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FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED 



their equivalent, divided into 3 feeds, should suffice for concentrates, 

 the evening meal being the largest. In case the horse is at all con- 

 stipated, bran should be fed, dry or as a mash. The hay is usually 

 fed long, for the carriage horse has ample time for his meals. From 

 10 to 12 lbs. of hay is a liberal allowance, bringing the total ration 

 vs^ithin 18 to 22 lbs. The carriage horse must be trim in body and so 

 cannot consume much bulky feed, yet some roughage is always neces- 

 sary. With this class of horses the feeder must also guard against 



Fig. 65. — Profit-Making Brood Mares and Foals 



A team of such brood mares would bring added profits to many farms where 

 no colts are now raised. They will not only raise profitable foals but will also 

 do no small part of the farm work. (From Breeder's Gazette.) 



feeding too large amounts of such laxative feeds as clover and alfalfa 

 hay or bran. Carriage horses are usually overfed and exercised ir- 

 regularly or too little, and mainly for these reasons their period of 

 satisfactory service is often brief. On daj'^s when they are not driven, 

 the usual amount of roughage may be fed but the amount of grain 

 should be reduced. 



Feed and care of the brood mare. — Many farmers who raise no colts 

 would find it profitable to keep a good team of brood mares to do part 

 of the work and also to raise colts each year. The brood mare must, 



