FEEDING HORSES AND MULES 293 



Mules may be fed the same feeds and similar amounts of these as 

 horses, and what has been said in the preceding about feeding this 

 class of animals applies, in general, also to mules. 



QUESTIONS 



1. State the general laws governing the use of feed by horses. 



2. Give a common ration for horses in your locality, and show in how far it 



approaches the Wolff-Lehmann and the Armsby standards. 



3. How is the work done by horses measured? 



4. State the main principles of feeding (a) foal, (&) the mare, (c) work 



horses. 



5. When are horses preferably watered, and how many times fed daily ? 



6. Should horses receive all the hay they will eat? Why? 



7. Discuss the value of different rough feeds for work horses, and the 



necessary precautions in feeding same. 



8. State briefly the value of silage and of roots for horses. 



9. Give the main concentrates fed horses, and state briefly their relative 



values. 



10. Give the system of feeding farm horses during winter, when idle or 



doing light work. 



11. How are horses fattened for market? 



12. Which makes the more economical use of feed eaten, the horse or the 



mule? 



13. Is a small consumption of feed a desirable point in farm animals? 



References: Gay, " Productive Horse Husbandry," Philadelphia, 1914. 

 Farmers' Bui. 1030, "Feeding Horses." 170, "Principles of Horse Feed- 

 ing." 803, "Horse-breeding Suggestions for Farmers." 619 and 952, 

 "Breeds of Horses." 667, "Colts; Breaking and Training." 179, 

 " Horseshoeing." 



