182 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA'N. [Jan. '94. 



Remarks. 



It will be noticed that the average weight of the horses 

 has been well sustained by the various rations fed. Table 



III. makes this very clear. Slight variations are noted at 

 times, due probably to the fact that the horses were obliged 

 to do rather more than the average work for a short time. 



Ration III., fed when the horses were doing very light 

 work, proved sufficient to keep them in good condition, and 

 costs several cents less per day than the others. Ration 



IV. gives very good results, and costs somewhat less than 

 Rations I. and II. The cost of the several rations is based 

 on an approximate average market cost of the several foods. 

 This average will be found below. Ration IV. contains 

 about the same amount of digestible nutrients as given by 

 Wolff for horses doing average work. 



Average Market Cost of the Various Foods fed. 



Hay, $15 00 per ton. 



Wheat bran, 20 00 " 



Cracked corn, 24 00 " 



Oats (thirty-two pounds per bushel) , . . . 45 per bushel. 



Average Composition of Fodder Stuffs. 



Hay. 



"WTieat 

 Bran. 



Moisture at 100^ C, . 



Dry matter, 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude ash, 



" cellulose, .... 



" fat, 



" protein 



Non-nitrogenous extract matter, . 



10.15 

 89.85 



100.00 



6.21 



32.15 



2.38 



9.67 



49.59 



100.00 



10.49 

 89.51 



100.00 



7.01 



10.89 



5.00 



17.78 



59.32 



100.00 



12.16 



87.84 



100.00 



2.58 



6.96 



5.11 



12.25 



73. a4 



100.00 



