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ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE 



good for horses. Poor and dusty clover hay may not be; 

 but good, bright, well cured clover hay, fed in moderation, 

 is a very good kind of hay for horses. 



Figure 79. 



-Making clover hay. Clover should be grown and fed on every farm. 

 It is a very cheap nitrogenous feed. 



Actual experiments at the Ohio Experiment Station 

 have shown that horses fed mixed timothy and clover hay, 

 kept just as well, were able to do just as much work and 

 showed just as good spirit, when fed corn as when fed oats, 

 and that a pound of corn on the cob was worth as much for 

 horse feed as a pound of oats. If horses can be fed corn 

 and clover hay without detriment to them, the cost of 

 keeping a work horse can be reduced $10.00 to $20.00 

 per year. These data are worthy of study and a fair trial. 

 Questions: 



1. Can you give any way by which the cost of feed for a horse 

 may be reduced without injury to the horse? 



2. What can you say of the relative value of com and oats as 

 feed for horses, and the cost per pound of each? 



3. Compare timothy and clover hay as to their feeding value. 

 Arithmetic: 



1. If com is worth 54c. per bushel, what is the cost per ton of 

 shelled com (56 lbs. per bushel)? Of ear corn (72 lbs. per bushel)? 



2. If it costs $16.20 per acre to grow a crop of com and husk it 



