 6 pounc^j oats. Hay ad lib. 



Colt, two years old, in training. ... 8 pounds oats. { 

 Colt, three years old, in training... 8-12 pounds oats, j 



Trotting horse. Splan. * 

 Horse on circuit ........................... 10 pounds oats. { 



Horse on circuit ........................... 15 pounds oats, 



in exceptional Hay, fair 

 cases (as with Rarus). amount. 



Horse variously used. Stonehenge. 3 



Race horse ................................... 15 pounds oats. 6-8 pounds hay. 



Hack ............................................ 8 pounds oats. 12 pounds hay. 



Horse variously used. Fleming. 4 



P^y ............................................ * pounds oats. { Ha jj ^ te 



Hunter, small .............................. 12 pounds oats. 12 pounds hay, 



Hunter, large ............................... 16 pounds oats. 10 pounds hay. 



Carriage, light work ..................... 10 pounds oats. 12 pounds hay. 



The draft horse. Sidney. 5 



Heavy, hard work ...... { *6 founds beats, { 15 ^ds chaff- 



1 3 pounds corn. \ ed clover hay. 



Farm horse. Settegast. 6 

 Li <? ht k ................................. 6-10 P^ "a*- { 



13 pounds oats. { 



1 The Trotting Horse of America. 2 Life with the Trotters. 



8 The Horse. * The Practical Horse Keeper. Book of the Horse. 

 Thierzucht, II, 1888, p. 109. 



