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fed three times a day. with six pounds of oats in 

 the morning, four pounds of oats at noon, and in 

 the evening seven pounds of oats with one pound 

 of cut alfalfa mixed with salt, and sixteen 

 pounds of timothy hay. 



For the caring of horses' hoofs ground flax 

 seed is used, made into paste by adding a little 

 water to it, and then thoroughly niixing. This 

 mixture is packed into the horses' hoofs three 

 times a week, i. e., Sunday, Tuesday and Thurs- 

 day. Their experience has been that using this 

 mixture in the manner just stated, not one horse 

 out of one hundred will ever suffer with a dis- 

 eased hoof. The shoes are not permitted to re- 

 main on their hoofs more than a month, regard- 

 less whether they are still fit for use or not. They 

 are therefore shod once a month. 



Principles of Horse Feeding. 



Compiled by United States Department of Agriculture. Farmers 

 Bulletin Wo. 170. 



The amount of the different feeding stuffs 

 required, and hence the quantity of nutrients 

 supplied to horses, may be learned by observa- 

 tion or experiment, or a combination of the two 

 methods. Doubtless all practical horse feeders 

 supply rations which they believe are suited to 

 their horses' needs, and in stables where horses 

 are fed in any considerable number, economy de- 

 mands that the amount fed shall be fixed and not 

 vary according to the whims of the feeder. When 

 the feeding stuffs used are weighed, and the con- 

 dition of the horses is noted, a feeding experi- 

 ment results. 



The New Hampshire Station found that the 

 following rations were moderate in cost and suffi- 



