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rations should be increased or decreased accordingly. For example, the 

 1,500-pound horse will take about 1.5 times as much feed as one 

 weighing 1,000 Ibs, 



The following will illustrate the substitutions which may be made in 

 these rations. Still others are discussed in the preceding chapter. 



Hay from other grasses may be substituted for timothy hay, usually 

 pound for pound. The legume hay may be alfalfa, red clover, alsike 

 clover, sweet clover, soybean, cowpea, lespedeza, etc. Fodder and stover 

 from the sorghums may replace corn fodder and stover. Crushed or 

 ground barley may be substituted for oats, one-tenth less being fed. 

 Crushed or ground grain sorghums may be fed in place of corn, 5 to 10 

 per ct. more being required. Cottonseed meal may replace linseed meal. 

 Wheat bran, gluten feed, peanut meal, and other protein-rich feeds may 

 be substituted for linseed meal, the amount being increased proportion- 

 ally in the case of bran, gluten feed, or other supplements which are 

 lower in protein than linseed meal. For horses at work straw had best be 

 chopped and mixed with the concentrates. 



Example rations for various classes of work horses 



1,000-lb. horse at hard work 



1. Timothy hay, 11 Ibs. 

 Oats, 12.5 Ibs. 



2. Timothy hay, 11 Ibs. 

 Corn, 8.5 Ibs. 

 Linseed meal, 2 Ibs. 



3. Legume hay, 11 Ibs. 

 Corn, 10 Ibs. 



4. Red clover hay, 6 Ibs. 

 Timothy hay, 5 Ibs. 

 Corn, 9 Ibs. 

 Linseed meal, 1 Ib. 



5. Alfalfa hay, 6 Ibs. 

 Timothy hay, 5 Ibs. 

 Corn, 10 Ibs. 



6. Shredded corn fodder, 6 Ibs. 

 Legume hay, 5 Ibs. 



Oats, 12.0 Ibs. 



7. Oat or barley straw, chopped, 



3 Ibs. 



Legume hay, 8 Ibs. 

 Oats, 12.0 Ibs. 



1,000-lb. horse at medium work 



1. Timothy hay, 12 Ibs. 

 Oats, 9 Ibs. 



2. Timothy hay, 12 Ibs. 

 Corn, 5.75 Ibs. 

 Linseed meal, 1.75 Ibs. 



3. Legume hay, 12 Ibs. 

 Corn, 7 Ibs. 



4. Red clover hay, 6 Ibs. 

 Timothy hay, 6 Ibs. 

 Corn, 6.5 Ibs. 

 Linseed meal, 0.75 Ibs. 



5. Alfalfa hay, 6 Ibs. 

 Timothy hay, 6 Ibs. 

 Corn, 7 Ibs. 



6. Shredded corn fodder, 6 Ibs. 

 Legume hay, 5 Ibs. 



Oats, 9 Ibs. 



7. Oat or barley straw, chopped, 



4 Ibs. 



Legume hay, 8 Ibs. 

 Oats, 9 Ibs. 



