4 BULLETIN 560, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
In each State the feed and bedding costs were more than one-half 
of the total gross costs of keeping the horses. These costs were — 
about $69 in Illinois, $77 in Ohio, and $91 in New York, varying i 
according to kinds, quantities, and prices of feed and bedding used. 
KINDS OF FEED. 
The number of kinds of feed used were 11 in Illinois, 16 in Ohio, 
and 18 in New York. In all, there were 26 different kinds. Table 3 
shows the feeds used with the quantity and value of each per horse, 
by States. 
TABLE 3.—Kinds of feed used, average quantity, and value per horse, by States (27 farms, 
316 horses). 
ees Ags! & ees New York (90 
Illinois (154 horses).| Ohio (72 horses). horses). 
Kind of feed. | 
ee Cost per Quan- Cost per Quan- Cost per 
42 a I os tity per ane tity per nan 
horse. par horse. Pas horse. ie 
| 
ASOT Teer eas gee bushels. . 57.20 $30. 90 26.50 $16.12 10. 92 $8.36 
SESE See a rl ee ee dees 38. 24 TEBei ly 53.10 22.20 42.58 19.94 
CE ED yey St Bato fe ee ee Bee Ree Ae ie tons ATd. 9.32 2.09 27.44 3.28 43.47 
“SI 02 fa 6 ie ei a Ei eel ac Nas (e) 1.06 5.58 S| 3.43 1.38 F 
HOdGer oe: ee as tee ee ees ee do .22 . 36 45 f255 03 17 
DBS Ger Ute a py he, pe eRe POUNES bens we IL eee see 85.50 1.18 184.50 2.51 
SH OTES es s94 Bs A ea Se Ore Ss Ma a gee 4.07 106 dicots EA 
CORO ae ee ee Bee Se eae AO les ka Ae eee 18.7 .22 38.00 69 
(around feed an. 285 oo ia che St es re Le eee eee NE Cea eRe a tearer ete ssh 140. 00 2.10 
WGA ee oe eas Se er eee es Hushels- 245 a-ce2 58 EER NOR GREE Eee lr Des + 4.33 3.55 
BRO e en be Seen oases aetiseeeee Oke ec ee ae eee =20 | 24 58 47 
PpAMIGyate a skein. See a on eae Ps ra Le Saves! (a ties ONC? Phe PEER ee) be ak ARS eee 2 26 16 
OMNIS 5 see Fe ee Ee POUNGSs-|) pee Mose. So eee Bee 50.90 66 
RON CITC al ener ch see were eet ae MO elo: o) ae Saee  aee 29.50 | 54 85 02 
Ado lfeanteal sje od hee ee yy Bis do 27.35 Shy ln. os asses adeeed peer eee 
WorLonseedianeal (os 502 esse Le) ces om Ae 4.75 O81). eee 
SOCK tO ee ee A ee ae (Oeste @) S (Uf Peeee ee eens eee (?) .09 
Oat hay and sheaf oats.............. tons. .| . 06 71 .O1 | Bi fp sees 62 2 
Suh oe Seon Ss oo yo es 2 ee poundssdiee «ee see [ae eere 10.40 | 206402052 .. MeSSos eae 
Searsginims eo Meee tae ee ta ete Gaus: Fe oe ae ee .01 | og . 03 .34 
Bennipods -.4s-b6 os ey cee ces es G06 se so oan | eeseas- dicho cee iteee eee 02 12 
SLUR TE SEER e Bes he Lae aay 8 yey do.. 02 06). eae eee eee 
Popsioes=) fs do Werie, ay! he MuUSHels. |e see ee eee 41 099 2 ee Ae a 
RATT OIS 2 Be Fee ok eats eee bic eee EL SEES: Dee pale ET [eilea tga pal ied [Betis Ue ete & | Berean 35.0 9 ot Qe , 
Pastaire) (TASS) Hohe ee months... 4.60 7.36 2.26 3.50 1.13 1.50 
Pasture (cerm stalks). -.--....---4.25 a | 55 SBS Vices ee cee ea eee Gecetecee 
c NALS (Dc ip et SS es i a La ee a SEMA bien et eee SAR ey (a hot | es A eat 76.86 Tesco cee | 91.25 
The principal feeds used were corn, oats, hay, straw, and pasture. 
In Illinois these represented 97 per cent of the total feed cost. In the 
other two States this percentage was less, being 94.5 in Ohio and 88 
in New York. Corn was the principal grain fed in Illinois, oats n 
Ohio and New York. The greatest quantity of hay per horse was 
fed in New York, and the most pasture per horse was used in Illinois. 
In Illinois very little horse feed was purchased, the concentrate 
ration being made up primarily of home-grown grains. Corn and 
oats, with few exceptions, were fed whole. On some farms hay was 
fed sparingly during idle periods of the year. Straw was used for 
bedding, and in some cases for feed durmg the winter months. From 
