The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-11-12

in the aforementioned proportions,
placed where the foal may eat at Will,
has been found to give very satis1ac'
tory results. Even while sucking they
will learn to eat three pounds or o
of the mixture per day. The grain
should be changed twice a day In
order to prevent securing.
ANY time between five and eight
months of age will be a suitable time
for weaving. A very successful meth
cd is as follows: Take a foal away
from the mare and, If possible, put
two or three of them together in a
light, clean and roomy box stall. Place
the accustomed hay and grain ration
before them. Keep the mare far
enough away from the foal so that
neither may see or hear the other,
and within three or four days they
will have practically forgotten their
former relation. In many cases, wean-
ing may be accomplished without any
noticeable loss in weight on the part OF
the foal.
Growing Colts.
After weaving, plenty of good hay
and grain should be fed the foals.
The food should be of such a charac-
ter as to produce the greatest growth
of bone and muscle and to keep the
weanling in q thrifty condition. oats,
bran and corn, one-third each by
weight, has been found to be a very
successful ration for growing horses.
AS a roughage to be fed with this
grain, alfalfa or clover, with a lin
tied quantity of oat straw or corn
stover. gives good results. Timothy
and clover, about one-half each, Will
also be found q very successful adj
iunct to the aforementioned grain
ration. An error commonly made is
that of feeding corn fodder n tim
othy hay with nothing else. This ra-
ton does not supply the proper amount
of protein for growing horses. 1t does
not keep the digestive apparatus in
good working order, and is the cause
of poor condition and stunted growth
in many cases. Exercise during the
winter is a necessity.
TO pasture through the summer is
not only q cheap but highly efficient
method OF developing young horses.
During the early part of the season,
while the grass is good. no grain will
be necessary, but when the dry and
sparse pastures of August and Septem.
Der come on horses should have grain.
Oats and corn, one-half of each on blue
gras or clover and timothy pasture,
keeps up the health and thrift. AT
this season of the year a shed in which
the horses may seek protection from
the sun and flies is a material advan'
tage.
In short, both through winter and
summer, growing horses should have
plenty of good food, water and eXer
else to produce the maximum devel
opment.
Work Horses.
Work horses on the average farm
are for the greater part brood mare
The care and management of this
class of horses has been previously
discussed, SO need not be mentioned
here. The animals which deserve at
tention in this connection are the
horses not used for breeding purposes
and mules. Economy is the great fac
tor in caring for these animals, anC
should be considered carefully SO Ions
as it does not interfere with theil
working capacity or health.
The kind and amount of work t
be performed will have considerable
weight in fixing the ration to be fed
During the summer, which is the sea
: son of hardest work on the farm,
ration of the highest possible efficienc!
is practical. 1t should consist of
comparatively large proportion of con
! centrates. For horses doing far,
x-nrI onrp on1 0ntC hole on1 ho1f /
!, an efficient grain ration when fed will
:, timothy and clover used as a roughage
!, Corn and bran, one-half each, give'
:. good results, and may be used whel
oats are not available. Alfalfa in linn
: tied quantities may be fed horses do
ing ordinary farm work, but shoult
be fed in connection with timothy
For light horses doing road work corr
must be fed in very limited quaint
ties. Roadsters and drivers do yer.
well on a ration of five parts of oati
one part of bran, and timothy hay
The proportions of hay fed should b.
comparatively small.
During the winter when there il
not much work to be done about tn,
farm, the ration for work horses ma,
be materially decreased. "Roughing'
horses through the winter has com
to be a common practice. To b.
I kept through the winter in this wa,
horses should be given a shed foI
shelter, preferably n opening to tn,
south. AS a feed it was found a
the Utah experiment station that alf
alta alone was sufficient for mainte
nance. Well cured clover hay wit;
some corn fodder (stalk and ears) ma.
be used, but a small amount of grain
is advisable. Timothy hay, and corr
stover is not a satisfactory ration TO
"roughing" horses through the winter
They need more protein, which ma,
be supplied in the form of some legum
nous crop. Horses that have beef
treated in this way should be givel