170 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



To every three pounds of this mixture two pounds 

 of corn meal and three pounds of bran are added and 

 fed warm, mixed with an equal bulk of clean-cut 

 hay. In addition to this, a pint of linseed oil meal 

 is fed. As much salt and water as the fattening ani- 

 mal relishes are given. If roots are not available, 

 then a few pounds of silage will do. In place of 

 barley, oats may be substituted, but corn should 

 compose a large part of the ration. Give freely of 

 the grain mixture. While not stinting in roughage 

 materials, these should be held down to the mini- 

 mum. A horse will fatten most rapidly on the grain. 



Feeding Mules. There is a prevailing notion that 

 mules eat less than horses. Riley, after a long ex- 

 perience with thousands of army mules, maintains 

 that "a mule requires just as much as a horse of 

 similar dimensions." In fact, at hard work, Riley 

 says "that the mule will eat more than the horse 

 will or can." In general, an animal that eats little 

 is a poor animal, regardless of its class or kind. The 

 mule will manage to get along on poor feed given 

 at irregular intervals, but this neglect is manifest in 

 its condition and efficiency. What has been said 

 about feeding work horses applies to mules. 



Good Rations Commonly Used. The following 

 rations are in common use at various times and in 

 various sections of the country : 



1. Timothy hay, 12 pounds; corn meal, n pounds; 



malt sprouts, 5 pounds. 



2. Red clover hay, 8 pounds ; oat straw, 6 pounds ; 



corn meal, 12 pounds; wheat middlings, 6 

 pounds.. 



