688 I>R' CHASE'S RECIPES. 



Amount of Food Necessary for a Horse at Work.— The Eng- 

 lish railway (or, as we call them here, street car) companies, feed their horses a 

 mixed feed, about as follows, for 6 horses. Hay, 376 lbs., and straw, 84 lbs., 

 both cut into chaff; oats, 336 lbs.; Indian corn, 252 lbs.; beans, 84 lbs.; 

 bran, 14 lbs. All mi.xed evenly together and gi'ound; then, I should judge, 

 mixed proportionally, with the moistened cut hay and straw. This makes an 

 average of 11 lbs. of the mixed hay and 16 lbs. of the mixed grain for each 

 horse daily. A fair feed, if not overworked, as many of them do in our cities. 



A Pennsylvania farmer says: Two quarts of meal per day is not enough 

 for a horse that is working; but an excellent mixture of grain is cracked corn, 

 1 bushel, and oats, 2 bushels. [The author would say better if ground together 

 in equal proportions. See Mr. Stewart's Best Feed, or Rations for Work 

 Horses.] Of this, he goes on to say, a small horse that is driven, or worked, 

 should have 2 qts. at a feed, given 3 times a day, with 5 lbs. of hay (cut), night 

 and morning. And a horse that is not working, but will be, soon, would be the 

 better for a daily feed of 2 qts of grain (oats) given at noon. 



Remarks. — This undoubtedly refers to a horse which is not being fed upon 

 the meal mixture, but simply hay, or other coarse food. 



For Old Horses.— For old horses the oats should most certainly be 

 ground, and their coarse food also cut, dampened and the ground oats mixed 

 with it, as their teeth are not in condition to grind for themselves; and if they 

 are left to do it, they do not get half the value of the grain. It is worthy of 

 attention. Younger horses may do tolerably well grinding for themselves; but 

 they will do much better if it is ground for them. 



Apples Valuable for Horses. — Remarks have been made in connec- 

 tion with the subject of carrots, parsnips and other roots of valuable food for 

 cattle, etc., in which apples are shown to possess, largely, the power of dis 

 solving other coarse food for them, why not then good for horses? (See this 

 pectine, or dissolving power, described in connection with carrots and other 

 roots for cattle. Apples possess it in greater abundance than almost any other 

 article known.) Of course it is only sour apples that have this power, and 

 hence it is only them that should be fed. One writer says: I liave occasionally 

 fed sour apples to my horses, with excellent results. They are a certain cure 

 for worms. I feed half to a whole pailful once a week. Another one says: I 

 am in the habit of turning my horses into the orchard in the fall, where they 

 can eat as many apples as they like. I find they derive much benefit from them, 

 and gain flesh much more rapidly than others which did not receive an apple 

 feed. 



Parsnips Valuable as Food for Horses.— In the article above 

 referred to, parsnips were spoken of as having been fed in France, by a horse 

 breeder, there, for 20 years, with better success than when he used to feed car- 

 rots, from the larger amount of pectine, or pectic acid, which they contain. It 

 is from the presence of this dissolving power, in apples, as well as parsnips, 

 carrots, beets, rutabagas, etc. , which make them so valuable as food, when pro- 

 perly cut and mixed with other coarse food, as hay, cornstalks, straw, etc., all 

 properly cut, both for horses and cattle. 



