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Farm Horses: 



At light work Oats, 8 to 10 Ibs.; hay, 6 to 9 Ibs.; straw, 3 Ibs. 

 At medium work Oats, 10 Ibs.; hay, 10 Ibs.; straw, 3 Ibs. 

 At heavy work Oats, 13 Ibs.; hay, 12 Ibs.; straw, 3 Ibs. 

 Draft Horses (1,600 Ibs. wt.) at heavy work: 

 Summer Oats, 19 Ibs.; hay, 13 Ibs. 



Winter Oats, \2 l / 2 Ibs.; hay, 10 Ibs.; corn, 6^4 Ibs.; ground grain, 4 Ibs. 

 Farm Horses (various tests) : 



New Hampshire Bran, 2 Ibs.; corn, 6 Ibs.; gluten meal, 6 Ibs.; hay, 



10 Ibs. 

 Massachusetts Oats, 3.3 Ibs.; crushed corn, 2.7 Ibs.; provender, 6 Ibs.; 



wheat bran, 2 Ibs.; hay, 18 Ibs. 

 New Jersey Corn meal, 6.3 Ibs.; dried brewers' grains, 6.2 Ibs.; hay) 



8 Ibs. 

 Utah (1) Bran and shorts (1:1) 12.6 Ibs.; alfalfa hay, 16 Ibs. 



(2) Oats, 12 Ibs.; timothy hay, 13 Ibs. 

 Michigan: 



Morning Oat straw, 5 Ibs.; carrots, 4 Ibs.; ear corn, 3 Ibs. 

 Noon Timothy hay, 4 Ibs.; oats, 2 Ibs. 



Night Shredded corn stalk, 8 Ibs.; carrots, 4 Ibs.; mixture of beet 

 pulp, bran and oil cake, 2 Ibs. 



4. Feeding Sheep 



THE BRITISH Can we hope to rival British mutton? Feed experts 

 METHOD say the difference is mainly due to the difference in 



treatment of the flocks. The British flock is kept in a 

 condition of content and plenty. Compare them with what you know to 

 be average conditions for sheep in this country! Often the point of view 

 here is to see how little we need feed the flock. We boast of sheep as 

 plant scavengers on the farm and let them go, nibbling, nibbling, close 

 and closer cropping, grasses, shrubs, roots, cereal grain, leaves, twigs, 

 bark of trees all disappear before them. Weeds and brush are quickly 

 cleaned up from waste land and neglected corners. The sheep will stand 

 it, do pretty well on it, but so long as we count on sheep for this sort of 

 farm help, we must not expect the results which follow the liberal English 

 system. 



The English flock owner does not try to see how little he need feed 

 his sheep. He works to see what system of- feeding will most benefit his 

 pocket. He doesn't call a feed expensive if he knows it produces. For 

 instance, oil cake and roots are well-nigh universal feed stuffs among 

 British sheep men. From 95 to 100 Ibs. of roots are fed per week, per 

 100 Ibs. of live weight. 



Here are three specimen cases of British feeding rations, with daily and 

 total gains on average: 



