Foods and Feeding 2)1 



of work each day. About half this (iiian- 

 tity Is given to ' racers ' and ' trotters ; 

 whereas many cart horses have as much 

 as 32 lbs. of hay, daily. Horses havnig 

 fast work to perfonn should never be over- 

 burdened In the stomach throuoh the use 

 of too much bulky food, like hay and 

 straw. 



Straw. 



In certain parts of Scotland, straw — 

 especially oat-straw — is largely used for 

 feeding horses, and with very satisfactory 

 results. 



There can be no question that the best 

 oat-straw is decidedly superior to bad or 

 indifferent hay. All straw Is deficient in 

 nitroo-enous material, its chief value beln<>- 

 in carbo-hydrates, hence its feeding value 

 when given along with a sufficiency of 

 corn. 



