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BTTLLETIX 560, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



In each State the feed and bedding costs were more than one-half 

 of the total gross costs of keeping the horses. These costs were 

 about $69 in Illinois, S77 in Ohio, and $91 in New York, varying 

 according to kinds, quantities, and prices of feed and bedding used. 



KINDS OF FEED. 



The number of kinds of feed used were 11 in Illinois, 16 in Ohio, 

 and 18 in New York. In all, there were 26 different kinds. Table 3 

 shows the feeds used with the quantity and value of each per horse, 

 by States. 



Table 3. — Kinds of feed used, average quantity, and value per horse, by States (27 farms. 



316 horses). 



Kind of feed. 



Illinois (154 horses) 



Quan- 

 tity per 

 horse. 



Cost per 

 horse. 



Ohio (72 horses). 



Quan- 

 tity per 

 horse. 



Cost per 

 horse. 



New- York (90 

 horses). 



Quan- 

 tity per 

 horse. 



Cost per 

 horse. 



Corn 



Oats 



Hav 



Straw 



Fodder 



Bran 



Shorts 



Chop 



Ground feed 



Wheat 



Eye 



Barley 



Hominy 



Oil meal 



Alfalfa meal 



Cottonseed meal 



Stock food 



Oat hay and sheaf oats. 



Sheaf rye 



Sorghum. 



Bean pods 



Silage 



Potatoes 



Carrots 



Pasture (grass) 



Pasture (cornstalks)... 



.bushels. 

 ....do... 



tons. 



....do... 

 ....do... 

 .pounds. 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 .bushels. 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 .pounds. 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 



57.20 

 38.'24 



.77 

 1.06 



.22 



.(?). 



.tons, 

 .pounds. 

 tons. 



27.35 



"(?)'"'" 

 .06 



....do... 

 ....do... 

 .bushels. 

 ....do... 

 .months. 

 ....do... 



4.60 

 .33 



All feeds. 



S30. 90 



13.17 



9.32 



5.58 



.96 



.05 

 .71 



.06 



7.36 

 .33 



26.50 



53.10 

 2.09 

 .76 

 .45 

 S5.50 

 4.07 

 18.70 



.29 



29.50 



.01 



10.40 



.01 



.41 

 "2~26* 



6S.75 



$16. 12 



22.20 



27.44 



3.43 



1.55 



1.18 



.06 



.22 



10.92 



42.58 



3.28 



1.38 



.03 



184.50 



3.50 



76.86 



38.00 



140. 00 



4.33 



.58 



.26 



50.90 



.85 



(?) 



.03 

 .02 



.25 

 1.13 



SS.36 

 19.94 

 43.47 



7.04 

 .17 



2.51 



2.10 

 3.55 

 .47 

 .16 

 .66 

 .02 



.34 

 .12 



.06 

 1.50 



91.25 



The principal feeds used were corn, oats, hay, straw, and pasture. 

 In Illinois these represented 97 per cent of the total feed cost. In the 

 other two States this percentage was less, being 94.5 in Ohio and 88 

 in New York. Corn was the principal grain fed in Illinois, oats in 

 Ohio and New York. The greatest quantity of hay per horse was 

 fed in New York, and the most pasture per horse was used in Illinois. 



In Illinois very little horse feed was purchased, the concentrate 

 ration being made up primarily of home-grown grains. Corn and 

 oats, with few exceptions, were fed whole. On some farms hay was 

 fed sparingly during idle periods of the year. Straw was used for 

 bedding, and in some cases for feed during the winter months. From 



