01 S Feeds and Feeding. 



Llieir airival and while out of coudition. In changing from whole 

 milk to separator skim milk, it was necessary to reduce the 

 amount of milk fed for a day or two to prevent scouiing. Ten 

 pounds of separator skim milk was found to effect a sj-ving of one 

 pound of grain. * Grattan reports favorably on the use of skim milk 

 for foals. Even when fed sour or lobbered, satisfactory results were 

 obtained after they were accustomed to it. MacNeilage objects 

 to the use of cow's milk for foals, claiming "no better means of 

 manufacturing wind-suckers waa ever de vised, and it is rare that 

 yearlings so brought out count for much as two-year-olds and 

 three-year-olds."* This adverse criticism is a timely warning 

 against the too free use of milk in foal feeding. While we may 

 give a large amount of milk to a pig, forcing its growth to the 

 utmost, we should remember that this animal is designed for the 

 pork barrel, while the growing colt is intended for quite a differ- 

 ent purpose. Milk carries a large amount of bone and muscle- 

 building material and is very palatable. In judicious hands its 

 use Ls commended. (356-7) 



50J. Feed and care of the staSiion. — The following from San- 

 ders ^ is replete with good counsel in relation to the stallion: 

 ''The food should mainly be good, sound oats — nothing is better; 

 but this should be varied by an occasional ration of corn or barley; 

 for horses, like men, are fond of a variety in their food, and an 

 occasional change of diet is conducive to health. Wheat bran is 

 an invaluable adjunct to the grain ration, and can never be dis- 

 pensed Avith. It is the cheapest, safest and best of all regulators 

 for the bowels, and it is especially rich in some of the most im- 

 portant elements of nutrition. No specific directions as to the 

 quantity of food can be given. Some horses will require nearly 

 twice as much as others; and the quantity that may be safely 

 given will depend somewhat upon the amount of exercise in any 

 given case. Some horsemen recommend feeding three and others 

 four times a day; but in either ca.se no more should be given 

 than will be promptly eaten up clean. If any food should be left 

 in the box it should be at once removed and the quantity at the 



1 Breeder's Gazette, Vol. VT, 1SS4, p. 796. 

 'Trans. PIi.i.]il. and Agil. iSoc, 1890, p. 152. 

 ■ "Horse Breefling," pp. 144— Iti. 



