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FEEDING FARM HORSES 



PART IV 

 COST OF FEEDING HORSES 



The total cost of feeding the five h-orses is readily obtained 

 by determining the total quantities of food stuffs used during 

 the two years of experimentation. The following table gives 

 the quantities of each food stuff consumed during that time : 



TABLE XVIII 



TOTAL FOOD STUFFS USED 



Horse. 



Rob.. 

 Nell.. 

 Mag . 

 Bess . 

 Maud. 



438 



876 

 876 



Total !lO,044 |25,570 



1530 



1440 



225 10,711 '36,540 



2190 



The total cost of feed for the five horses for the whole 

 period is shown in the following summary : 



10,044 pounds oats at 36 cts. per bushel =$113.00 



25,570 pounds corn at $16 per ton = 204.56 



1530 pounds gluten at $18 per ton = 13.77 



1440 pounds linseed oil meal at $28 per ton = 20.16 



225 pounds cotton seed meal at $26 per ton = 2.93 



10,711 pounds bran at $17 per ton = 91.04 



36,540 pounds timothy hay at $16 per ton = 292.32 



2190 pounds corn stover at $5.00 per ton = 5.48 



Total for two years $743.26 



Average cost for each horse per year 74.32 



The cost of keeping a horse is easily determined when the 

 ration is fixed. The kind of roughage to be fed ordinarily 

 depends upon circimistances ; and this is equally true of the 

 grain. Perhaps in feeding horses it is best not to rely upon a 

 single ration ; a change is as desirable to them as ourselves. 



