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States, the princip^ grain fed horses is corn on 

 the ear. Each horse is given a number of ears 

 at a feed, dependent upon the amount of labor 

 he is performing and the size of ear and char- 

 acter of grain upon it. In addition to this, 

 timothy hay, especially in the North, forms the 

 balance of the ration. In many cases, how- 

 ever, clover hay is fed. The writer has fed cut 

 cornstalks instead of hay with much success. 

 The horses eat the cut or shredded fodder with 

 relish. 



It would not appear, however, the best prac- 

 tice to feed horses corn alone for grain. This 

 food is too heating in summer, as it is essen- 

 tially a heat and fat-forming food. Some of the 

 corn may be replaced to advantage with oats, 

 which is more of a muscle former. Stewart 

 says* the rations of thousands of horses on 

 street railroads in this country have finally 

 been fixed. The ration for summer is half oats 

 and half corn, ground together, 16 lbs. to each 

 horse, with 12 lbs. of cut hay. In winter 16 

 lbs. of corn-meal, with the same amount of hay, 

 forms the ration. This practice he specially 

 refers to as occurring in New York city, but 

 states that in many other cities the corn and 

 oats are fed the year through. This ration, it 

 is to be understood, was fed to a class of horses 

 that worked hard seven days a week. 



♦Feeding Animals, 1886, p. 378. 



