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Feeds and Feeding. 



iuid shorts, equal pui tci by weight, with bran and short^i Oiily, ^<^^ 

 horses. 



Feeding bran, wheat and sliorts, in opposition to Iran and shorts — 

 North Dakota Station. 



Feeding bran, wheat andshovts. 



Total, 12 horsea 4 weeks 



Average, 1 horae 4 weeka 



Feeding bran and shorts. 



Tota[, 12 horses 4 weeks. 



Average, 1 horse 4 weeks 



Grain 

 eaten. 



Lbs. 



5,063 

 422 



4,941 

 412 



Gain or loss 

 in weight. 



Lbs. 



Gain 20 

 Gain 2 



Gam 160 

 Gain 13 



Work 

 done. 



Hours. 



1,775 

 148 



1,642 

 137 



The summary shows that each horse fed whole wheat, in addi- 

 tion to bran and shorts, while doin^ eleven houi-s more work con- 

 sumed ten pounds more grain and gained eleren pounds less per 

 month, on the average, than those getting bran and shorts only. 

 This indicates that whole wheat has no advantage over the same 

 weight of bran and shorts in the ration. 



465. Ground wheat and bran compared with oats. — Shepperd * 

 next fed a mixture of two parts ground wheat and one part bran, 

 by weight, to one lot of work horses, while another received whole 

 oats. The trial began in Il^ovember and continued until March, 

 with the results here given: 



Whole oats compared with a mixture of two parts ground wheat and one 



In these trials, although the horses getting oats ate somewhat 

 more grain, they showed a slight loss in weight while doing some- 

 what less work than those fed ground wheat and bran. 



' lioo. cit. 



