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Customary Rations for Farm Animals. — The following 

 general rules will serve to give the inexperienced feeder a 

 general idea of the nature and amount of the rations given 

 to farm animals. It should be borne in mind that these 

 rules should serve only as very general guides, to be modified 

 to suit individual animals and different conditions with 

 respect to the supply and relative costs of feeds. 



HORSES 



1. In general, feed 2 pounds of feed per day per 100 

 pounds live weight. 



2. For a foal at weaning time, feed 2 quarts (2 pounds) 

 of oats per day and hay ad libitum. 



■ 3. For a colt one year old, weighing about 700 pounds, 

 feed 1 gallon (4 pounds) of oats per day and hay ad 

 libitum. 



4. For a horse which is doing no work, feed hay ad libitum 

 and as much concentrates as necessary to keep the animal in 

 good condition. 



5. For a driving horse weighing about 1200 pounds, feed 

 one pound of concentrates and one pound of roughage per 

 day per 100 pounds five weight ; or feed 3 gallons (12 pounds) 

 of oats daily with hay ad libitum. 



6. For a horse weighing about 1400 pounds, doing average 

 farm work, feed IJ pounds of concentrates and 1 to Ij 

 pounds of hay per day per 100 pounds hve weight; or 

 feed 24 ears of corn (17 pounds), or IJ gallons of oats (6 

 pounds) and 15 ears of corn (lOj pounds), or 3 gallons of 

 oats (12 pounds) and 7 ears of corn (5 pounds) per day 

 with hay ad libitum. 



7. For a horse weighing about 1500 pounds at hard farm 



