EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING HORSES 



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TABLE VI 



DIFFERENT RATIONS— SAME SEASON OF YEAR; SAME WORKT 



Horse. 



Date. 



Ration 

 No. 1. 



Ration 



No. 2. 



Ration 

 No. 3. 



Ration 



No. 4. 



Ration I Water 

 No. 5. drank. 



Rob.. 

 Nell. 

 Mag 

 Bess 



Maud. 



520 



58a 



716 

 573 

 703 



From a glance at this table we see that all of the horses, 

 when under the same conditions of work, and same season of 

 the year, increased in weight, thus showing that each ration 

 furnished satisfactorily tfie proper nutrients for the work done. 

 The point of especial interest being the cost of the rations, 

 which varied from 17.4 cents for ration 5 to 23.5 cents for 

 ration 2. 



LINSEED OIL MEAL RATIONS 



At this point it was thought advisable to further test ration 

 No. 4. There is much said in reference to oil meal as a de- 

 sirable food stuff, as well as its after etiect when another ration 

 is substituted. Accordingly, from Oct. 10 to Nov. 24, all five 

 horses were fed this single ration. Following are the weights 1 



