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CHAPTER XXX 



Pago 



Breeding Horses for Farm and Market 302 



Farm breeders' limitations — The farmer's horse — The 

 market horse — Market requirements — Value of matched ' 

 teams. 



CHAPTER XXXI 



Market Classes of Horses and Mules 33.0 



Draft horses — Chunks — Wagon horses — Carriage horses 

 — Road horses — Saddle horses — Draft mules — Farm mules 

 — Mining mules — Cotton mules — Sugar mules — Export 

 mules — Rules of auction. 



CHAPTER XXXH 



Principles of Horse Feeding 323 



The animal body — The food; its composition — Uses of 

 the food; digestion — Kinds of rations — Balanced ration — • 

 Nutritive ratio — Computing a ration. 



CHAPTER XXXni 



Practical Horse Feeding .^ . 334 



Regularity of feeding — Order of supplying grain, hay 

 and water — Food required to grow a horse — Method of 

 feeding work hprse, driving horse, idle horse, stallion, 

 muies — Cost of ration — Sample ration. 



CHAPTER XXXIV 

 Grain and Concentrates for the Horse 346 



The cereal grains — Oats — Corn — Oats and corn — Barley, 

 rye and wheat — Leguminous grains — By-products and 

 commercial feeds — Patent stock foods. 



CHAPTER XXXV 



Hay and Forage for the Horse 353 



Timothy — Clover — Alfalfa — Cereal hay — Millet — Corn 

 stalks — Straw — Silage — Roots — Injurious feeding stuffs^ 

 Foods that influence digestion. 



