332 



Feeds and Feeding. 



513. Rations for army horses. — The following are the rations 

 allowed army horses in the countries noted: 



Ration. 



Government Weight of horse. Concentrates. Roughage 



United States, » cavalry, 950 to 1,150 lbs. 12 lbs. oats, ) 



com or [• 14 lbs. hay. 



barley. J 



United States, artillery, 1,050 to 1,200 lbs. 12 lbs. oats, \ 



corn or >■ 14 lbs. hay. 



barley. J 



Germany,* cavalry 1,050 lbs. 10 lbs. oats.* | ?'7ibs Sw 



Germany, cavalry-officers' 11 lbs. oats. | T'vib^Sw 



Great Britain.^ cavalry 10 lbs. oata. { ^| }^^- ^^J^^ 



Great Britain, cavalry, severe duty 12-14 lbs. oats. | t ,. ^' g+^L. 



* Wolff (Article 441) refers to the German cavalry ration as containing 

 11 pounds of oats. 



514. Rations used by street-car companies. — The rations used 

 by street- car companies are interesting not only because they show 

 the feed required by animals thus worked, but, because of the 

 constant and severe labor performed by this class of animals, 

 we can learn of the food requirements of hard- worked horses. 

 The following rations are given by Fleming* as the daily allow- 

 ance for horses of some of the principal tramway (horse-car) com- 

 panies of Great Britain: 



Special Agent Mattes, of the Department of Agriculture, has 



» From information furnished by Chas. Bird, Quartermaster General 

 U. S. Army, Washington. 



* Laudw. Jahrb., 1887, Suppl. TIL p. 72. 



• Fleming, The Practical Horse Keeper, p. 89. * Loc. cit., p. 8S. 



