EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING HORSES 



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TABLE VIII 



RATIONS FOLLOWING LINSEED MEAL RATION 



Water drank. 



3644 



3626 



5500 



From this table we see three horses changed from a Unseed 

 oil meal ration to three entirely different ones did not lose in 

 weight. Rob dropped in weight after the first weighing, and 

 after that during the period either held his own or gained. 

 Mag and Nell both increased in weight, doing the same kind 

 of work and same number of hours' work, though on different 

 rations. There is nothing to show in this experiment that 

 '^ once begin the use of linseed oil meal it is necessary to con- 

 tinue its use to keep up the general weight." Even when 

 changed abruptly there is no decided effect seen. 



Going back now to Nov. 24, we left Bess and Maud on the 

 linseed oil meal ration. Tiiis ration was continued until Dec. 

 9 with Bess, but Maud was fed ration No. i until the same 

 date. The following table shows the weights : 



