ON FEEDING AND THE FOOD, 



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The following table exhibits the percentage of these 

 various elemeuts iu the several kinds of food for the horse, 

 most frequently used in this, as well as other countries: 



Description of Food. 



Black Butter- Com 



Oats 



ludiauCoru 



Linseed 



Beaiis 



Peas 



Barlev 



Old Hay 



Clover 



Barley Straw 



Oat Straw 



Wheat Straw, 



Bran 



Carrots 



Woody 

 Fibre. 



none. 

 30.0 



8.0 

 19.0 

 14.5 



9.0 

 14.0 

 30.0 

 25 

 46.0 

 50.0 

 55.0 

 54.0 



3.0 



Sugar 



and 

 Starch. 



53.5 

 43.0 

 53.0 

 35.0 

 40.0 

 48.0 

 52.0 

 40.0 

 40.0 

 34.0 

 31.0 

 27.0 

 2.0 

 10.0 



Saline ^rr * 

 Matters ^^^''■ 



9.2 

 2.5 

 5.0 

 6.0 

 3.0 

 3.0 

 3.0 

 7.0 

 9.0 

 6.5 

 5.5 

 5.5 

 7.0 

 1.5 



11.3 

 12.5 

 14.0 

 12.0 

 14.0 

 14.0 

 15.0 

 14.0 

 14.0 

 12.0 

 12.5 

 12.0 

 13.0 

 84.0 



From this table it will be seen that the black butter- 

 corn must be the best feed, then corn and oats, with hay. 



The best mode of feeding hard-worked horses is as fol- 

 lows : 



At Night, after work:— One quarter-peck oats, and 

 one half-pint black butter-corn, with eight to ten pounds 

 of hay, cut or otherwise. 



In the Morning — One quarter-peck oats, and one pint 

 Indian menl, with a little hay, say two pounds. 



During the Day — One quarter-peck of oats. 



On Saturday Night — A good warm bran mash. 



On Sunday — An extra allowance of hay. 



By following these rules, the food which a horse consumes 

 during one week will be found to contain as follows : 



