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FEEDING FARM HORSES 



TABLE XVI 



WATER AND INDIVIDUALITY OF HORSES 



Ration. 



Rob. 



Nell. 



Mag. 



Bess. 



Maud. 



No. 1. 

 No. 2. 

 No. 3. 



No, 4. 

 No. 5. 



2583 

 3395 

 3297 

 2752 

 2469 



2757 

 2231 

 2698 

 3171 

 3286 



2881 

 3345 

 3709 

 3305 

 3074 



2743 

 3035 

 3018 

 2242 

 1941 



3182 

 3311 



2852 

 2202 

 2918 



We see by this table that Nell and Mag did practically the 

 same number of hours' work and they also did exactly the 

 same kind yet there is a difference of over 2,000 pounds of 

 water drank. Bess and Maud were used together most of the 

 time, and when so used did the same kind of work, yet Maud, 

 doing less work than Bess, drank about 1,500 pounds more 

 water than Bess. Rob did less work than either Nell or Bess, 

 and he consumed more water than either. 



This table shows convincingly that the amount of water 

 consumed is dependent to a greater or less extent upon the 

 individuality of the animal. The amount of work which the 

 animal does seems to be a less important factor. 



Taking the period from Nov. 24 to Dec. 9, when all five 

 horses were on precisely the same ration, and did nearly 

 equal hours of work, we find that Rob drank 3,625 pounds 

 of water; Nell, 3.355 ; Mag, 4,856; Bess, 3,897, and Maud, 

 4,600. Here are nearly the same variations of water drank as 

 seen in the preceding table, showing that the amount of water 

 consumed depends, more or less, on the individuality of the 

 horse. 



By glancing back over the earlier pages of this bulletin, 

 where feeding stuffs are considered in reference to the weights 

 of the animal, the reader will observe the same variations in 

 reference to water consumed, Mag practically all the time 

 drinking the most, followed in order by Maud, Bess, Rob 

 and Nell. 



