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FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED 



freely provided, its use once a week, perhaps in the form of a mash, 

 is desirable. As the immediate effect of a bran mash is somewhat 

 weakening, it should be given at night and preferably before a day 

 of rest. When low in price, bran may be profitably fed in larger 

 amounts as a partial substitute for oats. Fed with timothy hay, a 

 mixture of equal weights of bran and corn has been found equal to 

 one of half oats and half corn. 

 Wheat middlings ; shorts. — Due to their heavy, concentrated nature, 



Pig. 67. — Good Cake and Management Are as Necessary as 



Proper Peed 



Regularity in working, watering, and feeding horses, housing them in well- 

 ventilated stables, and caring for them intelligently go far toward ensuring a 

 long life of usefulness. (From Prairie Farmer.) 



middlings or shorts should be fed to horses only in small amounts 

 and mixed- with bulky concentrates or chaffed roughage. Without 

 these precautions the danger from colic is great, especially with some 

 horses. 



Dried brewers' grains. — This concentrate, extensively fed to dairy 

 cows, is satisfactory for horses and can often be substituted for oats 

 with profit. A New Jersey market gardener saved $150 a year in 

 feeding 8 horses when he used dried brewers ' grains in place of oats, 

 with corn and hay. Pound for pound, dried brewers' grains are about 



