The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-11-13
STANDARD OF REQUIREMENTS IN
PROPER FEEDING OF WORK STOCK
Mature Animals Require Certain Definite Amounts Of
Protein Carbohydrates and Fat In Their Food Supply
These Amounts Vary With the Weight Of the Animal
and the Severity of the Work Performed
(ey X. NJ. Murphy. University of Tennesses)

III without any real difficulty by mixing
at first small amounts with their grain.
Since corn Is likely to continue the
main grain ration In the South, all
colts should be taught to eat cotton.
seed meal while young. so that II may
become . regular supplement to corn
throughout their lives Cottonseed
meal can not be fed satisfactorily BY
itself or with ear corn. Corn must be
ground into meal or ear corn may be
ground and corn and cob meal fed
satisfactorily with cottonseed meal.
The latter Is preferable.
II the roughage consists Of hays rich
In protein, such as alfalfa. soy beans
or cowpeas, no cottonseed meal will be
needed to supplement the corn or
other carbohydrate roughages, or even
red or the other common clovers. must
be fed with corn, limited quantities OF
cottonseed meal Ghould be fed
Cheap roughages, such as corn
stover and oat straw, can often be
used to advantage when animals are
idle or doing very light work. Corn
slower Is not a safe feed for horses
unless bright and clean and free from
mold.
The following rations are given as
guides in feeding working animals:
~ Al Light Work.
1--6 lbs of corn or lbs oats, IN lbA
cottonseed meal. IL lbs, timothy hay.
2--6 lbs. corn or s lbs. oats. III lbs. cot
tonseed meal. 10 lbs red top or cat or
wheat and vetch hay.
Sc lbs. corn or lbs. oats. IN lbs. cot
tonsesd meal, 15,lbs. corn stover.
t--e lbs corn. 10 lbs alfalfa. SOY bean
SIS TBS. corn. Is lbs. Of red clover OF
Japan clover hay.
(2) AZ Medium Work.
1--s lbs corn. IN lbs oottonseed meal,
IL lbs. timothy hay.
2--s lbs corn. III lbs. cottonseed meal.
10 lbs. red top or oat hay. wheat or vstch
hay
lbs cowpea or soy bean hay.
As lbs, corn, IN lbs. cottonseed peal,
10 lbs red clover or Japan hay
6--l0 lbs. oats, IN lbs. cottonseed meal.
10 lbs red clover or Japan clover, lbs
corn stover.
(3) Heavy Work.
LIP lbs corn, 8 lbs. cottonseed meal.
~ lbs. red clover or cat hay.
2--S lbs corn. 8 lbs. oats. IL lbs. cow
pealor soy bean hay. lbs timothy or red
'0g gf hay lD,. corn ,s n, affair.
These rations are computed for
animals OF 1000 pounds OF live weight.
II the animal to be fed weighs less
than 1000 pounds 1t will require slight.
~ less, and II more than 1000 pounds.
slightly more than the above amounts.
The common rule for feeding horses
and mules Is as follows: Feed one to
one and one-half pounds Of grain, and
also Of hay per 100 pounds OF live
weight. The small size of the horses |
stomach ~ compared with the cows
makes the horse much less well
adapted to the consumption of large
quantities Of roughage. The average
capacity Of the horses stomach is only
three and one-half gallons. while that
of the COW is about nfty.fys gallons.
Most OF the digestive troubles of work
ing animals are caused by allowing
them to gorge. themselves on hay or
other roughage, especially at noon,
when there is not time enough for the |
process OF digestion to be completed
The amount Of hay fed should always |
be limited, and the greater part OF the
daily ration should be fed after the |
days work 10 done.
Some successful feeders make the |
practice OF feeding grain only twice a
day, at morning and at night, but or
dinarily II lls best to feed three times,
dividing the grain into three equal
portions.
Animals shnpld always have access
to good watf1 before going to work
and upon returning to the stable, both
before and after noon, but the guam
tity should be limited when they ara
in q heated condition. A supply Of
salt should always be kept before
them.
Rules for feeding are Of much I'm.
portance, but the really successful |
feeder must know his animals sum
GENTLY well to cater to their indt
vidual appetites,