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Feeds and Feeding. 



when the horse was at rest, and 3.6:1 when the horse did cab 

 service. Individual horses differ greatly in the quantity of water 

 drank. The relation of the feed eaten, work done and water drank 

 by horses is shown by the data given in Wolff's experiments. * 



Amount of water drank by horses — Wolff. 



The water in the feed, which ranged from 2.5 to 4.2 pounds, 

 is not included in the first part of the table. The figures in the 

 last column show the number of pounds of water drank and that 

 contained in the feed per pound of dry matter consumed. The 

 preceding shows that the amount of water drank by the horse 

 varies more than that of any other domestic animal and should 

 be supplied according to requireinenta The wisdom of supplying 

 it frequently during hard labor is plainly indicated in these data. 



453. Decrease in weight of the horse during work. — Eueff ^ in- 

 vestigated the loss in weight of horses dui'ing work, correction 

 being made for the fodder eaten and the dung dropped. Farm 

 horses doing medium work lost on an average 7. 7 pounds in weight 

 during eleven hours. The following results were obtained with 

 German army horses: A division of riding horses ridden for 25 

 minutes in walk, trot and gallop lost on an average 4 pounds in 

 weight. A gelding 8 yeai-s old, carrying a weight of 176 pounds, 

 in training as a school horse, lost 11 pounds in 25 minutes; another 

 horse the same; after 24 hours only 1 pound was regained. A 



1 Laudw. Jahrb. 1887, Suppl. Ill, p. 109. 

 * Landw. Wochenbl. d. k. k. Ackerbaum., 1870, 

 terungeslehre, 1872, p. 370. 



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