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oats, the Truman’s Pioneer Stud Farm employs the crushed form, while 
two others—the Oakdale Farm and Longview Stock Farm—feed oats, but 
no mention is made of the form in which the grains are prepared. Ster- 
icker recommends crushed oats, while Hooper states that in Central 
Kentucky Farms the weanlings get oats also. 
Nine stud farms favor the use of oats and bran grain combination for 
weanling feeding, but the proportions in which these components are 
present vary. At the Pentoila Stock Farm, the grain mixture consists of 
two-thirds of oats and one-third of bran, and at the Purdue University the 
proportions are the same, but in this case the report emphasizes that the 
figures are based on weight. At the Waddington Farm two quarts of 
crushed oats are mixed with one quart of bran; at the Maple Lawn Farm, 
the combination is made half of oats and half of bran; and at the Uni¬ 
versity of Illinois the mixture is made up of crushed oats, together with 
20% bran. The weanlings at the Selma Farm get crushed oats and bran 
combination, all they will clean up, three times a day; at the Arngibbon 
Farm, they get three quarts of the same mixture per head each feeding 
three times daily; and the same grain mixture is also furnished to wean¬ 
lings at the Hawthorn Farm. At the Iowa State College the weanlings 
get all they will eat of a mixture of four parts of oats and two parts of 
bran. 
At the Leslie Farms the weanlings, during the summer, get oats about 
what they will clean up two times a day, and grass. They consume at the 
rate of two bushels for every six yearlings a day. When pasture is dry 
bran is supplemented. The six yearlings then would eat as much as one 
and one-half bushels of oats and one and one-half bushels of bran daily. 
At the Maplegrove Farm, a grain mixture of one-half of oats and one- 
half of bran is kept before the colts just after weaning until they are year¬ 
lings. When past a year the colts get three ears of corn in the morning 
and the same amount in the afternoon, per head, and besides one-half of 
a pail of grain mixture of oats and bran in fifty-fifty combination is fed 
to each head each feeding. 
Several stud farms use other grain combinations for feeding the wean¬ 
lings: At the J. H. Serven and Son, the weanlings are fed on oats and 
corn all they will clean up; at the Iowa State College, the grain mixture 
consists of three quarts of oats and one quart of bran, to which a handful 
of oilmeal is added; at the Michigan Agricultural College, the grain is 
composed of three pounds of crushed oats and one or two ears of corn; at 
the Ritchie Stock Farm, the mixture composed of two parts of oats, one 
part of bran and a handful of oilmeal, with some molasses poured on the 
mixture; the same grain feeds as when nursing is employed at the Uni¬ 
versity of Minnesota, viz.: corn, 20 parts; oats, 50 parts; bran, 20 parts; 
oilmeal, 10 parts. Holbert Farms also uses corn, oats (ground), bran and 
oilmeal, one-third of each by weight, in their grain mixture, besides mo¬ 
lasses which is added later; at the Wisconsin University, the mixture in¬ 
cludes four parts of oats, one part of bran, and one part of cracked corn, 
to which cut clover or alfalfa hay is mixed; at the Gossard Breeding Es¬ 
tates, two parts of oats and one part of corn make up the grain mixture, 
to be fed all they will clean up; Oaklawn Farm uses 2 parts of rolled oats, 
1 part of bran, and 1 part of cottonseed; at the Cornell University each 
weanling gets 2 pounds of a grain mixture composed of 3 parts ground 
oats, 3 parts hominy, 3 parts bran, 1 part oil meal, twice a day, besides 2 
pounds of whole oats once a day; and at the University of Missouri the 
weanlings are fed twice a day with a grain mixture consisting of 2 parts 
corn, 2 parts oats, and 1 part bran, the mixture being fed all they will 
eat or as much as 5 to 8 pounds a day. 
Reviewing replies on the age of separating colts from fillies to prevent 
mating, the survey shows that the range of variability in the practices 
pursued extends from the low figure reported by the Top Notch Farm, 
where separation is made at 3 or 4 months of age, to Maple Lawn Farm’s 
