The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-18
BAD DIET FOR HORSES.


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One day . nan waD standing along
side . big fu1nace door IN bakery
where tons Of broad n mixed and baked
daily. A he stood there ho meditated.
and well he might. for loaves Of bread
were being tArswn into the furnace.
They were stale leaves which AaA been
returned by dea2esu% and burning was
the cheapest way Of 6sposing Of them.
The idea came 70 him Of selling the
bread to Long Island farmers TO feed
to piRs and chickens. Some o1 It is
now disposed q IN this way. but q lot
remained. Then aaothee idea occurred
to him. ~.a,s>s~:. :-.s.
He had observed time and again that
pet horses enjoged . crust from the
hands Of their masters and mistresses.
He read hosse and stock books and
found considerable information for
stock-owners, particularly horse-own-
ers, on the desirsbility Of cooked food.
It printed tho claims Of . Chicago
cooked grain consezn, which said that
cooked and ground feed was much
moro palstAble than the uncooked,
being much easier 10 masticate. The
hard, dry covering Of grain, when
steamed and ground. becomes as nutri-
tious % other pa<ts, and the entire
grain II digested thus saving 20 or 30
per cent OF the ss1in, and also much
energy. The proper care Of a horses
stomach means . good healthy horse
in most cases, and good, easily digested
food means . healthy stomach. Then.
too, he learned that Robert Bonner is
accustomed to give his horses q hot
supper st nine o'clock IN the evening
. supper Of two quarts Of boiled oats.
Mr.. Bonners horses get two quarts of
cats 1t each feeding. and the feelings
are at Ave o'clock In the morning, then
nine. then ons, and It Ave o'clock p. M.
ten pounds Of hay for each horse. Then
comes the hot supper. The German
army horses had long been eating
cooked food, and these horses had
waved fat and strong. like porridge fed
giants. The German army horses are
giants in the horse line since they have
had cooked food.
Now. the man reA1oned. II stewed
oats, and hot bran mash, or ahorts and
hay tea were 50 good for horses. why
couldn't bread be 1cd TO them? It
could be and was. The last was given
in John Shultse's bakery stables over
In Brooklyn . short time ago. Brea.l
was not success 90 far as horse feed
ing went. Dry bread. with its carbonic
acid gas, had the same effect on horses
that green apples have on small boys.
Some of the horses positively refused
to eat the stun, and those that did eat
It suffered from collie. The horses were
fed on bread for about ten months in
connection with q short allowance Of
oats, hay, and cut hay. A good deal
Of the bread was disposed of. but tho
horses were pretty nearly done for.
too. They were weak and detected,
and In spite Of dne grooming looked
and thsy haven't got over
the effect Of tho bread diet yet, al
though they aro picking up now on the
regulation oets and hay.
Potatoes, carrots and other roots are
led to horses 1oe change. Even tn.
'well horses Of rich people get the
plebeian dishes. . little better in quail
y. perhaps, being free Of mold and at
least . year old. bat save for this dif-
ference tie food Il the same. and the
horses would 1o< IKE any change.
A. G. BenAe& Who = IN expert in the
matter Of horses. says that work horses
,ave got to have oats-meaning by
work horses all that 60 into harness.
Otherwise the horses break down under