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tions among others as suited to Pacific coast con- 

 ditions: 



Ration No. 1 — Alfalfa hay, 12 pounds ; 

 wheat hay, 12 pounds; and crushed barley, 7 

 pounds. 



Ration No. 2 — Alfalfa hay, 10 pounds; bar- 

 Icy hay, 12 pounds : and cracked corn, 7 pounds. 



As a sample of a ration containing molasses 

 the following* may be cited, which has been satis- 

 factorily fed to a large number of draft horses 

 averaging 1,700 pounds in weight: Night and 

 morning, a quart of molasses, diluted with 3 

 quarts of water and thoroughly mixed with 6 

 pounds of cut hay of good quality, 1.5 quarts of 

 corn meal and 2.5 quarts of coarse bran. In ad- 

 dition the horses were given 5 quarts of dry oats 

 in the middle of the day and 11 pounds of long 

 hay at night. 



An English authority recommends the ration 

 given below, which is interesting as an example 

 of the use of roots : 



For work horses, 12 pounds of oats, 15 

 pounds of hay and 5 pounds of carrots. A more 

 abundant ration suited to more severe work is 20 

 pounds of oats, 10 pounds of hay and 3 pounds of 

 carrots. 



For farm horses at light work, Settegast 

 recommends 6 to 10 pounds of oats, 6 to 9 pounds 

 of hay and 3 pounds of straw. For medium work, 

 10 pounds of oats, 10 pounds of hay and 3 pounds 

 of straw. For heavy work, 13 pounds of oats, 12 

 pounds of hay and 3 pounds of straw. 



A ration proposed by Sidney for a draft 

 horse at heavy work is of interest, because beans 

 replaced some of the grain ordinarily fed. The 

 ration consists of 13 pounds of oats, 6 pounds of 



