Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-12-10

\ high spirited horse, driven only
few miles occasionally, should not be
fed as freely as another animal driven
long distance daily. He does not
need so much, and cannot properly
digest and sssimila;e it. \ horse
should not be fed all he will eat for
most horses will eat more than is good
for them The owner should by OBJ
servation find out how much his horse
requires 10 keep in good condition, and
feed accordingly. II will generally be
found most profitable 10 feed from 9
pounds 10 y pounds of hay TO each
horse, and grain for The rest Of the RI
ton. Nouatt gives the proportion Of
the ration usually fed In England for
agricultural caTt-hoTses at Z pound,
oats, two pounds beau., and 20 pounds
chaf made OF equal parts ot hay and
straw cut together. The grain il
mixed with the cut feed. By this
means, said Youatt, the animal Is COM
PEELED 10 chew his food, he cannot
waste the straw or hay; the chafF i,
too hard and too sharp to be swal-
lowed without sufficient masricatiOn,
and while he is forced TO grind that
down the oats and beans are ground
with Il, and Weld more nourishmeut;
the stomach is more slowly filed, and
therefore acts better on lie contents and
j. not 90 likely to be overloaded. The
increased quantity Of saliva thrown out
in the lightened ma.ticarion OF the
food softens IL and makes il lit for di-
gestiou. Il 1. found more economical
TO feed ground grain mixed with cut
hay than whole grain and long hay.
An experiment to test this was made
by the London Omnibus company.
This company found that 5000
horses fed on 10 pounds ground oats,
seven and one-half pounds cut hay,
and 10 l-2 pounds cut straw did as
much work and kept in as good condi-
ton as another 5000 fed on I9 pounds
of whole oats and IS pounds cut hay.
Thus a saving of six pounds of feed
per day for work horses was made by
grinding the grain and cutting the hay
"a saving in the feeding of 6OO0
horses amounting to $500 per day. a
common ration for horses on street
railways consists OF l2 pounds cut hay.
mixed with 10 pounds half oats and
half corn ground together, for sum-
mer, and in winter 10 pounds corn
meal with 12 pounds cut hay. Corn
meal alone is too heating for summer,
but is less Objectionable in winter, as
it helps to keep up the animal heat and
maintain the flesh. Corn-meal, how.
ever, cannot be regarded as the best
for restoring wasted muscle. II is de
ticieut in the albuminous elements. II
Is found where corn-meal is fed almost
wholly for grain that the horses dc
not last so long as when part oats arr
fed. The heating nature of corn causes
the horse to perspire more easily, and
they are more liable to take cold and
become affected with various diseases.
Their feet are more tender and more
liable to become indamed. Clover hay
fed with corn-meal supplies what the
corn-meal lacks, nitrogenous elements,
making the raticn unObjectionable.
Clover hay Is objected 10 as being
dusty, but when cut and moistcned to
mix with the corn-meal, that objection
IS disposed of. Another advantage
obtained by feeding corn-meal mixed
with cut hay j. that thus fed there is
less danger from cold