TABLES— READY RECKONER — EXAMPLES 105 



The present allowance is 33 lbs. of food daily for each 

 horse, and for horses of this size it would be inadvisable 

 to give much more than this weight of food. Therefore 

 an increased quantity of the present mixture in the 

 amount needed to supply the deficiency is impractic- 

 able. 



In the matter of cost, on consulting the prices 

 current for the time, it is found that the price of oats 

 (320 lbs.) is 19s. ; of maize (480 lbs.) is 33s.; of barley 

 (448 lbs.) is 28s. ; of bran (1 ton) is 120s. ; and of peas 

 (504 lbs.) is 31s. ; whilst meadow-hay is 95s. a load 

 (18 cwt.). 



Thus the cost of the present ration per horse 2^er diem 

 (see Table VIII., p. 112) is : 



Oats, 14 lbs 9'98d. 



Bran, 5 „ 3-25d. 



Chaff, 14 „ 7-78d. 



21 -Old. 

 — i.e., Is. 9d., or 12s. 3d. per week. 



Looking at Table VII., p. Ill, we see that oats at 19s. 

 are equivalent in value to maize at 38s., whereas we can 

 buy maize at the moment for 33s. Obviously maize will 

 be an advisable purchase. Similarly, barley and peas at 

 the prices quoted are both cheaper than the oats, but 

 bran is dearer. Thus, to cheapen the ration we may 

 substitute suitable amounts of maize, barley, and peas 

 for part of the oats and bran. 



It is well to leave some of the oats in the ration, but 

 we will proceed to substitute 10 lbs. of oats by means of 

 8 lbs. of maize and 2 lbs. of peas, when the ration 

 becomes : 



