104 INQUIRY INTO A DISEASE OF THE HORSE* &C. 
The following analyses are taken from MM. Einhof, Sprengel, 
Davy, Boussingault, Dumas, and Payen. 
Aliments. Azote per cent. 
Vetches and tares. 5.13 
Lentils. 4.40 
Buck-wheat. 2.40 
Grains J Wheat. 2.35 
Oats. 2.24 
Barley. 2.02 
Indian corn or maize . . . 2.02 
r Lucerne. 2.35 
Sainfoin. 1.70 to 2.00 
Trefoil. 1.54 to 1 85 
Meadow Grass . 1.15 to 1.25 to 1.39 
Vetches and tares. 1.16 to 1 20 
Hays J Lentils. 1.18 
Wheat.0.70 
Oats. 0.55 
Buckwheat. 0.54 
Barley. 0.30 
Rye. 0.28 
The foregoing table plainly shews, 
1st. That the seed of vetches or tares and lentils contain 
twice, and twice-and-a-half, as much organic azotized and nutri¬ 
tive matter as oats and barley, which are the usual food of 
horses. 
2d. That hay made of lucerne, sainfoin, and trefoil, of good 
quality, are likewise richer in alimentary ingredients than 
meadow hay. 
Whence we may fairly conclude that, cceteris paribus ,— 
climate, soil, getting up of hay, &c., being the same—the 
ration of grain and hay derived from artificial fodder of good 
quality ought always to be less than the ration of oats, barley, 
and meadow hay, of equally good quality. In regard to this, 
either the grossest ignorance or negligence prevails; seeing that 
farmers give their horses and cattle far too large a ration of 
artificial grain and fodder, regardless of its being fresh or in a 
dried state. 
Recueil de Med. Vet., July 1851. 
[To be continued.] 
