Feeds for the Horse. 273 



It is shown that the horses getting com and linseed meal in place 

 of most of the oats in the ration did as much work and lost slightly 

 less in weight than those getting more oats and less corn and oil meal. 

 The change saved 1.6 cents daily in cost of feed. It was found that 

 the oil meal has a laxative tendency which prevents its too free use 

 with horses, especially in summer. Otherwise it was entirely satis- 

 factory in maintaining their weight, spirits, and willingness for 

 work. (200) 



423. Cotton-seed meal. — In a test lasting 154 days with 3 work 

 teams at the Iowa Station^ it was found that in combination with 

 corn and oats 1.1 lbs. of cotton-seed meal was as effective in main- 

 taining the weight of the horses and in enabling them to do work as 

 1.4 lbs. of linseed oil meal. The cotton-seed meal was less laxative 

 than the oil meal, and for that reason better adapted to the needs of 

 hard-worked horses in summer. 



At the North Carolina Station- Burkett found that a daily allow- 

 ance of 2 lbs. of cotton-seed meal could be safely fed to farm horses 

 and mules. Corn stover, corn, and cotton-seed meal made a satis- 

 factory winter ration for horses and mules doing moderate work. 

 Judge Henry C. Hammond of Augusta, Georgia,^ reports that for 5 

 years he fed 1 lb. of cotton-seed meal daily to each of 10 pleasure 

 and work horses, and during that time there was not a sick horse or 

 one not ready for work. Since horses do not relish cotton-seed meal, 

 Hammond advises that it be thoroly incorporated with ground feed 

 rather than fed with whole grain. (189) 



424. Mixed concentrates. — At the New Jersey Station* Voorhees 

 fed 2 lots, each of 2 horses averaging about 1,160 lbs. in weight, 

 the following rations during a 6 months ' trial : 



Lot I Lot II 



Timothy hay, 8 lbs. Timothy hay, 8 lbs. 



Corn meal, 6 lbs. Corn meal, 6 lbs. 



Dried brewers' grains, 6 lbs. Wheat bran, 6 lbs. 



Oil meal, n. p., 1.5 lbs. 



The horses in both lots maintained their weight and were in sat- 

 isfactory condition thruout the whole period. At the ton-prices al- 

 loAved — timothy hay, $18; wheat bran, $17.50; corn meal, $22; dried 

 brewers' grains, $17; and linseed meal, $29 — the dried-brewers '-grains 



1 Bui. 109. 

 - Bui. 189. 



^ Pamphlet ' ' Cotton-seed Meal for Horses and Mules ' ' ; private correspondence. 

 * Rpt. 1893. 

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