The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-12

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Ons 80 NJ lnsst draft hossss 81 III
streets Of Enghsh citiss. Thoss squinl
monstsss, NJ hsswer5 hossss, black q
coal. slssk and spirited, ~ strong
enough . walk az With sass With . load
Of six or seven tons. Ths SOLID food OF
these giants OF their race mainly cousista
Of crushed oats o. barley and beans, with
sheavesof green barley and tarss, in add.
ton to tho accustomed hay. Sometimes
bread y given and eaten with avidity.
and On Sundays : mash having dozen
eggs In it, - . sweet uoT1el, In addition
70 The regular food. This y IN excellent
thing for tho skin, and The coat glistens
Ike satin under this hind q feeding.
These HORSES have The advantage OF ths
richest hid q dist II their beanA Thsss
contain q much 1itsogsn - lean bssf,
and fes tie Ssstosatiou Of wasted nuscls
ea~ssd y hasd work he Hit1ogeoous
elements q food ~ specially useful. We
have ~ s~eh food ioc or horses On this
ids Of The world Our climate seems 10
b 1aisvosabls for the growth Of The
crop, bat " have Q substitute almost
precisely constitute! in tho dried brow
srs' grains that have recently come into
ths naSksk Peas have neoyly The same
composition - bea1s and might b. used
- suhstit.ts for them, but the south
era COW pa y . bean, and the sofa bean,
closs related, l. equally rich in this need
I'd nitsoGenous MISTER. This bean 10 tho
choice food for horses IN India and 10
well worth cultivation he1e - partial
substitute for our 700 starchy corn
No doubt many Of Ne common all
ments Of homes in America are due to
excessive corn feeding, and our animals
would he far more healthy II such food
% bran OF linseed oil meal-quite di6er-
ent NOW from what it was years ago,
since tho oil is almost completely ex-
trscted by the now prooess-were used
moro frequently.
But anyhow, there should be . greater
variety provided for these valuable ami
malls, to whom 20 much gratitude Is due
for their indispensable services In the
field, and moro labor might be well
spent in the preparation Of tho food.
The hay should be cut finely, or, ~ It is
otherwise called, cha6ed. This should
be tho rule. Tho food thus prepared Is
fully ono-third more nutritious than the
long hay, given with whole grain-the
most wasteful manner Of feeding horse.
This cut hay, or partly hay and straw,
is wetted with water sweetened with
few ounces of molasses, and the ground
grain food Is mixed with it. This is the
ordinary ration, changed frequently by
the mash, and the grain fodder with the
other kinds Of meals. On resting days
oats may be given whole, when the ami
NAL will relish the change and take time
to eat them slowly.
One Of the most acceptable green foods
for horse is the mixed oats and peas
II bushels of peas sown with 21 Of oats
on an acre-and when the peas arein full
blossom the fodder is ready for use.
That which is not used before the grain
is ripe is cut and dried for feeding with
the grain IN it, but cut into chat, or it
may be thrashed and the grain ground
and fed with the cut straw moistened
with sweetened water. This sweetness
makes the food more palatable and also
more nutritious, for sugar is the sole
carbonaceous food of animals except fat,
as the starch and the cellulose of the food
are always changed into sugar by the
digestive process before it can be assim-
Hated. And the small quantity of sugar
thus given with the food acts as fer
ment to more readily make the change
of the starch of the food into sugar in
the stomach.
The digestion of food may be very
much interfered with by mistakes in the
watering. This should always be done
before feeding and never soon after it.
The water is absorbed by the intestines
with great rapidity. A few minutes will
suffice to absorb three or four gallons Of
water, and this dilutes the salivary Sc
erection so as to supply all the water
needed for the digestion Of the food, and
no water will then be needed soon after
feeding. This avoids the washing Of un-
digested food from the stomach into the
where it ferments and pro-
duces much gas and causes those frequent
COLES that on the whole reduce the USE
fulness of our work horses fully one-half,
for every attack of disease cuts off so
much of the thread of life, and there are
very few horses that are not affected in
juriously with colic-the result of mis-
takes in feeding, but more in watering
sufficiently to have an appreciable result
on the duration of life.-Country Gentle
man.
Live Stock Points. |
If you have hen that will persist in
sitting, put her into a coop tilted upon
one side. Then she cannot sit down |
but will have to spend her |
time 'a-settin a-standin. " like the Dutch |
mans hen.
This fall il will be we'll for the farmer |