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cent ground oats, 15 per cent corn meal and 10 per 

 cent bran and 15 per cent cut alfalfa hay. Allow 

 the colts to clean up all they want of this mixture. 

 At the Wisconsin experiment station 1 1 colts were 

 thus fed and they each consumed on an average 

 16:5 pounds of the mixture per day. They were 

 draft colts, however, and light bred colts will take 

 less in proportion. During the feeding period, 

 which ranged from 140 to 223 days, the foals 

 gained 2.1 pounds per day at an average cost of 18 

 cents. The estimated average cost of feed for the 

 foals for the entire first year was $51.66. Year- 

 ling colts will do well enough on whole oats and we 

 should add at least a sixth part of wheat bran by 

 weight, along with mixed clover and timothy hay, 

 or part timothy hay. 



Some breeders are feeding skim-milk to growing 

 colts and have had good results. Instead of allow- 

 ing the colts to drink the milk, a good plan is to 

 use the milk to wet the feed at meal time. A quart 

 twice a day is helpful, although some feed a larger 

 quantity. Care must be taken not to cause scour- 

 ing, or "pot belly." In addition to oats, bran and 

 hay, allow the colts carrots, or even a little nicely 

 made corn silage ; but do not give silage and milk 

 together. Oat straw and bright corn stover also 

 are useful as part of the roughage for growing- 

 colts, — (Answer by Dr. A, S. Alexander.) 



