128 HORSE SENSE. 



HORSES KEPT CONTINUOUSLY IN THE STABLE MUST BE 

 FED WITH CARE. 



When horses are in the stable much of the time, the feeding needs 

 to be carefully managed. Sv/ede turnips (rutabagas) are relished by 

 horses, and seem better food for them than the carrot. They do well on 

 roots when idle or at moderate woiiv. 



HORSES DO NOT NEED THEIR FOOD COOKED. 



Cooking food for horses has not been found generally profitable. 

 Careful experiments made years ago showed that horses do better on 

 raw food. Crushed or ground oats are much used. Some horses have 

 a tendency to bolt their feed half chewed, and some of the grain is 

 voided whole in these cases. Grinding helps any such tendency. 



RATIONS FOR HORSES IN LONDON. 



In England some of the large companies, which work a great many 

 horses, give mixed food, and use considerable quantities of American 

 corn. The North Metropolitan Company (London) allows for each 

 horse per day about the following rations: Corn, nine pounds; oats, 

 seven pounds; peas, one pound; beans, one pound; hay, seven pounds; 

 cut straw, three pounds; total, twenty-eight pounds. The South London 

 Tramway Company gives corn, seven pounds; oats, seven pounds; beans, 

 one pound; hay, eleven pounds; straw, three pounds; total, twenty-nine 

 pounds. 



FEEDING BRITISH CAVALRY HORSES. 



That which needs special attention by our feeders is the quantity of 

 hay fed and the desirability of usitig a small quantity of straw in the 

 ration. British cavalry horses are allowed ten pounds of oats and twelve 

 pounds of hay as an ordinary feed. If out on active service, the oats are 

 increased to fifteen pounds. In private stables and on the farm it is 

 better to give greater variety to the food, and the wise feeder will be 

 guided by the season and the price of foods, in keeping his animals in 

 the best of health at the least expense., 



LONDON TRAM AND BUS COMPANY FEED THEIR HORSES 

 SEVEN TIMES A DAY. 



The London County Council Tram and Bus management employs 

 about 4,000 . carefully-selected, stout, thick, muscular horses, weighing 

 1,150 to 1,250 pounds. These horses are fed as follows: Thirteen pounds 

 of roughage per day, consisting of eleven and a half pounds of hay. and 

 one and a half pounds of straw, fourteen pounds of concentrates or grain, 

 consisting of eight pounds of corn, four pounds of oats and two pounds 

 of peas, all ground and mixed together. All hay and straw is cut, and 

 all grain is fed mixed with cut hay or straw and moistened. The horses 

 are fed seven times each day, extending from 5 a. m. to 8 p. m. Water 

 is given always before every feed, and every time they come in from 

 work. Rock salt is accessible at all times. The horses stand either on 

 stone or vitrified brick floors, and are never permitted to lie down except 



