ECONOMY IN FODDERt 



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As I call all ground or bruised grain, of whatever description, 

 farina, it will be so distinguished in the following 



SCALE. 



Farina, consisting of bruised or ground 



peas, wheat, bailey, or oats, 

 Bran, fine or coarse pollard, 

 Boiled or steamed potatoes, mashed in 



a tub with a wooden bruiser, 

 Fresh grain, - - - - - 

 Ilay cut into chaff, - - - 

 Straw, (S,:c. in chaff, . . . 



Malt dust, or ground oil cake. 

 Salt, ..-.-- 



Class 4. 



5 lbs. 



7 lbs. 



sits. 

 8 lbs. 

 2 lbs. 



oz. 



By the above Scale it will be seen, that each horse has his 30 

 lbs. of provender, in 24 hours, which, I maintain, is full as much 

 as he can eat. The two ounces of salt will be found an excellent 

 stimulus to the horse's stomach, and should, on no account, be 

 omitted. When a horse returns from labor, perhaps (he groom 

 will see the propriety of feeding him from his tub more largely, in 

 order that he may be the sooner satisfied and lie down to rest. 



Whenever oat straw can be procured, it is generally preferred ; 

 and some like to have it cut into chaif without tlireshisig out the 

 oats ; but this is a bad plan, for, in preparing a quantity of this 

 chaff, unecpial proportions of oats will be found in each lot, so that 

 one horse will have too large a portion, whilst others have less than 

 they ought, although the portions are accurately weighed. 



The only certain method, then, is, to let the grain, of whatever 

 description, be weighed separately from its straw, and the keeper 

 of cattle will soon satisfy himself that his cattle are in want of no- 

 thing in the feeding line. Many people object to potatoes, and 

 think them unfit for working horses ; but, from many years' ex- 

 perience, I am enabled to recommend them as a constituent part 

 of the 30 ibs. and am convinced, that it is as wholesome and nutri- 

 tious a food, as can be procured for laboring horses, which are 

 called upon sudden emergencies, to perform great tasks, as has 

 been abundantly proved by Mr. Curwen, M. P., who kept above 

 one hundred horses on potatoes and straw, and ahvays found that 

 their labors were conducted better on tbis than any other food. — 

 See Curwen's Agricultural Hints, published in 1809. 



HENRY SULLY. 

 IViveliscombe, Somerset, Sept. 12, 1826. 



[London Mech. Mag. 



[It will be perceived that the above method of feeding horses, is 

 well adapted to horses kept in Livery Stables which are let on 

 short and severe journies ; but we think the plan a very judicious 

 one for those that are kept at steady work and are allowed to come 

 into the stable only at noon and night. Although they could not 

 be fed at short intervals, yet the ingredients of the provender or 

 food might be proportioned in a similar manner as above directed. 



