The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
STALE BREaD I0R HORSES.
Failure of n BrooklSn Bakers Plan for
Using HIS surplus Loavcs.

One day a man was standing alongside a hi.
furnace door In 4 bakery where tons of bread
is mixed and baked daily. As he stood there
he mcditatcd, and well he might. for loaves Of
bread wero being thrown into the furnace.
They were stale leaves which had been re-
turned by dealers, and burning was the cheap.
est way Of disposinG of them. The idea came
TO him of selling the bread to Long Island
fal mers to feed TO pigs and chickens. SOME Of
1t is now disuosed of in this way. but n lot re-
manned. Then another idea occurred 10 him.
He had observed time and again that pet
horses enjoyed "a crust from the hands Of
their masters or mistrcsses. lie read Mag
ner's "Standarl Horse and Stocl. fpok." and
found considerable information. for stock
owners, particularly horse owners, on the de-
STABILITY Of cooked food. 1t printed the
claims Of n Chicago cooked grain concern.
which said that cooked and ground feed was
much more palatable than the uncuokcd,
being much easier 10 masticatc. The hard.
dry covering OF grain, when steamed and
ground, becomes as nutritious as other parts.
and the entire grain is digested. thus saving
20 or 80 per cent. of the grain, and
also much energy. The proper care OF a
horses stomach means II good healthy horse
In most cases, and good, easily dig"stcd food
means a healthy stomach. Then. too. he
learned that Robert Bonner is accustomed to
give his horses n hot supper at y u'tlOCk IN
the evening u supper of two quarts Of hoIlri
cats. Mr.. Donors horses get two quarts Of
oats at each feeling, and tho fecdIugS are 1T
= O'Clock In the morning, then .. then /. and
ut 3 o'cl0ck =, NJ, ten pounds ~ hay for each
horse. Then comes the hot supper. Tie
German army horses had long been eating
Cookca food, and these horses had waxcd lat
and strong, like p]orrllSo fcl giants. The
German army horses are giants in the horse
line since they have had cooked food,
Now, the man rca-orrl. il >t"Nol oats. and
hot bran mash. or shorts and hay tea we're 30
them IT. GnniG, lc. and was, The last wa,
given In John ShUlt2c'- bakery stables over in
Br""Elyn Two months aE". ir",p WAS nor a
success SO far AS horse foclIUg went. Dry
bread, with 's CarhOnic acid Ga~. had the sL.I.e
effect ON horses that green lillv, have on
small boys. some Of the horses positively re
fused to eat Tie stun and tE,osr that dhl cnt
It suffered from Cril", The horses were frl
on bread for about tie months Ia connection
with "A shortened allowance 81 o,t~, hay. and
cut hay. \ good deal NJ the bread was dis
done for, toe. They were weak a@d detected,
and In spite 6i Nuc grooming looked mtscr.
able, and they haven't got over III" effect of
the bread diet yet, although tl"y are picking
un now on the regulation oats aud has.
Potatoes, carrots, and other roots are fed o.
horses for "A uLaH-v, Even the eNc.l horses ~
ter in quaiitr, perhaps. being free Of mould and
at least a year Old, bat, save Tor this GiIIcr-
ence. the food il lLr same, and the horses
would not liz" any 'haUCr.
A. q. Bennett, who Is an expert I'M the mat
ter, of horses, says that WORK hor-r, Lave got
10 nave oats meaning by work horses NJ! that
go into the harness. Otherwise the horses
break down under the strain. The farmer
who has grass, lel horses cannot get the same
work out Of them as the man who feeds his
horses on oats.