130 HORSE SENSE. 



assimilate. Here is where the "art" of feeding comes in. How often 

 we have seen it exemplified. 



ONE MAN WILL WORK FLESH OFF AND ANOTHER WILL 

 WORK IT ON HORSES. 



One man will take a team thin in flesh, work it hard and have the 

 horses gain in flesh on much less feed than they had before. This shows 

 that it is not so much the amount of feed given, as it is the properly 

 balanced ration and the regularity with which they were fed, together 

 with the manner of handling. Another will take the team in the height 

 of condition of flesh and fit for their work, and in a short time the 

 horses are seen to be dull and losing flesh, notwithstanding they had 

 all the grain and hay they could consume. 



RATION FOR THE WEANLING COLT, THE YEARLING, TWO 

 AND THREE YEARS OLD. 



Below we give a number of "Rations" in relation to the character of 

 animal and work required, per day, for trotting bred stock: 



Weanling Colt. — Two to three pounds cf oats. Hay all it will eat. 



Yearling Colt. — Four to five pounds of oats. Hay all it will eat. 



Two-yearColt. — Six to seven pounds of oats. Hay all it will eat. 



Three-year Colt in Training. — Nine to twelve pounds of oats. Hay 

 somewhat limited. 



Horse in Races. — Ten to fourteen pounds of oats. Hay somewhat 

 limited. 



Road Horse. — Eight to ten pounds of oats. Hay, ten to twelve 

 pounds. 



Carriage Horse. — Ten to twelve pounds of oats. Hay, twelve to 

 fourteen pounds. 



Farm Horse at Heavy Work. — Twelve to fourteen pounds of oats, 

 three pounds of corn. Hay, thirteen to fifteen pounds. 



Draft Horse at Heavy Work. — Fourteen to sixteen pounds of oats, 

 five pounds of corn. Hay, sixteen to eighteen pounds. 



VALUE OF BRAN AND BRAN-MASHES FOR HORSES. 



The addition to the above, of one to five pounds of bran per day- 

 considering the animal, the condition of the bowels and the character 

 of the hay, will often prove very advantageous. An occasional bran- 

 mash for any indications of a feverish condition must not be neglected. 



The question of feeding is largely a matter of regularity and close ob- 

 servation of conditions and food stufT. 



Cooked food is not to be thought of, except m case of sickness or 

 the old and comparatively toothless animals. The horse has both a good 

 mill, and digestive apparatus when properly fed and handled. 



