Feeds for the Horse. 299 



horses remained the same during the experiment; the amount of 

 ■work done did not change, shoving that the ration met the re- 

 quirements of the animals. In the second series more corn and 

 less oats were fed, the ration being 6.8 pounds oats, 9.7 pounds 

 corn, 3.3 pounds beans, .9 pounds bran, 6.6 pounds hay and 13.2 

 pounds straw. The animals gained in weight on this ration, the 

 work remaining the same as before. 



According to the experience gained by the company, com may 

 be best fed crushed to horses. It was found most advantageous 

 to grind the corn with the cobs left in. Com and cob meal is 

 considered a better feed than pure corn meal on account of its 

 higher content of cellulose, which renders it more like oats. 

 Thirty per cent, of an oat ration may be replaced by com and 

 cob meal. Similar reports as to the availability of corn for 

 horse feeding are published in regard to the Berlin Street Car 

 Company,! the Berlin mail-horse stables," and the New York 

 Omnibus Company. ^ 



At the Utah Station, * Sanborn found that horses fed corn and 

 timothy did as well as those fed oats, clover and timothy hay. 

 Mills, ^ at the same Station, found that corn sustained the weight 

 of horses better than oats. 



470. An adverse report on corn feeding. — It is stated * that the 

 stockholders of the London Omnibus Company objected to the 

 intensive feeding of corn to the horses of the company, "because 

 the mortality had increased with the extensive feeding of com and 

 the horses seem to wear out much sooner." The horses fattened 

 by the corn feeding, but the muscular system was not kept strong, 

 and the nervous force of the animals decreased, as a result of 

 which the veterinarian was oftener consulted than before the ex- 

 tensive use of corn began. Similar experiences are reported in 

 the case of the street-car horses of Berlin. ■> 



•Nordd. Landw. 1881, p. 141; Biederm. Centralbl. 1881, p. 768. 



^ Ldw. Blatt. f. Oldenburg, 1880, p. 180. 



» Thur. Ldw. Zeit. 1880, p. 161. See also the exhaustive report on the 

 subject by Bruokmiiller on experiments conducted with army horses 

 under the auspices of the Austrian govemmeut, Oest Viertelj. f. Wisa. 

 Vet. kunde, 49 (1878), p. 1; Biederm. Centralbl. 1878, p. 420. 



■• Bui. 30. ° Bui. 36. 



« FuhUng's Landw. Zeituug, 39, 1890, p. 63. 



' Jahrsb. Agrl. Ch., 1890, p. 641. 



