No. 12. Feed for Horses. — Coivs in the West. — Ag. Exhibition. 



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Feed for Horses. 



In the account given by Mr. Stevenson, in 

 the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, of his 

 experiments respecting the feeding of farm 

 horses, on which he received a premium of 

 ten sovereigns from the Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society of Scotland, we find the fol- 

 lowing statements: 



" As to the modes of feeding while the 

 inquiry was going on: 1. The fodder during 

 the winter was wheat straw. 2. During 

 spring, bean straw ; none of which was 

 chopped or cut, as the labor was thought to 

 counterbalance the advantage. He places 

 hay first, as the best fodder for the horse ; 

 next, bean-straw, when well got in, but it is 

 dangerous when given damp; next, wheat 

 straw ; then, oat-straw. The grain fed out 

 to the horses was as follows : 



" 1. Three horses fed on bruised oats, (15 

 lbs. daily,) with 42 lbs. of Swedish turnips, 

 also daily. 



" 2. Two horses fed on a mixture of bruis- 

 ed grain, of which two parts were oats, one 

 part barley, and one part beans; also, Swed- 

 ish turnips 42 lbs. daily. 



" 3. Three horses ted on the same mix- 

 ture ; two feeds given raw and one feed boil- 

 ed — the boiled portion unbruised ; also, 42 

 lbs. of Swedish turnips daily. 



"4. Two horses more on the same mix- 

 ture, all boiled, and 42 lbs. of Swedish tur- 

 nips daily. 



"5. Two horses fed on boiled Swedish 

 turnips, with one feed of five lbs. of the 

 bruised mixture daily. These horses coq- 

 sumed about 150 lbs. daily, each, of Swedish 

 turnips. The ages, weight, &c., as well as 

 results, are given in the table," (which we 

 here omit.) 



Mr. Stevenson remarks that those horses 

 which were fed on bruised oats were evi- 

 dently less energetic than the others. Two 

 of them (Nos. 1 and 2) performed less work, 

 were dull in the yoke, and their coats looked 

 unhealthy. Those on raw mixed grain were 

 the most energetic. Variety of food seems 

 to have a beneficial effect — an opinion cor- 

 roborated by the observations of Liebig and 

 others. Those on boiled food, whether tur- 

 nip or otherwise, showed a healthy glossy 

 coat. Their perspiration did not seem more 

 abundant than usual, with the exception, 

 perhaps, of those fed on boiled turnips. 

 Those on boiled turnips consumed more 

 straw ; they scarcely ever tasted water. 

 They are also said to have had a quicker 

 step, and performed more labor. 



In regard to cost, he says the results are 

 in favor of boiled turnips with one feed of 

 bruised grain. — Ellsworth's Report, 1844. 



Rare Cows in the West. 



We frequently have' accounts from the 

 East of great milkers and butter cows. We 

 can now and then produce animals here, re- 

 markable for their productive qualities. We 

 lately saw a cow belonging to Mr. Jacob 

 Hoffher, of Cummingsville, of part Pat- 

 ton and Durham stock, (the Durham from 

 the importation of 1817,) which goes be- 

 yond even what her promising appearance, 

 and particularly the enormous size of her 

 finely shaped udder, would indicate, giving, 

 for a length of time, without pushing, or any 

 other food than grass, thirteen and a half 

 pounds of butter a week. Dr. Martin, of 

 Kentucky, had a cow, now dead, which yield- 

 ed, with very high keep, forty-two quarts of 

 milk per day, for two months after calving. 

 This cow, too, was of the Patton and Dur- 

 ham stock mixed. Mr. Hoffner's cow gives 

 a very large quantity of milk within two 

 weeks of calving. We know, too, of a cow 

 in Newport, Kentucky, of the same breed as 

 the two above named, which gives for six 

 months after calving, eight gallons of railk 

 a day. — Western Farmer and Gardener. 



Agricultural Exhibition. 



. Premiums offered by the Philadelphia So- 

 ciety for promoting Agriculture, for the Ex- 

 hibition to be held at the Lamb Tavern, 

 (Thompson's,) on the Lancaster turnpike, 

 one mile West of the Permanent Bridge, on 

 Wednesday and Thursday, the 22nd and 

 23rd of October, 1845, and the trial of 

 ploughs to take place on Friday, the 24th. 



HORSES. 



For the best thorough-bred stud-horse, $10 



For the next best do. do. 5 

 For the best stud-horse adapted to the 



field and road, 8 



For the next best do. do. 4 



For the best thorough-bred brood mare, 8 



For the next best do. do. 4 

 For the best mare adapted to the field 



and road, 8 



For the next best do. 4 

 For the best horse colt, between two 



and four years old, 6 



For the next best do. do. 3 



For the best filley or mare colt, do. 6 



For the next best do. do. 3 

 For the best horse colt between one 



and two years old, 4 



For the next best do. do. 2 



For the best filley or mare colt, do. 4 



For the next best do. do. 2 



