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COST OF KEEPING FARM HORSES. 
about the middle of April to November the horses were out on grass 
pasture at night and through the day when not working. In some 
cases they were pastured on stalk fields after the corn was harvested. 
In Ohio a slightly greater quantity of feed per horse was purchased 
than in Illinois, and less pasture was used, thus necessitating the use 
of a greater quantity of hay, straw, and other roughage. Corn and 
oats were sometimes ground and mixed with other feeds that were 
bought. ) 
In New York a still greater quantity of feed was bought. Often 
corn and oats were ground, and mixtures of these with purchased 
feeds were fed. On some farms horses were never pastured. In New 
York the average time per horse on pasture was 1.13 months, and in 
Ohio 2.26 months, as against 4.93 monthsin IUinois. The quantity of 
hay used increased as the time of pasture decreased. 
COST OF FEEDS. 
In Table 4 the feeds are divided into three classes, namely, grain, 
roughage, and pasture, by States. 
TABLE 4.—Average quantity and cost of grain, roughage, and pasture per horse, by 
States (27 farms, 316 horses). 
Illinois (151 horses).| Ohio (72 horses). | Tepeecon (90 
Kind of feed. | 
Average | Average | Average | Average | Average | Average 
quantity | cost per | quantity | cost per | quantity | cost per 
per horse.| horse. |perhorse.| horse. | perhorse.| horse. 
Cielo Saobuee tech sees eas pounds. . 4,500 $44. 93 3,347 $40. 71 2,691 $38. 55 
FROME ag Cen Serta eee ee eS lee” pounds. . 4.224 16.13 6, 660 32. 65 9,513 51. 20 
PASO edoles bene hae eee days. . 148 7. 69 68 3. 50 34 1.50 
SOUL Sexes 158 6a ASR lle) Ae I (Ae ae ne OSES Wdces coeoee OSS) saan 91. 25 
1 The item “‘roughage”’ includes, along with hay, straw, etc., small amounts of succulent roughage, such 
as silage and roots. 
Referring to the figures for the different States, it will be seen that 
the average total of grain per horse is less in Ohio and New York than 
im Illinois, while the average total of roughage per horse is greater. 
This is largely due to the greater relative cost of concentrated feed in 
the Kast. Thus the price of corn in New York, as compared 
with Illinois, is 42 per cent greater, and of oats 36 per cent greater, 
while the price of hay is only 9 per cent more in New York than in 
Illinois. In Table 5 is shown the average price of each feed, by States. 
