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FEEDING FARM HORSES 



PART III 



WATER CONSUMED BY HORSES 



At the beginning of the two years' experiments in horse 

 feeding, the writer deemed it advisable to keep a record of the 

 full amount of the water drank by each of the five horses 

 during the time they were being used for experimentation. 

 Each horse was watered three times each dav and the water 

 drank recorded. 



The following table shows tlie amount of water drank by 

 each and covering tiie periods of the special rations: 



TABLE XIV 



TOTAL WATER CONSUMED IN TWO YEARS, BY PERIODS 



Period. 



WATER CONSUMED IN POUNDS. 



Rob. 



Nell. 



Mag. 



Bess. 



Maud. 



May 1 to June 1... 

 June 1 to July 2. . . 

 July 2 to Aug. 2. . . 

 Aug- 2 to Sept. 2... 

 Sept. 2 to Oct. 3.. 

 Oct. 3 to Oct. 10 ... 

 Oct. 10 to Nov. 24 . 

 Nov. 24 to Dec. 10. 

 Dec. 10 to Jan. 26.. 

 Nov. 24 to Jan. 26. 

 Jan. 26 to April 9.. 

 April 9 to Oct. 9... 

 Oct. 9 to May 1 



2583 

 3395 

 3297 

 2752 

 2469 

 520 

 3625 



2698 

 3171 

 3286 

 2757 

 2231 

 580 

 3355 



3644 



3115 



15,785 



10 783 



3626 



2986 

 15,639 

 10,585 



3345 

 3709 

 3305 

 3074 

 2881 

 716 

 4856 



1940 

 2743 

 3035 

 3018 

 2242 

 573 

 3897 

 1217 

 3619 



5500 



3072 



20,711 



14,369 



2726 

 17,744 

 11,425 



2202 

 2918 

 3182 

 3311 

 2852 

 703 

 4600 

 1341 

 3997 



4300 

 18,913 

 12,026 



WATER IN REFERENCE TO FEEDING RATIONS 



The influence of feed on water drank is shown in the fol- 

 lowing tables : . 



