Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-10
NUMBER 81.
HoRsE FEED.


Results Of seriss,of Invsssis sations i
Fratace.
New Orleans Picayrne. Paris Letter. n
Some interesting investigations int
the food Of horses have just been mad
here by the Cab company, which hay
10000 horses in their stables. The,
have been well rewarded. These invess
LEGATIONS have put $500, ,0cO more int.
the company's treasury, with 6OO,O0t
days of horses less and 1900 days o
vehicles mort, for the investigation,
showed how the number of horses nigh,
be diminished, how those kept night be
made to work more by more iua'icioul
alimentation. Some years sincs, the
horses were fed and were classed eIApir-
ically-12 to 18 pounds of osta, 8 To- 10
pounds of hay, and to 10 pounds Of
straw litter included. The horses were
divided into little, big, Stable k6FseA
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, besas, caronbes; in fine, that oats
were nowhere considered a.. the funda-
mental 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
motion) produces. Oats, however, may
be discarded, AND. for them be substi-
tltted 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. at work. These studies
showed that horses rations should be of
three sorts-rations for idle horses,
rations for horses exercised and ntions
for horses at work. The composition of |
these different rati0ns was then scien-
tiically calculated. The calculation
showed that the ration of oats should Be |
from fourteen pounds to four |
pounds, ard the rations of beans should
be increased from. about one
quarter of a pound s(strictly 15O
grammes) to four pounds, and the /
ration of maize should be; In
creased from one pound to eight pounds. I
These various discoveries led to the dis
coyery Of the enermoas differences ex-
sting in the alimeatary qualities Of oats
and the incredible mistake made if the
ration of oats be distributed by the
quart or BY weight. Take two sorts of
bats, one weighing 3s kilo. the hecsol
tire, and the weight of the other being
81 kilo. the lectolisre; one quart of the
irst would weigh $50 grammes; one
quart of the second would weigh $50
l6 quarts Of the first would
weigh 6 kilo. O80; l6 quarts of the lat
er would weigh kilo. $40; so that the
iorse that received a ration of Is quarts
# the first would have Al pounds less
'ats than the horse that received r.
ion Of l6 quarts Of the second. II the
luality of oats is shown by their
weight, then the horse that receives Al
'ounds less oats receives, too, oats Of
Inferior quality to those given the other
lorse. If the ration of oats be distrib-
tied by weight, and not by measure,
10 better results are attained. Give is
'ounds instead of 16 quarts Of oats; is
ounds of the first oats contain 81
uarts, 052; Is pounds of the second
ats contain Is quarts, 3S4; so that the
orse receiving oats of inferior quality
cts quarts, 668, more than he got bysl
ry measure; this is some gain. Butt
analysis shows that the first
ats, which weigh 3S kilo., contains 70 :
3 of azote in each kilo.; the
,cond contains 95 gramnnes Of axote Id f
ach kilo.; 80 of oxote, and l6 pounds of /
le second contain 760 grammeso of azote.
it be assumed that l6 pounds of the
,cond are fair ratio, We must give the
orse which has the first oats 10 poundsi
, supply him with the 760 gEammes of
zote necessary to keep him in health;
we give him only Is pounds we cheat
i'm out of is per centum Of the azote he
equires. Researches made into the | /,
eight of, eight different sorts of oats ,
how they differ in this way: l..