The Horse : 

 Its Care and Management, 



CHAPTER I. 



FOODS FOR HORSES. 



The foods used in the feeding of horses may conveniently he 

 divided into four separate groups; these are corn, diy fodder, 

 grass and green forage crops, and miscellaneous foods. 



Corn. — Corn furnishes the necessary strength and energy 

 required by horses doing work, and it is not possilile to keep 

 a horse in good working condition without an adequate supply 

 of this kind of food. The harder a horse h worked, the 

 more corn must be supplied to it. The kinds of corn suitable 

 for feeding to horses on farms and small holdings are oats, 

 maize, beans, peas, and barley. 



Oa.ts are most comraoaily used for horse feeding purposes 

 in this country, and are generally considered to be the best 

 kind of horse-corn. They vary much in regard to their 

 quality and their weight per bushel, and all samples of oats 



