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Feeds and Feeding. 



and shorts, equal paitii by weight, with bran and shorts only, for 

 horses. 



Feeding bran, wheat and shorts, in opposition to bran and shorts — 

 North Dakota Station. 



Feeding bran, wheat and sho', is. 



Total, 12 horses 4 weeks 



Average, 1 horse 4 weeks , 



Feeding bran and shorts. 



Total, 12 horses 4 weeks. 



Average, 1 horse 4 weeks , 



Grain 

 eaten. 



Lbs. 



5,068 

 422 



4,941 

 412 



G^ain or loss 

 in weight 



Lbs. 



Gain 20 

 Gain 2 



Gain 160 

 Gain 13 



Work 

 done. 



Hours. 



1,775 

 148 



1,642 

 137 



The summary shows that each horse fed whole wheat, in addi- 

 tion to bran and shorts, while doing eleven hours more work con- 

 sumed ten pounds more grain and gained eleren pounds less per 

 month, on the average, than those getting bran and shorts only. 

 This indicates that whole wheat has no advantage over the same 

 weight of bran and shorts in the ration. 



465. Ground wheat and bran compared with oats. — Bhepperd ^ 

 next fed a mixture of two parts ground wheat and one part bran, 

 by weight, to one lot of work horses, while another received whole 

 oats. The trial began in November and continued untn March, 

 with the results here given: 



Whole oats compared loUh a mixture of two parts ground wheat and one 

 part bran, by weight — North Dakota Station. 



Feeding wheat meal and bran. 



Total, 6 horses 4 weeks 



Average per horse, 4 weelis 



Feeding oats. 



Total, 6 horses 4 weeks , 



Average per horse, 4 weeks..., 



Grain 

 eaten. 



Lbs. 



1,266 

 211 



1,413 



235 



Gain or loss 

 in weight. 



Lbs. 



Gain 95 

 Gain 16 



Loss 5 

 Loss 1 



Work 

 done. 



Hours. 



310 



52 



296 

 49 



In these trials, although the horses getting oats ate somewhat 

 more grain, they showed a slight loss in weight while doing some- 

 what less work than those fed ground wheat and bran. 



Lop. cit. 



