Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-27

Some interesting investigations con,
| eerning horse feed have been made By
the Cab Company Of Paris, which has
10000 horses IN It's stables. A late letter
from Paris says:
These investigations have put $780,
eco more into the company's treasury,
with 100000 days of horses less and
43, COO days Of vehicles more, for the in
Yestigations showed how the number Of
/ horses might be diminished, how those
kept might be made to work more BY
more iudicicus slimentation. Some
years since the horses were fed and were
elasssd enpiricaEy-12 to Is pounds Of
oets, s TO 10 pounds Of hay and to 10
pounds of straw, litter included. The
horses were divided into little, big, stable
horses. The company examined the
manner Of feeding horses in foreign
countries. They found that in Africa
oats were never given; barley took their
place in America maize was the food;
in Italy carrots, beans, etc; in fine, oats
were nowhere considered as the fanda-
raental food of horses. Oats are popular
because they contain in greater quantity
than perhaps any other grain the azote
necessary to develop the heat which
muscular contraction (which causes mo-
tion) produces. Oats, however, may be
discarded, and for them be substituted
mixture Of nutritiVe elements which cost
great deal less and contain the same
quantity OF azote. The Cab Company
next proceeded to study horses idle, at
exercise, a. work. These studies showed
that horses ratiOns should consist of
three sOrts-rations for idle horses, IA,
lions for horses exercised, and rations
for horses at work. The composition Of
these different rations was then seien-
tifcally calculated. The calculation
showed that the ration Of oats should be
reduced from fourteen pounds to four
pounds, and the ration Of beans should
be increased from one quarter of
pound lstrietly 150 grammes) to four
pounds, and the ration Of maize should
be increased from one pound to eight
pounds. These various discoveries led
to the discovery Of the enormous differ
ences which exist IN the alimentaTy quail
tiles of oats, and the incredible mistakes
made if liberation of oats be distributed
by the quart OF weight. Take two sorts
Of oats, one weighing 3S kilo. the hectO-
litre, the weight of the other 81 kilo.
the hectolitre one quart of the first
would weigh $50 grammesj one quart Of
the second would weigh go grammes;
I6 quarts of the first would weigh 6 kilo.
OSO; 16 quarts of the latter would weigh
8 kilo so; so that the horse that re,
ceived e ration of Is quarts Of the first
would have AZ pounds less oats than the
horse that received q ration of Is quarts
( of the second. If the quality of oats is
shown by their weight, then the horse
that receives pounds less oats, re-
ceiVes, too, oats Of inferior quality to
those given the other horse. If the
ration of oats be distributed by weight
and not by the measure, no better re-
gults are attained. Give 16 pounds
instead of Is quarts of oats 16pounds Of
the first oats contain q quarts, O52; Is
pounds of the second oats contain Is
quarts, 3s4; so that the horse that re-
eeiyes oats Of inferior quality gets
quarts, 66s, more than he gets BY the dry
measure-this is some gain. But chem
ieal analysis. shows that the first oats,
which weigh 80 kil9, contain 79 grammes,
8 of azote in each kilo.; the second con
tains 95 grammes of azote IN each kilo;
80 that Is pounds Of the first contain 634
grammes Of azote, and Is pounds Of
the second contain 76O grammes OF
azote. If It be assumed that l6 pounds
Of the second are a fair ratio, We must
giveth horse which has the first pats IS
pounds to supply him with the 760 grains
of azote necessary TO keep him in health
and strength; if We give him only 16
pounds We cheat him out Of 10 per cent,
Of the azote he requires"