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pervision. The usual cost for crushing is about 

 twenty-five cents per sack. 



Good oats should weigh forty pounds to the 

 bushel. Inferior qualities may weigh as low as 

 thii'ty-two pounds, but good oats at a high price 

 are far cheaper for feeding pui'poses than those of 

 poor qualit}^ It is usual to buy oats with the 

 stipulation that they shall weigh so much (not 

 less, we will say, than thirty-eight pounds) per 

 bushel ; but a dealer should never be allowed to 

 make up the number of pounds to the bushel by 

 giving increased quantity, as, apart fi^om the ques- 

 tion of weight, the nutritive quality of good oats, 

 grown on good soil, far exceeds that of inferior 

 grain, and a few pounds' weight added to the 

 measure will not make up for the loss of quality 

 in the bulk. 



Other Graiit 



Corn is often used instead of oats, and answers 

 very well for cart horses or horses doing slow 

 work. It is the only other grain which is at all 

 suitable for horses, barley and wheat being too 

 heating if given in a;ny quantity. 



A good economical mixed ration for cart horses 

 in regular work is a mixture of beans, oats, barley, 



