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fed twice a week in a small box next to the regu- 

 lar feed box. 



In the summer they are given a half peck of 

 oats three times a day, and once a week they are 

 fed a half peck of bran, into which condition 

 powder and coarse salt have been thoroughly 

 mixed, and this mixture has been dampened. 

 They are given water before each meal, and after 

 they have been used they are given only a mouth- 

 ful of water before being taken to their stall. In 

 the morning they are fed a layer of timothy hay, 

 none at noon and about fifteen pounds at night. 

 Prairie hay or clover is not fed them during the 

 hot months. Salt is given them twice a week in 

 a box placed beside their regular feed box. 



Feeding of Brewery Horses in the Central 

 West. 



It might be new and interesting for some of 

 my readers to learn how large brewery horses 

 in the Central West are fed, and I will herewith 

 make myself as brief and comprehensive as pos- 

 sible in regard to this subject. 



Horses as a general rule for this class of 

 work average in the neighborhood of 1700 

 pounds. They are fed eight pounds of oats in 

 the morning, no feed at noon, and at night seven 

 pounds of ground oats, one pound of cut alfalfa 

 thoroughly mixed together with course salt, and 

 sixteen pounds of timothy hay. Water is given 

 them before each and every meal and three times 

 a day. Coarse salt pressed in brick form is placed 

 in a small box next to the feed box. Prairie hay 

 is fed on Sundays only. Corn is very seldom 

 given either winter or summer. Horses fed in 

 this manner are not permitted to go faster than a 

 walk. Delivery horses that are used by them are 



