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hay for horses, but good clover hay fed in moderation is 



a very desirable kind of feed for them. 



Questions: 



1. What do you understand by a balanced ration? 



2. State the requirement, in digestible nutrients, of a horse at 

 hard labor. 



3. What can you say regarding the proper combination of feeds 

 for horses? 



Arithmetic: 



1. If oats are worth 40c. per bushel and timothy hay is worth 

 $6.00 per ton, what is the cost of Ration No. I? 



2. If corn is worth 54c. per pushel (56 lbs.) and clover hay is 

 worth $6.00 per ton, what is the cost of Ration No. II? 



3. If bran is worth $24.00 per ton, com 54c. per bushel, and tim- 

 othy hay $6.00 per ton, what is the cost of Ration No. III? 



FEEDING HORSES WHEN IDLE 



Idle Horses. — Farm horses are idle or do very little 

 work for a considerable portion of the year, and when 

 they are idle one can greatly reduce the amount of grain 

 they get and increase their allowance of hay. They do 

 not need so much to eat, because they are expending very 

 little energy. They have plenty of time to eat roughage, 

 and, as roughage is cheaper than grain, it cheapens the 

 ration very much to reduce the proportion of grain. 



Figure 81. — A good team of farm mares at work. If much of the farm work ia 

 done with mares, and they are allowed to raise colts, the cost of horse labor can 

 be materially reduced. 



