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prise the food supply largely ; on the continent of Europe, 
tye, barley and inferior wheat make up the grain portion 
of the rations; while in this country many feeding stuffs, 
covering a wide range of roughage and grain, find their 
way into the feed mangers and satisfactorily keep the 
horse stock in health and vigor. 
It is not so much the kind of food, but the purity and character, 
that count. Moldy hay and grain cause many ills in the horse, and 
imperfect methods of preparation and curing have cast an odor of 
unpopularity on many meritorious feeds that, if properly handled, 
would be eagerly sought because of their ease of production or rela- 
tively less cost when compared with the standard horse feeds of 
each particular section. 
*FARM HoRSES AT WORK IN THE FIELD 
Their feed consisted of corn, bran and oil meal for grain, and timothy and clover 
hay mixed for roughage. 
4, Requirements for work.—Naturally the work de- 
manded of a horse will influence the choice and amount of 
food. The race horse or the roadster, fed on coarse rough- 
age and little grain, will be greatly handicapped if in compe- 
tition with another supplied with nutritious and appetizing 
concentrates and but little of coarse fodder. In winter the 
draft horse can subsist readily on hay or fodder and little or 
no grain, providing the work is light and the hours of labor 
