Feed and Care of the Horse Rations. 299 



Trotting horse Splan 1 



On circuit On circuit, exceptional as with Rarus 



Oats, 10 lbs. Oats, 15 Ibs. 



Hay, fair amount Hay, fair amount 



Horses variously used Stonehenge 2 



Race horse Hack 



Oats, 15 Ibs. Oats, 8 Ibs. 



Hay, 6-8 Ibs. Hay, 12 Ibs. 



Horses variously used Fleming 3 



Pony Hunter, large 

 Oats, 4 Ibs. Oats, 16 Ibs. 



Hay, moderate allowance Hay, 10 Ibs. 



Hunter, small Carriage, light work 

 Oats, 12 Ibs. Oats, 10 Ibs. 



Hay, 12 Ibs. Hay, 12 Ibs. 



The draft horse Sidney 4 



Heavy, hard work 

 Oats, 13 Ibs. 

 Horse beans, 6 Ibs. 

 Corn, 3 Ibs. 

 Chaffed clover hay, 15 Ibs. 



The farm horse Settegast 5 



Light work Medium work Heavy work 



Oats, 6-10 Ibs. Oats, 10 Ibs. Oats, 13 Ibs. 



Hay, 6-9 Ibs. Hay, 10 Ibs. Hay, 12 Ibs. 



Straw, 3 Ibs. Straw, 3 Ibs. Straw, 3 Ibs. 



B. Rations for army horses. 6 



United States Great Britain, con. 



In camp, wt. 1125 lbs. 

 Cavalry, wt. 1050 Ibs. Oats, 12. Ibs. 



Hav > 12 - lbs - 



Hay, 14. lbs. 



Cabs, wt. 1125 lbs. 



Artillery, wt. 1125 lbs. Oats, 10. lbs. 



Oats, 12.0 lbs. Hay, 12.0 lbs. 



Hay, 14. lbs. Mules, heavy work, wt. 1025 lbs. 



Oats, 10.0 lbs. 



Mules, wt. 1025 lbs. Hay, 12. lbs. 



Oats, 9. lbs. Straw, 8. lbs. 



Hay, 14 . lbs. Mules in camp, wt. 1025 lbs. 



Oats, 12.0 lbs. 

 Great Britain Hay, 12. lbs. 



In quarters, wt. 1125 lbs. France, peace footing 



Oats, 10. lbs. Reserve, wt. 1050 lbs. 



Hay, 12. lbs. Oats, 13. lbs. 



Straw, 8.0 lbs. Hay, 8. 8 lbs. 



1 Life with the Trotters. * Book of the Horse. 



- The Horse. * Thierzucht, 2, 1888, p. 109. 



3 The Practical Horse Keeper. 



'Collected by Langworthy and preserved in "A Digest of Recent Experiments 

 on Horse Feeding," U. S. Dept. Agr., 1903, Office Expt. Sta., Bui. 125. 



