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Feeds and Feeding. 



and shorts is equal to the same weight of oats for feeding farm work 

 horses, tho not quite so palatable. Merrill of the Utah Station^ 

 found bran and shorts satisfactory with horses getting alfalfa hay. 

 421. Dried brewers' grains. — At the New Jersey Station- dried 

 brewers' grains were substituted for oats with street-car horses aver- 

 aging 1000 lbs. in weight and traveling not less than 24 miles per 

 day. The rations were : 



Dried-brewers'-grains ration 



Lbs. 



Hay 6 



Wheat bran __. 2 



Shelled corn 4 



Dried brew ers ' grains 8 



Oats ration 



Lbs. 



Hay. 6 



Wheat bran 2 



Shelled corn 4 



Oats 8 



The veterinarian in charge of the horses wrote : "I have watched 

 the horses closely from the beginning to the end of the experiment 

 and have failed to discover any ill effects from dried brewers' grains. 

 The horses fed the grains have been as healthy as I have ever known 

 them to be." The station authorities reported that on the whole a 

 pound of dried brewers' grains was as useful as a pound of oats 

 when forming part of the concentrates in the ration of work horses. 

 Lindsey of the Massachusetts Station^ found dried brewers' grains 

 of good quality fully equal to oats for horses and more economical. 

 Not being particularly palatable they should be mixed with other 

 concentrates such as bran and corn. (175) 



422. Linseed oil meal. — At the Iowa Agricultural College* Ken- 

 nedy, Robbins, and Kildee, during a 100-day trial beginning in June, 

 fed 1 horse in each of 3 teams on corn, oats, and an allowance of 0.1 

 lb. linseed oil meal daily. With the others the corn allowance was 

 materially increased, the oats reduced, and the oil meal increased by 

 1 lb. The results are shown in the table. 



Bui. 77. 



Rpt. 1892. 



Bui. 99. 



Bui. 109. 



