Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-16

safe for horse feeding, as an over-sup-
ply of this grain rarely Injuries an ami
NAL. This is no doubt in great meas
ure due to the oat hull, which form S
the greater part of the bulk of the ra-
ton, and the digestive tract cannot
hold a quantity to work serious mis-
chief. Unless the horse is pressed for
time or has poor teeth, oats should be
fed whole. Don't feed new oats.
Corn is the most common substitute
for oats, and as a desirable change of
ration it has passed out of the expert
mental stage. Other countries are pre-
JUDGED against this cereal for such
uses, for climatic reasons. but the fact.
that in the south and west it is COM
monty used, upsets their contention.
The fact is well established in this
country that corn is a safe and salts
foctory feeding stuff for horses
Barley, rye and wheat are sometimes
fed to horses, and in many respects
are in the oat class. In feeding of
course the ration should be based on
chemical composition rather than Civ
en- out pound for pound.
Interesting experiments have been
made with mixed feed for horses. In
one comparison with oats and mix
ture of one-third pea meal and two
thirds middlings for Percheron colts
showed an advantage IN the mixture.
A comparison of oats with mixed
grains (middlings, gluten meal and
linseed meaD made with colts showed
that larger gains were derived from
the mixed grain ration.
The comparative value of corn and
oats supplementing bran and hay was
also tested in Utah. The grains were
ground and mixed before feeding. In
these and other tests referred to above
it appears that during the summer
corn and timothy were not as good as
oats, wheat and clover for maintain
ing horses. But the reverse was true
in winter, when there was less work
and maintaining weight was the great
er consideration. During the spring
and summer wheat or bran and mixed
hay produced greater gains in weight
than oats wheat or bran and mixed
hay. In another trial corn meal and
timothy hay did not sustain work
horses as well as oats, wheat and clo-
yer hay.
Bran and shorts were found to have
practically the same feeding value as
oats. Unground wheat was poorly di-
gested, and therefore believed to be
an undesirable sole grain ration. A
mixture of bran and corn, half and
half, is regarded as good substitute
for corn and oats for work horses.
Cotton seed meal is considered poor
annex to any combination of feed for
horses.
In study of alfalfa hay and tim
othy hay for horses at the Utah sta
ton, the comparative merits Of oats
and mixture of bran and shorts were
| also tested. demonstrating that mixed
grains could be satisfactorily substi-
| tuted for oats.
| Barley may be fed whole to horses
4 having good teeth and not required to
do severe work. Since ground barley
| like wheat, forms pasty mass when
mixed with saliva, it is thought better
to crush than grind it, if there is OBJ
| lection to feeding 1t whole. The high
price Of this grain often rules it oui
of the feed list, but when off color its
market value is materially lessened.
In Europe beans are a common feed
! for horses, but careful tests prove
that when they replace oats only hall
the quantity should be fed. They are
more nutritious than oats alone, and
a mixed ration has been found all
right. The fact has been fully demon
strated in England that horses fed witt
beans may always be recognized or
account of their great endurance;
hence the ration may be regarded as
an excellent one where long continued
sudden or severe labor is required. II
racing stables they are given to young
horses in process Of training for the
4 race course or hunting.
-
Roots and tubers are not recon-
4 mended for horses from the fact thai
i they contain such a very large proper
ton of water and their nutritive quail
ties are very small. Potatoes may BIZ
fed to advantage with hay or Gu
straw, but should be ripe and unsprout
ed and small in size or sliced to in
sure thorough chewing.
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