164 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



cowpea hay, corn stover, the cereal hays with or 

 without vetch, and other legumes and grasses, ad- 

 mit of considerable choice and variety. Although 

 crimson clover is frequently fed to horses it is not 

 a desirable roughage because of the fuzzy condi- 

 tion of the clover head. Frequently this fuzz curls 

 up into balls, lodges in the intestinal organs, and 

 causes digestive disorders and sometimes death. 



EXERCISE NECESSARY EVEN ON FARMS 



When not worked farm horses require exercise. If at pasture this is un- 

 necessary, but during winter, or if pastures or paddocks are not available, 

 they should be driven or led about. 



In the western states many of the cereal hays, 

 brome grass, alfalfa, prairie hay, corn stover, timo- 

 thy and the clovers are available. These allow a 

 wide range of roughage materials for horses. In 

 every section millet grows well and is frequently 

 fed. If cut and cured just as the first blossoms ap- 

 pear, a hay scarcely inferior to timothy is made. 

 Overripe millet should not be fed to horses. 



