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be ground and mixed with corn meal, ground oats, middlings, etc. 

 At the Maine Station^ Jordan found that draft-type colts fed on 

 ground field peas and wheat middlings made slightly better gains 

 than those fed oats. (205) 



418. Cowpea. — At the North Carolina Station- Burkett found 

 cowpea meal an economical and satisfactory substitute for one-half 

 tlie usual grain allowance given farm horses and mules. (206) 



419. Wheat bran, middlings, shorts. — ^Bran is one of the most 

 useful of feeds for the horse. Because of its phosphorus-holding 

 phytin it is a mild laxative. If not more freely used, it should be 

 given at least once weekly, dry, wet, or steamed, for its beneficial 

 effect on the alimentary tract. Middlings and shorts are hardly so 

 desirable as bran, tho probably furnishing as much nutriment. It is 

 not always safe to feed them alone, as they tend to produce colic 

 with some horses. All these valuable milling by-products are best 

 fed in combination with other concentrates — corn, oats, barley, dried 

 brewers' grains, etc. (165-6) 



420. Wheat bran v. oats. — At the New Hampshire Station^* Bur- 

 kett fed 4 farm work horses 12 lbs. each of timothy hay daily during 

 the summer season. All were fed 7 lbs. of corn each daily, and 

 either 7 lbs. of oats or 7 lbs. of bran additional, with the results 

 shown in the table. 



It is shown that the horses getting wheat bran in place of oats did 

 somewhat less work but gained more in weight. Burkett repeated 

 the trial during the winter with substantially the same results. The 

 conclusion was that for work horses bran could replace an equal 

 weight of oats when combined with corn and timothy hay. 



From years of practical experience Shepperd of the North Dakota 

 Station* concludes that a mixture of equal parts by weight of bran 



Kpt. 1891. 



= Bui. 189. 



Bui. 82. 



Bui. 45. 



