Feed and Care of the Horse Rations. 299 



Trotting horse Splan 1 



On circuit On circuit, exceptional as with Barus 



Oats, 10 Ibs. 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 



Ponv Hunter, large 



olts,41bs. 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 6 



Light work Medium work Heavy work 



Date, 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. Bations for army horses. 9 

 United States Great Britain, con. 



In camp, wt. 1125 Ibs. 



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



Oats, 12. Ibs. Hay, 12 . Ibs. 



Hay, 14.0 Ibs. Cabs, wt. 1125 Ibs. 



Artillery, wt. 1125 Ibs. O ate, 10 Ibs 



Oats, 12.0 Ibs. Hay, 12.0 Ibs. 



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



Oats, 10.0 Ibs. 



Mules, wt. 1025 Ibs. Hay, 12. Ibs. 



Oats, 9. Ibs. Straw, 8. Ibs. 



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



Oats, 12. Ibs. 

 Great Britain Hay, 12. Ibs. 



In quarters, wt. 1125 Ib*. ^"^ P eace f ootin S 



Oats, 10. Ibs. Beserve, wt. 1050 Ibs. 



Hay, 12. Ibs. Oats, 13. Ibs. 



Straw, 8. Ibs. Hay, 8. 8 Ibs. 



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



2 The Horse. 5 Thierzucht, 2, 1888, p. 109. 

 8 The Practical Horse Keeper. 



"Collected by Langworthy and preserved in "A Digest of Eecent Experiments 

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



