46 CONKEY'S STOCK BOOK 



The teeth of the horse are very important, as they perform the first 

 process of digestion. If too irregular the food cannot be masticated prop- 

 erly and the animal loses a good part of the starch value. The stomach 

 has no power to act on starch elements, and the intestines are taxed for the 

 whole work of digestion. 



BONE AND When you feed a horse, you are feeding for bone and 

 MUSCLE muscle. For this the very best choice is blue grass pas- 



ture and oats. But all the legumes, such as alfalfa, clover, 

 cow peas, etc., make highly nutritious roughage, rich in substance for 

 bone and muscle. Among the concentrated feeds, choose from such val- 

 uable ones as wheat bran, linseed meals, buckwheat midlings, cow peas, 

 soy beans, Canadian field peas, etc. In the case of a young horse, if you 

 think he is not making proper bone, give him a little good tankage 

 (flesh meal by-product from the slaughter-house) a few ounces daily; or 

 an ounce of ground bone or ground rock phosphate. 



THE COLT The colt should have special feeding attention, for the right 

 start means a future good animal. After the first week 

 (during which feed the dam a little sparingly), both dam and colt can go 

 on pasture. When the dam is fed grain, put her feed box low enough for 

 the colt also. He will nose it, nibble, and soon learn to eat grain himself 

 Then by the age of five months when the youngster is weaned, there will 

 be no setback. At weaning time, remember the colt has been used to 

 getting food from the dam often; so keep a good supply of mixed feed, 

 corn, oats, bran moistened down with a little water. With this in the feed 

 trough all the time, good water and pasture, the little fellows will get 

 over the hard break in their habits and suffer no dangerous setback. 



Never begrudge grain to the colt. Up to 1 year give a grain allowance 

 of 2 to 3 Ibs. daily; from 1 to 2 years give 4 to 5 Ibs. 



THE STALLION The stallion needs good sound oats, varied with corn 

 or barley. Wheat bran should be added to his grain 



ration; for it is one of the best regulators and also rich in nutritive ele- 

 ments. Feed only what will be eaten with relish, and any left over 

 immediately take out of the feedbox. See that all hay is bright and clean. 



Conkey's Stock Tonic is successfully used for stallions, because it 

 acts as a regulator of the body functions, insures full digestion of the 

 food taken into the stomach, stimulates the walls of the blood vessels to 

 proper activity; hence increases circulation, quickly repairs the wasted 

 tissue, and carries away the refuse of dead cells, energy poisons, etc. We 

 do not advise its use all the time. It is not itself a feed, simply a 

 tonic, alterant and general regulator. When, however, it is used in small 

 quantities as the medical element in a general stock salt according to the 

 formula below, it can be safely put before the stallion all the time. He 

 will take it according to his natural horse sense of what is needed for his 

 requirements. You can trust him not to overdose himself, provided you let 

 him have access to it all the time. 



FORMULA FOR Take 90 Ibs. barrel salt and 10 Ibs. Conkey's Stock 

 STOCK SALT Tonic. Mix thoroughly, and put where each animal 



can help itself. Keep dry. A pound of this mixture 

 will last a horse about two weeks, ordinarily. 



