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The two examples given below will show the economy 

 of "short" feeding. 



(a) The London Tramway Company had at one 

 time 6000 horses. These were divided into two lots 

 of 3000 each. Lot I. received crushed oats, hay, and 

 straw chop, while Lot II. had their food in the natural 

 state. The horses in each lot were doing the same 

 class of work, and in spite of Lot II. getting a heavier 

 ration, the advantage was with Lot I. ; e.g. 



Ration, Lot 2. Ration, Lot II. 



1 6 Ibs. crushed oats. 19 Ibs. whole oats. 



7^ chopped hay. 13 long hay. 

 2^ cut straw. 



It was found that the " short " ration saved 60 

 per day on 3000 horses over that fed in the natural 

 state. The total saving for the year on 6000 head 

 was 22,300, making an average saving of 4, 75. 8d. 

 per head in favour of "short feeding." 



(U) Messrs Stirling Bros., Darlingfield, Kelso, kept 

 careful records of the amount of food consumed by 

 five pairs of farm-work horses for two consecutive 

 years. During the first year the hay was fed in the 

 long state, and the grain unbruised ; while for the 

 second year the hay was chopped and the grain 

 bruised. The quality of concentrated food given per 

 day varied in both cases with the work done ; e.g., 

 for the ordinary farm work, three feeds were given 

 per day, during very busy times four feeds, while on 

 Sundays only two feeds per day were given. 



During the three summer months each year when 

 the horses were out at grass, they received very little 

 corn, hence the following average daily rations are 

 only for forty weeks of the year, and have in fact 



