EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING HORSES 



45: 



COMPARISON OF BRAN AND OATS FOR WINTER FEEDING 



At the close of the period just discussed, we thought it ad- 

 visable to continue the same rations during the winter period. 

 Rob was continued on his same ration, wliilethe other horses 

 were changed each to another ration. Wiiile each animal 

 was weighed twice each week, the averages for the tlrst half 

 and the last half of each week are given instead of the actual 

 weighings. The whole data are shown in the following table 

 as follows : 



TABLE XIII 



WINTER COMPARISON OF CORN AND OATS WITH CORN AND BRAN 



Here again we see both rations as given caused all the 

 horses excepting Rob to increase in weight during the winter 

 period. Nell and Mag each did practically twenty-five per 

 cent, more work during the period than either of the others, 

 and yet held their weight. These long periods of both sum- 

 mer and winter feeding show the value of the corn-bran ration 

 for horses. These results evident from these experiments arC; 

 fully consistent with all tliat lias preceded. 



