1894.] 



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YII. 



NOTES ON FEEDING FARM HORSES. 



1888-93. 



Rations for Farm Horses. 



The following data are presented in order to show how the 

 horses kept at the station have been fed during the past few 

 years. Tlie two farm horses, Fan and Bess, do an average 

 amount of work during the spring, summer and autumn. In 

 the winter season the work is light. Molly, whose record 

 first appears in January, 1892, has been used for driving and 

 express work. 



During the winter of 1892, wlien the horses had compara- 

 tively little to do, the grain rations were reduced one-third. 

 The so-called provender consists of cracked corn and oats 

 mixed in the proportion of four hundred pounds of corn to 

 fifteen bushels of oats. The horses were weio;hed weeklv, 

 and the average monthly weights will be found in Table III. 

 The horses have been in uniform aood condition durini>- the 

 several years. 



Table I. (Horses Fan, Bess and Molly.) 



I., Aug., 188S, to June, 18S9, 

 II., June, 1889, to Jan., 1892, 



III.. 

 IV., 



Jan., 1892, to May, 1892, 

 May, 1892, to Jan., 1894, 



Food consumed Daily 

 (Pounds). 



m 



18.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 



15.00 



2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



Ch 



6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



1:7.92 

 1:7.99 

 1:7.22 



1:7.81 



Eh 



23.23 

 25.03 

 18.78 

 21.43 



j3 0) 3 



14.39 

 15.41 

 11.42 

 13.26 



23.34 

 24.84 

 18. 49 

 22.09 



The above table shows the daily rations fed during the 

 several years, the nutritive ratios of the feed, the average 



