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Feeds and Feeding. 



merits of these feeds. In some eases where speed horses were sent 

 to the East for racing, cereal hay w^as forwarded with them for their 

 nourishment. Cereal hay may often be advantageously employed 

 for horse feeding in the eastern United States, At the North Car- 

 olina Station^ Burkett found tliat hay from oats cut in the milk 

 stage compared favorably with clover and cowpea hay for 

 horses. (231) 



431. Brome hay. — At the North Dakota Station- Shepperd gave 

 oats and brome hay to one horse in each of two work teams during 

 spring plowing, while the other received oats and timothy hay, with 

 the results shown in the table: 



Brome hay compared with timothy for farm horses. 



Hay fed 



Oats 



Hay 



Average daily 

 gain in weight 



Average 

 daily work 



Brome hay .. 

 Timothy hay 



Lbs. 

 14.5 

 14.5 



Lbs. 

 22.2 

 21.9 



Lbs. 

 0.77 

 0.42 



Hours 

 5.2 

 5.2 



The horses getting brome hay gained more in weight than those 

 getting timothy, showing that for Dakota conditions brome hay is 

 fully equal to timothy hay for farm work horses when oats are fed as 

 the concentrates. (228) 



432. Bermuda hay. — At the Mississippi Station^ in a trial with 

 mules getting corn for concentrates, Lloyd found Bermuda hay 

 equal to timothy hay in feeding value. (232) 



433. Millet hay. — Hay from Hungarian grass, Japanese millet, 

 etc., may often be advantageously fed to horses, provided the allow- 

 ance is limited. Hinebauch of the North Dakota Station* found 

 that, fed exclusively to horses for long periods, millet hay caused in- 

 creased action of the kidneys, lameness and swelling of the joints, 

 infusion of the blood into the joints and finally destruction of the 

 texture of the bones, which were rendered soft and less tenacious 

 so that movements of the animal would sometimes cause the liga- 

 ments and muscles to be torn from them. Since the millets are 

 among the oldest and most widely grown of all agricultural plants, 

 it is but fair to hold that good millet hay, fed in moderation, or 

 with some other roughage and always with some concentrate, should 

 prove satisfactory and produce no unfavorable effects. (229) 



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