COTTONSEED MEAL FOR HORSES. 3 



have one check horse and one meal-fed horse work together. The 

 work performed involved practically all kinds of farm labor. The 

 Morgan horses performed rather severe work under saddle or in 

 harness, as they were ridden and driven at considerable speed when 

 at work. The Percherons were used in all routine farm work, which 

 at rush periods was very heavy. All the horses were in splendid 

 condition at the beginning of the experiment except the 2-year-old 

 draft filly Castanette, which was not very thrifty, owing to a defec- 

 tive molar tooth. 



On account of the wide variety of work and the individuality of 

 the horses, no fixed ration was used, but the animals were fed as cheap 

 a ration as seemed practicable under the prevailing conditions. 



FEEDS USED. 



The horses seemed to dislike the taste and odor of cottonseed meal. 

 To overcome this aversion the meal was mixed with wheat bran. 

 Only fresh, finely ground, sweet cottonseed meal was used at all 

 times and it was thoroughly mixed with the wheat bran. Whole oats 

 were used as the principal grain in the ration, supplemented with the 

 wheat bran and cottonseed meal. Because of the defective tooth the 

 filly Castanette was fed ground oats instead of whole oats. The 

 roughage fed was a good grade of timothy hay, and the quantity 

 varied with the appetites of the animals. 



The following table shows the weights of the animals and the 

 rations fed at the beginning of the experiment, October 1, 1917 : 



Daily rations of horses at beginning of experiment. 



Horse. 



Weight. 



Ration. 



Oats. 



Timothy 

 hay. 



Wheat 

 bran. 



Cotton- 

 seed meal. 



Stanley 



Virginia 



Maude 



Mvrtle 



Nell 



Queen 



Bertina 



Fauna 



Pet 



June 



May 



Castanette . 

 Gladstone. . 



Georgia 



Brown Bess 

 Evarts 



Pounds. 



1,510 



1,500 



1,520 



1,475 



1,443 



1,295 



1,520 



1,770 



1,325 



1, 250 



1,315 



1,260 



965 



965 



970 



995 



Pounds. 

 15 

 18 

 20 

 15 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 27 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 8 

 10 

 15 



Pounds. 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 15 

 20 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 16 

 12 

 16 

 18 

 10 

 10 

 12 

 10 



Pounds. 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



Pound. 



