VETERINAKY HYGIENE AND DIETETICS. i i 



50 per cent of ordinary food is water, these 154 ounces will cor- 

 respond to 308 ounces of ordinary solid food. The standard diet 

 will necessarily be altered under different conditions. Horses 

 need more in cold climates, and when working heavily than when 

 at rest. The hard-working animal requires more food to build 

 up waste tissue. 



THE AMOUNT OF NUTRIMENT IN THE VARIOUS FOODS 

 USED FOR HORSES. 



The following table will show the amount of nutritive matter 

 contained in the different foods used for the horse : 



1,000 parts of Wheat contains 955 parts of nutritive material. 



1,000 parts of Barley conta 



1,000 parts of Oats contains 744 parts of nutritive material. 



1,000 parts of Peas contains 573 parts of nutritive material. 



1,000 parts of Beans conta 



ns 950 parts of nutritive material. 



ns 570 parts of nutritive material. 



1,000 parts of Potatoes contains 230 parts of nutritive material. 



1,000 parts of RfeI Beets contains 148 parts of nutritive material. 



1,000 parts of Parsnips contains 99 parts of nutritive material. 



1,000 parts of Carrots contains 98 parts of nutritive material. 



Of the grasses, 1,000 parts of the meadow cattail contains, at 

 the time of seeding, 98 parts of nutritive matter; narrow-leafed 

 meadow grass and seeds and sweet-scented soft grasses in flower, 

 95 parts; narrow-leaved and flat-stalked meadow grass in flower, 

 fertile meadow grass in seed, and tall rescue in flower, 93; creep- 

 ing soft grass in flower, 78; common turnips, 42; long-rooted 

 clover, 39; white clovers, 32; and lucerne, 25. 



RELATIVE VALUE OF THE VARIOUS GRASSES AND SOILS 

 BEST SUITED TO THEIR GROWTH. 



We will here enumerate the various kinds of grasses ordinarily 

 cultivated throughout the United States, specifying the relative 

 value of each for grazing purposes, as also the latitude and soil 

 best suited to them. Tlu^ famous blue grass of Kentucky, Ten- 

 nessee, and West Virginia stands at the head of the list for pas- 

 turing. It is a small, fine grass, growing about one foot high, 



