388 FEEDING ANIMALS. 



We give in the above table only the amount of digestible 

 constituents, as these constitute the value of a food. This 

 table contains nearly everything fed to horses. Malt 

 sprouts are not often used as horse feed; but there is no 

 reason why they should not be. They are usually in a 

 dusty condition, and this may be the reason why horse 

 feeders have not made use of them; but as it is customary 

 to soak malt-sprouts before feeding them to cattle, they are 

 then in a proper condition to feed horses. Malt sprouts 

 are also somewhat bulky, and when mixed With corn-meal 

 will make that less concentrated. If malt sprouts are 

 used, the proportion may be 11 Ibs. corn-meal, 5 Ibs. sprouts, 

 and 12 Ibs. timothy hay. The corn-meal and sprouts may 

 be soaked for six or more hours, and then mixed with one 

 bushel of cut hay. Cut hay weighs 7 to 9 Ibs. per bushel. 

 The other 3 Ibs. of hay may be given uncut. Even poor 

 hay or straw may be used in this ration, because of the 

 large proportion of muscle-forming matter. The vetch, of 

 which an analysis is given, is not much raised in this 

 country, but is in portions of Canada, and the future is 

 likely to see it extensively cultivated over large portions 

 of the Western States, to which it is well adapted, and is 

 important as a food to balance the deficiencies of corn. 

 We will now give several practical ration s in which corn 

 forms a part, and give the rations in detail, so as to show 

 our readers how to make up rations from the table. 



These rations represent a few only of the almost end- 

 less combinations of foods that may be made for horses 

 when subjected to hard work. The albuminoids should 

 amount to from 2K Ibs. to 3K Ibs. per day. No. 2 is ap- 

 parently deficient in this element; but we have used this 

 ration with good results for three or more months. It will 

 also be seen that good clover hay, 12 Ibs., and 16 Ibs. corn- 

 meal, will give 2.24 Ibs. of muscle-forming matter, and 

 make a very good ration to work on; but it would be 

 much improved to give 14 Ibs. of corn-meal and 2 Ibs. of 



