168 INDIAN CORN CULTURE, 



Where corn is fed to horses the most econom- 

 ical results may be attained l>y giving chopped 

 rough fodder or hay, moistened, with the 

 ground grain well mixed with it. Corn-meal 

 ought never to be fed by itself, as it will tend 

 to cause colic. The digestive fluids are not 

 able to act freely on compact masses of the 

 grain alone. Stewart notes that "probably 

 more cases of horse colic arise from feeding 

 corn-taeal than from all other foods combined." 



A committee of the American Institute 

 Farmers' Club in 1855 made an examination of 

 the rations fed stage horses in New York city. 

 Hundreds of animals received hay and corn- 

 meal only for their feed. The New York Con- 

 solidated Stage Co. reported on 335 horses, 

 weighing from 1,000 to' 1,100 lbs. each, that 

 traveled on an average 21J miles per day. They 

 had for feed 8 lbs. of hay and 17 lbs. of corn- 

 meal per day. This meal was used in cut feed. 



Stewart recommends the following ration as 

 one more satisfactory with him than anything 

 else:* Grind together 950 lbs. oats, 950 lbs. 

 corn and 100 lbs. flax-seed. The 20th part of 

 flax-seed improves the ration in protein and 

 very much in fat — 35 lbs. or If per cent to 2,000 

 lbs. This is well balanced as a working ration, 

 is just laxative enough for health, and keeps 

 the coat fine and glossy. 



* Feeding Animals, 1886, p. 390. 



