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Feeds and Feeding. 



471. Kloepfer's conclusions concerning corn. — Dr. Kloepfer ^ 

 draws the following conclusions from investigations conducted by 

 himself and others concerning the value of Indian corn as a food 

 for horses: ''Corn is well adapted to replace oats, since the 

 chemical composition of both cereals, especially as regaids protein 

 and fat, are nearly the same. The whole grain feed may be made 

 up of corn in winter time and three-fourths of it in summer time. 

 Five pounds of corn are equivalent to six pounds of oats. The 

 heaviest feed should be given at night. The change from oats to 

 corn feed should occur very gradually, the transition period last- 

 ing from two to four weeks according to the extent to which the 

 oats are to be fed in connection with the corn. New corn should 

 not be fed to horses. The American dent varieties of corn are the 

 best adapted to horse feeding." 



472. reeds rich in protein compared with oats for colts. — Jordan, 

 of the Maine Station, * conducted feeding experiments with colts 

 in which oats were fed against a mixture of other concentrates, 

 such as peas and wheat middlings, in the first trial, and gluten 

 meal, linseed meal and middlings in the second trial. In the first 

 trial, which lasted 137 days, oats when fed to three grade Per- 

 cheron colts, 9, IG and 18 months old, produced less growth than an 

 equal weight of a mixture of peas and middlings, the relation of 

 growth made being as 100 : 111. In the second trial, two Per- 

 cheron colts, both 11 months old, were fed oats against middlings, 

 gluten meal and linseed meal, in the proportion of 60 : 35 : 15. 

 Ten pounds of hay were fed each colt daily in addition to the grain. 

 The experiment lasted 84 days, the results being as follows: 



» Biederm. Centralbl. 1895, p. 275. 

 » Ropid. 1891-92. 



