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hay in one-inch lengths is given in the morning and at night, at the rate 
of twenty pounds per twenty-four hours. The same feeds are given during 
the “rest” season. The grains are fed in a damp form. The use of mo¬ 
lasses is resorted to only with show horses, but never to breeding stud 
horses, while the feeding of corn is considered a “bad policy unless they 
(stallions) have green feed enough to offset the heat.” Small amounts of 
any oil meal, it is claimed, are satisfactory for the stallion; and in regard 
to feeding clover or alfalfa hay as part of the ration, this is “very good if 
the ration is balanced.” 
Gregory Farm: The feeds of Carnot, the Percheron stud-header, during 
the breeding season and out of season are the same, but during the breed¬ 
ing period he is getting grass in the pasture, or cut grass when in the 
stall, in place of carrots which are supplied to him in winter. Carnot is 
given ten to twelve pounds of cut grass along the middle afternoon. For 
his grain feed he gets one and one-half gallons of rolled oats, dry, at about 
5:30 a. m. Then at noon the same amount of rolled oats, together with one 
gallon of very finely chopped alfalfa hay, mixed together and dampened, 
is given. In the evening, at 5:45 o’clock, the same feed as the noon meal 
is supplied. When alfalfa hay is used no timothy is fed. If timothy is to 
be given, it is fed after the stallion has come from the pasture, and in the 
afternoon before grain feeding. Carnot is turned to pasture for from one 
to one and one-half hours after eating the grain, to be brought in when 
the flies begin to come. The timothy hay fed to him is about ten to twelve 
pounds each time; that is, all he will clean at one feeding. 
Gossard Breeding Estates: Timothy and prairie hay constitute the 
kinds of roughage used for the stallion during the breeding season, fed at 
the rate of twenty-six pounds a day. No mention is made of the grains 
used. While during the non-breeding season the hay fed is not restricted 
in amount, provided that only enough is given as the stallion is able to 
eat clean. This is so as the amount of grain is cut down. The grains con¬ 
sist of oats or barley, bran and oil meal, supplied in amounts of twelve 
pounds, ten pounds, and one-half pound per day, respectively. Oats and 
barley are fed in rolled form, while some cut oat straw, Sudan hay or fine 
cane, cut in half-inch lengths, are employed in mixing with the grain feed. 
Enough of these cut roughages are added to the grain ration so as to 
make one-half bushel of feeds. Before feeding, the grain roughage mix¬ 
ture is dampened with molasses, one quart of this diluted with eight 
quarts of water being applied to the mixture at each feeding. Corn is 
discriminated against because it “burns him (stallion) up.” When other 
hays are available preference is given to them over alfalfa, which is 
deemed “hard on the kidneys,” and over clover, also objected to on ac¬ 
count of its ill effect on the wind. Silage is said to be of great value in 
winter. 
J. H. Serven and iSon: Ear corn and whole oats are the grain feeds 
given to the stallion during the breeding and non-breeding seasons in this 
farm. The kinds of hay are not indicated. Although corn is fed, not too 
much of this, however, is fed. The inclusion of alfalfa or clover hay as 
part of the ration is considered good. The grains are fed dry and hay is 
given uncut. 
Lakewood Farm: The breeding season ration at this stud comprises 
oats and bran, in ratio of half and half, fed three times daily, and timo¬ 
thy and clover hay or prairie hay supplied twice daily. The out-of-season 
feeds, on the other hand, include a little corn and oats, and prairie hay, 
the latter supplied as amounts as the stallion wants. The grains are given 
in a dry form or may be dampened a little. Alfalfa hay and cottonseed 
meal are objected to. Corn is deemed acceptable in winter months, but 
not during the breeding season. 
Maplegrove Farm: It is the practice at this farm to feed the stallion a 
