The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1906-05-18

mical but also Of exceptional value in
producing nourshmcnt. II costs only
thlrty.four cents a day TO feed these
fine horses which range from LOO TO
500 pounds in weight This ac'
,ordinc TO experts. is from twenty TO
twenty.scyeu per cent. cheaper than
the old system Of maintaining the
stock on oats and hay entirely
This is what the sugar refinery hors.
cs eat. In the morning they get
quart aud half Of Indian corn meal,
a quart Of wheat bran, seven pounds
of cut hay ana quart ana q half of
sugar house syrup which remains,
after all possible crystallizauon of
sugar has taken place.
AZ noon each horse gets four or i've
quarts of oats and the night ration S
+ grain. though it does not 10y any means
cover the latter. 1t may be reckoncd
roughly that pound of oat, takes the
ur.rr of from between two and three
rounds of hay. Thus, when horses
which are being wintered receive a
daily grain allowance Of two pounds
they consume about five pounds less
uay each day than they do if they get
40 grain, a daily allowance Of Il
couple Of pounds Of grain is sufficient
Zoo most cases, but a somewhat larger
ailpwance-sa three or four pounds
does not come at all amiss in the case
Of valuable horses,
The question of how much grain
should be fed is, to a certain extent
dependent upon the circumstances NJ
each particular case, and must be de-
cidrl by the man on the spot, Plenty
Of chan should in all cases be mixed
with 1t along with the grain and chan.
Ii is found to be economical to do so,
barley or corn may be fed as n part Of
the allowance Of grain instead Of oats,
and the whole of the grain allowance
may even be composed Of barley or
corn. should an appreciable saving be
effected by using barley or corn in the
place Of oats. There is however, no
gainSaying the fact that barley or
corn is not as suitable as are oats.
We find, in an exchange, merely
credited to sun" but what sun. we
have no means Of knowing an article
which fits in well with the above;
~. -,
cs which receive plentiful supply Of
hay do not absolutely require grain.
ana can be wintered without getting
am allowance Of grain, 1t is, as Il
general rule. the best plan 10 feed a
few oats To horses under these circuu-
stances. and the small extra outlay
which is incurred in doing SO is well
justified. 1t is not, Of course, in any
way necessary to give idle horses
much grain, ana that merely means Il
useless expense which gives no salts
factory return. \ small allowance
IL all that is required. \ few oats
serve to keep the horse in decent con
ditiun. ana help to keep up the mus,
cleS. while if no grain is given they get
out Of condition ana lose muscle.
\ horse which is w.ntcrcd without
receiving any grain loses its condition
absolutely, ana is quite unit at first
for work when it is taken into the
stable again. by feeding some oats
certain degree of fitness is retained
and the horse viii regain proper work
ing condition and become quite fit
again much sooner than if grain is
/ dispensed with. When horses are
, given an allowance Of oats, they Of
course, do not require, or eat, rs much
/ hay as they do when they get no
! grain: ana thus Il saving in the hay
! is effected by feeding some grain, ana
this saving in hay is in a certain
measure Sct-Off against the cost of
the same as that in the morning, eX-
cept that five pounds Of loose hay is
placed in the stall in addition,
The hygienic value Of the molasseS
feed formula is proved by an expert
ment which was made on two run
down horses that had been kept upon
ordinary ratlons. Their weights We're
500 ana 92j pounds when they were
put on the molasses system, and both
soon showed Improvement in weight
and health At the end Of six weeks
the smaller had gained 200 pounds
and the other was ISL pounds heavler.
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