528 
APPENDIX 
Table XIII 
RATIONS ACTUALLY FED TO HORSES AND DIGESTIBLE 
NUTRIENTS AND ENERGY IN RATIONS CALCULATED TO 
A BASIS OF 1000 POUNDS LIVE WEIGHT^ 
o 
"o 
XI 
1 
Rations 
actually 
fed " 
Nutrients in ra- 
tion per 1000 
pounds live 
weight 
Digestible nu- 
trients in rations 
per 1000 pounds 
live weight 
bcXS 
Kind of horses 
a 
S 
o 
2 
|| 
''A 
i> 
Si 
tfl 
a 
-a 
3 
O 
Lbs 
4,95 
4 62 
4.80 
4.08 
4.00 
a 
'S 
o 
Lbs 
1 25 
1 16 
1.00 
1.49 
0.72 
Lbs 
0.57 
0.53 
0.48 
0.42 
0.42 
is 
Lbs 
8.00 
7.48 
6.88 
8.09 
8.22 
c 
<u 
X! 
■a 
O 
Lbs 
1.97 
1.84 
1.94 
1.63 
1 75 
■■BS 
F 
Army horses- 
United States: 
Cavalry 
Artillery 
Lbs 
1050 1 
1125 1 
1025 1 
jl310| 
\ 1500 1 
1500 1 
Lbs 
Oats, 12.... 
Hay, 14... 
Oats, 12.... 
Hav, 14... 
Oats, 9 
Hay, 14.... 
Hav, 15 2 
Corn, 10.5 . 
Corn sil.age 
10.5 
Oats, 7.5.... 
Hay, 20.... 
Oats, 15.... 
Hay, 12 
Lbs 
}2 14 
|2.00 
|l.84 
2.38 
Lbs 
0,90 
0.84 
0.78 
0.77 
Lbs 
12.82 
11 96 
11.39 
11.99 
Calories 
23,309 
21,750 
20,250 
22,710 
Mules 
Farm horses 
General average for 
moderate work. 
Farm mules, Virginia 
Station. 
■1.70 
J 
0.82 
0.78 
12.00 
21,055 
Average of fi, includ- 
ing above. 
1 64 
11 .54 
3 74 
0.69 
0,39 
7.95 
1.60 
20,675 
Horses ipith severe worl:. 
Truck and draft horses: 
Chicago, 111., daily ra- 
tion. 
South Omaha, Neb. . . . 
Average of 5, includ- 
ing above. 
.1.38 
1.6,5 
0.58 
0.70 
8 , 99 
9 57 
10.49 
4. 34 
3,27 
0.64 
1.04 
0.34 
0.45 
5,11 
6 23 
1,79 
1 27 
15,450 
17,800 
1.80 
0.76 
3.49 
1.12 
1,58 
99 
1,00 
1 57 
1 49 
0,09 
1 12 
0.49 
0.22 
0.32 
0,49 
40 
0.42 
0,39 
0,49 
6.94 
5.27 
5.06 
7 33 
8,09 
8 09 
7,95 
6 94 
1.35 
19„560 
Feeding standards and 
average rations. 
American experiments. 
Horses with light work: 
Driving horses 
1.18 
1.24 
1,72 
1 02 
1 63 
1,60 
1.35 
15 895 
General average. . . 
14,890 
Horses with moderate 
work : 
Express and cab horses 
20,860 
22,760 
22,710 
20,675 
19,560 
General .average 
Mules with moderate 
work: Farm mules. 
Horses with severe work 
Truck and draft 
horses. 
1 From Principles of Horse Feeding, by C. F. Langworthy. 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 1903, p. 31. 
2 The standard salt allowance is 2 ounces weekly. 
Farmers' Bulletin No. 170, U. S. 
