Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
Feeding Horses.

| Since the establishment of agrlcul.
tural experiment stations the feeding of
! live stock has resulted in the compound
ing Of balanced rations for all classes
of animals, says the Drovers' Journal.
| The dependence Of the prosperity OF
many of the great Industries is based
on the use of horses, and the mainte-
| ing condition has resulted in widely
extended feeding operations.
AS will be discovered, different guam
titles of the same kind of grain and
hay enter the balanced ration of the
different experiment stations. The
fact that one particular ration Is not
| universally adopted as the standard
feed for work horses at work, or in the
pens undergoing the grand finishing
! preparation for market demonstrates a
wide difference in the individual tenn
permanent and assimilating ability Of
| horses. There is a personality In each
horse that must be understood and ca
tered to in the maintenance of high
condition when at work or during the
| fattening process.
Great corporations that employ a
multitude of horses in conducting their
| business reduce their feeding opera
tions to o system of SO much grain
and so many pounds of hay per hun
| dredweight Of the animal. But there
is no uniformity even among the large
feeding stables The Virginia Express
Company feeds 4.67 pounds Of corn.
5.44 pounds. Of oats, 8 pound of bran.
4. IS POUNDS Of cornmeal and Is pounds
Of hay pei 1000 pounds OF weight per
day. The Jersey City Express Com
pany feeds its horses 21.25 pounds of
alfalfa, 80 pounds Of corn, 10 pounds
Of oats, 1.15 pounds OF bran and 9.5
pounds OF hay per 1000 weight per day.
The Boston Express Company feeds its
horses II pounds OF corn, 5.25 pounds
Of oats and 20 pounds Of hay. The
United States army feeds per 1000
pounds Of live weight its cavalry and
artillery horses - pounds Of oats and
IA pounds of hay, and its mules o
pounds Of oats and IA pounds of hay.
The Utah Experiment Station feeds It's
farm horses % pounds Of alfalfa and
10 pounds Of bran or 22.S pounds OF
timothy and 10 pounds Of bran. The
Wyoming Experiment Station feeds
1875 pounds of alfalfa and 2.25 pounds
Of straw per day. In Omaha, Neb.. Is
L. 90 o4c nj q
IS the standard ration food a draft
horse. At Chicago the large companies
feed 10 pounds of oats and 20 pounds
If hay for a draft horse ration. At
the Iowa Experiment Station a bal
aaeed ration IS compounded In the pro-
portion OF pound Of hay and 1 pound
Of grain per 100 pounds Of live weight
Of the horses used in the experiment
work.
The ration Of maintenance In the
above cases varies from the Wyoming
combination Of 1875 pounds of alfalfa
and 225 pounds Of straw per day to
the Iowa Experiment Station ration Of
Is pounds Of grain and 10 pounds Of
hay for a 1.500-pound draft animal
If horses can be maintained In good
condition at work on such a widely
different ration. IT demonstrates a wide
difference in the nutrition necessary
TO maintain horses In different locaII-
ties. The wide variation in the ration
Of maintenance practically compels ev-
cry owner Of horses to conduct his
dividualIty and assimilatfng ability Of
each horse in his stable. Some ami
mails require more grain than others
and ar actual test VIII SON determine
the proper amount Of both grain and
roughage requisite for each animal to
N aintafn It In good condition or to fat
ten 1t for the market