MANAGEMENT OF THE MARE 
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night and day, even in the winter season whenever it is possible to do so. 
In winter grain feeds consist of one gallon of rolled oats and three or 
four ears of corn per head for each feeding. They are fed twice daily. 
During this season fodder for roughage is supplied at will. 
At the Gossard Breeding Estates the system of feeding of brood mares 
follows: Working mares are fed fourteen pounds of rolled oats or barley, 
twelve pounds of brain and one pound of oil meal per head daily, divided 
into three feedings, morning, noon and evening. As much hay as the 
mares will clean up is supplied. Mares that are idle on the pasture get 
cracked corn, rolled oats, and barley, in equal parts, four pounds in the 
morning and the same amount in the afternoon. They get hay at will from 
a rack. Mares suckling foals have available for them timothy and clover 
hay placed in racks also. The grain feeds consist of one part of corn, three 
parts of oats, two parts of barley, three parts of bran, and one part of 
oil meal, all mixed together. Of this mixture, sixteen pounds is allotted 
per head per day and given in two feedings, morning and afternoon. Mares 
that are idle in winter get hay at will and for their concentrate a mix¬ 
ture of corn, oats and barley, in equal parts, is given, and twelve pounds 
of the grain mixture is fed per head daily, morning and evening. Such 
feeds as cottonseed meal and bad and moldy hay, and also too much corn 
are disliked for feeding pregnant mares. 
At the J. H. Serven and Son working mares are given hay of any kind, 
but for grains corn and oats are used. These are fed three times a day. 
Mares on pasture get other feeds than what they graze. Mares that 
are nursing their foals and those being wintered through are given also 
oats and corn, the same as are fed to working individuals, while for their 
roughage they get hay of any kind, too, and besides, some corn fodder and 
ensilage. 
According to McMillan, working mares at the Lakewood Farm get three 
feedings a day, corn being given twice daily and some oats, too, are fed. 
The roughage feed consists of hay which is made accessible at all times. 
Idle mares on pasture are grained in the morning and night, while mares 
that are being wintered through and not working get all the roughage 
they want and two grain feedings. 
Feeding the brood mares at the Maplegrove Farm follows a simple pro¬ 
cedure: Pregnant mares are turned out to grass in summer and given 
grain allowance of two feedings a day, morning and evening, at the rate 
of one pail of a mixture of half oats and half bran per head each feeding. 
When winter comes the same method of grain feeding is followed, but 
for roughage hay is given at will. Non-pregnant mares subsist only 
on grass and are not grained in summer, while in winter, although 
they get all the hay they want, the amount of grain fed is reduced to 
one-half. 
The systems of feeding brood mares at the Maple Lawn Farm are as 
follows: The working mares are fed one gallon of oats and one-half gallon 
of corn morning, noon and afternoon, and hay of any kind is supplied in 
the same hours and all that would be cleaned up. Idle mares on patsure 
each get a gallon of oats in the morning and in the afternoon, and all the 
hay they will clean up once a day, besides the grass on the pasture. Mares 
suckling foals get all the hay they will clean up once a day, and a gallon 
and a half of grain each feeding, one in the morning and another in the 
afternoon. Once a day hay is fed to idle mares in winter, and for grain 
one gallon of oats is fed in the morning, and the same amount in the after¬ 
noon. Dusty and moldy hay, and too much -corn, are chiefly disfavored in 
feeding in-foal mares. 
At the Oaklawn Farm mares that are not nursing foals get hay once 
daily. As soon as cold weather comes about five ears of corn are supple¬ 
mented to the ordinary ration. It is to be understood, as has been pre- 
