CHAPTEK III. 



V ABIE TIES OF FOOD. 



OATS GRUEL GRAM KULTHEE URUD MOONG MOTE BARLEY 

 INDIAN CORN WHEAT CAKES BRAN LINSEED RICE SUTTOO 

 GOOR CARROTS AND OTHER ROOTS GRASS AND HAY STRAW AND 

 CHAFF OAT-HAY AND WHEAT-HAY KURBEE BAMBOO LEAVES 

 LUCERN MILK STOWAGE OF GRAIN. 



Oats. This grain, when grown in India, possesses a 

 far larger proportion of husk to flour than that produced 

 in England ; hence its lower value as an article of food. 

 As the measure of the horse's appetite is by bulk, rather 

 than by weight, the heavier the oat, the more valuable, 

 as a rule, does it become. Samples, at 47 Ibs., 42 Ibs., and 

 32 Ibs. to the bushel, will respectively yield about three- 

 fourths, one-half, and one-third flour, which proportions 

 approximately give the nutritive values. Mr. Stewart 

 (Stable Economy} tersely describes sound English corn 

 as follows : 



" Good oats are about one year old, plump, short, 

 hard, rattling when poured into the manger, sweet, 

 clean, free from chaff and dust, and weighing about 

 40 Ibs. per bushel." Although our Indian oats are far 

 below this standard, still they are much superior, 

 as a food for horses, to any other grain which we 

 can procure. This is especially the case with hard- 

 worked animals, because they can eat an almost 



