Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-10

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Fast driVine and ulow pulling e. haul
ing heavy loads upon roads requires
diheEon1 food for horses. The diHaR-
enne between these two kinda 81 wsrk
would reasonably cali for diEeRenf feed.
ing. The fngt working horse exerfa the
lungs morn freely than the SLOW worker,
hanoe the fooa should be more eoncsn-
trated, bai yet diRestible; u shoHld also
contain q snfhcienk qusntity Of hhre
mixed with the liner matter % give she
maatica1od feed q porous conaietsncs
and prevent Il from forming q too solid
mass In the stomach. Oats Ia preeisslv
kha kind Of food required 10 meet such
case. The husk OF oats forms large
portion Of the substance Of tho grain,
While the kernel Is rich IN niffoQen0as
matter end has sufficient oaKbonaoeona
matter % supply ell she needs Of the
lunga. which are stimulated by the nus
eular action 10 ereatiy Increased exer-
ton. Oats eonsain precisely the Fequi-
site proportion OF me and coarse mat
tag for the horse aliment In d anfiaientiy
concentrated eoHdition 10 avoid over
leading the stomach, and is thus the
best food for the fast v.rkina hosss,
which needs no hay. Bat " Get he
best results from this grain Il ah0uid Be
crushed and fed four times q DAY, 90
that the system is meyer exhausted BY
want 0f food.
The slow working horse, on the con
tgaEy-lhe farm horse, for instance
does not require q concentrated food
nor 20 frequent feeding, because lie
gork Il slower and the consumption %
force 4 not 60 great. A mature richer ia
oarbonaeeons elements q required. aud
aa bulk is not Of ieotionahle q cheaper
food may be used. Toe ration Of q city
car horse, for instance, which doea not
travel more than four miles an hour, Is
about twenty pounds OF hay and twenty
pounds Of corn meal, fneiY Qrouad, and
IN this feed the horses travel about
twenty miles e day. Tue meal IL never
led alone, and always With cat hay,
which is Wetted, and It e. found that t6e
dnar the meal is the bettaF Il sticks 30
and mixes with the hay, and the better,
therefore, Il Ia diQssted. To feed whole
corn and long hay has been proved over
and over again 70 81 a waate az enc
third of the food, and 90 feed Zee meal
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saely dangerous, and aps 70 produce q
fatal attack ct colo. Where economy
Is pressing need, fairly good bot
cheap feed may be made By grinding TO-
gether ten Bushels Of cats and fVs
nHshels of corn, adding one bushel OF
rye or rough rice II u happens to
be % hand. A little linssod OIL cake
would add 10 the value Of the CON-
pound, bat this Il not usually 10 be
cad 10 the 8outh. Add 10 this hay, Of
course. where the grain ration is rich,
the bay may be reduced IN quantity
and straw substituted fos Il. The Penn
sylvania farmers use their rye straw for
horses feed and sell hay. bringing back
for every ton Of hay q large load of
manure which taxes the fall strength
Of their enormous wagons and their
powerful fouF horss teams The nj
troeeno1s character Of clover hay dm
i e4oallsntly for the food Of usrkine
horaess and Is e Il cut and wettsd and
mixed with ooFn meal makes, without
any other mixture, q auilleisne food for
The hardest working farm horses.