MANAGEMENT OP THE MARE 
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It is the practice at the University of Illinois to give working mares 
three feedings. For roughage alfalfa makes one-half of the bulk and the 
remainder may be oat straw, corn stover or timothy. Oats and bran are 
fed in sufficient amounts as would keep the mares in moderate condition. 
Suckling mares are given alfalfa hay, morning and night, and for grain 
they receive oats, ear corn, and bran. Idle mares on pasture, if fed at all, 
get two grain feedings a day, in the morning and at night, while mares 
being idled in the winter get hay twice per day. Moldy feeds are re¬ 
jected for feeding in-foal mares. 
During the summer time the mares at the Irvinedale Farm are fed 
whole oats twice a day, as much as two and a half gallons each time. For 
roughage, of course, they get grass on the pasture. When winter comes 
twenty ears of corn are provided for daily, these being furnished twice a 
day. Timothy and clover hay as roughage are supplied at will 
In a general way, in the feeding practice at the Lefebure Sons’ Co., more 
corn is given during the winter to brood mares and more oats in sum¬ 
mer. The standard feed consists of rolled oats mixed with chopped mixed 
hay. 
According to Moon, working brood mares at the Longview Stock Farm 
are fed three times a day with four quarts of oats and two quarts of 
corn each time, in the morning, noon and night feedings, and for rough- 
age hay and straw are supplied in the morning, afternoon and night time. 
Idle mares on pasture are given four quarts of corn and the same quan¬ 
tity of oats in the morning only, with roughage being supplied at will. 
Mares that are nursing their foals get clover and timothy at will, and 
alfalfa, the latter forming only half of the feed. The concentrate feeds 
consist of six quarts of oats and trwo quarts of corn for each feeding, 
given in the morning, noon, and at night. Hay and straw for coarse feeds 
are supplied at will in the winter season to mares that are idle, and for 
their grain feeds six quarts of oats and two quarts of corn are given at 
each feeding, in the morning and at night time. Too much corn is con¬ 
sidered undesirable for pregnant mares. 
The feeds given to brood mares at the Oakdale Farm are the same as the 
stallions get, and during the winter recess they are run on pasture and 
given a grain allowance of two gallons of oats each feeding per head three 
times a day. 
For working mares Ritchie uses oats, some corn and bran as grain 
feeds, and straw, a little hay and corn fodder for roughage. These mares 
are fed in the morning, noon and at night. Straw and corn fodder are 
also employed in the feeding of idle mares on pasture, and for their con¬ 
centrates they get oats and corn, but not much of these. The allowance 
for the suckling mare consists of oats, bran, oil meal and a little corn, 
and timothy, straw, alfalfa and sweet clover for bulk, the latter being 
supplied at will. Idle mares in the winter season are given straw, hay 
and fodder, together with corn and oats for concentrates. The feeding of 
too much corn or oil meal to pregnant mares is not favored. 
The general feeding method followed at the Top Notch Stock Farm is 
as follows: The brood mares are fed in the same way as the stallions, ex¬ 
cepting only that the amount is less. In winter they are kept in the barn 
and are given practically the same feeds, although more bran. In winter 
the mares also work less. During “fly time” the mares are turned out in 
the pasture only at night. 
At the Arngibbon Farm the mares being wintered get four quarts of 
oats and a few ears of corn daily, and hay in the night feeding and sor¬ 
ghum in the morning for roughage. During the summer time the mares 
are housed in the day time and turned in the pasture at night. They 
get grain and sorghum in the morning and grain and hay at night. Suck¬ 
ling mares get more oats and are fed three times a day. 
