MAINTENANCE RATIONS 317 



416. Maintenance rations for horses. — ^Accepting the 

 standard given on page 316 as the daily requirement of a 

 resting horse, the following rations would maintain a 

 1,000-pound animal for one day: 



J < 20 lbs. medium quality /lO lbs. mixed hay. 



( mixed hay. .i 4 lbs. bran, or 



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6 lbs. oats, or 

 10 lbs. timothy hay. [_ 4 lbs. cracked com. 



no lbs. timothy hay. 



„ J 10 lbs. timothy hay. ^\ 1° j^^' ''^™*^- 



2| 4 lbs. cracked corn. l31bs.com. 



/"lO lbs. mixed hay. 

 A 10 lbs. medium mixed hay. 7< 10 lbs. carrots. 



( 4H lbs. wheat middlings v 4 lbs. oats. 



no lbs. mixed hay. 

 S-j 8 lbs. carrots. 

 \ 4 lbs. bran. 



These rations serve as examples and also indicate 

 how with ten or twelve poimds of hay the several grains 

 mentioned may be combined to give a maintenance 

 ration. It is not wise to feed a horse on hay alone, even 

 when doing no work. Ten to twelve pounds of hay are 

 enough coarse fodder, which may be supplemented to 

 advantage by both roots and grain. 



417. Maintenance food for sheep. — Basing his rec- 

 ommendation of maintenance rations for sheep upon Kell- 

 ner's production values, Armsby suggests the following: 



Live Digestible Energy 



weight protein value 



Pounds Pounds Therms 



20 23 .3 



40 05 .54 



60 07 .71 



80 09 .87 



100 1 1. 



120 11 1.13 



140 13 1.25 



