FEEDING FARM FIORSES 



I. Introduction. 

 II. Feeding Experiments with Horses. 



III. Water Drank by Horses. 



IV. Cost of Feeding Horses. 

 V. Summary. 



Horse raising has become a matter of secondary importance 

 in New Hampshire. This is evident not only from the very 

 small number of colts seen in the state but particularly so from 

 the large purchase of horses for farm purposes outside of our 

 state limits. The farm horse in a way has gone out of date. 

 The writer has been in nearly every section of the state during 

 the past three vears and has seen and heard of but few stal- 

 lions representing the draft and coach breeds. Why should 

 this be so? We are told that horses can be raised more 

 cheaply elsewhere than here. But it does not necessarily fol- 

 low that the New Hampshire farmer can purchase the horses 

 needed for his work at a less expense than raising them 

 himself. 



We export immense quantities of hay of superior quality ; 

 we can raise corn for all our purposes, and excepting for 

 freight we can buy concentrated foods as cheaply as the farmer 

 in the W^est. Why can't we raise our horses, then .^ The 

 freight chargfes on a matured work horse are more than the 

 freight on the small quantity of concentrated food necessary 

 for bringing a colt to maturitv. W^e need as many farm horses 

 to-dav for our work as the past called for. 



The bicycle, the electric car, and the automobile have been 

 with us for some time, and yet they have displaced in no great 



