THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS 



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purpose, we will assume the case of a horse weighing approsd- 

 mately 1000 pounds and at moderate work. From the discus- 

 sion on food requirements for the horse, p. 57, we learn that the 

 standard ration is as follows : — 



Let us choose from Table II of the Appendix such foods as will 

 supply the conditions. For a trial ration, we will take 14 pounds 

 of timothy hay, 10 pounds of oats, and 2 pounds of bran. The 

 digestible nutrients in these are calculated as follows : — ■ 



Calculation of dry-matter and digestible nutriments in trial ration for 

 a horse at medium work 



In like manner, calculate the digestible nutrients in two 

 pounds of bran and arrange the result in tabular form as fol- 

 lows : — 



First trial ration for WOO-pound horse at moderate work 



