The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30
STANDARD OF REQUIREMENTS IN
PROPER FEEDING OF WORK STOCK
Mature Animals Require Certain Definite Amounts Of
Protein, Carbohydrates and Fat In Their Food Supply
inese Amounts Vary With the Weight of the Animal
and the Severity of the Work Performed
(By R. M. Murphy. University Of Tennessee)

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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 1t may
become q 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 clovsrs. must
be fed with corn, limited quantities OF
cottonseed meal should be fed.
Cheap roughages, such a. corn
slower and oat straw. can often be
used to advantage when animals are
idle or doing very light work. Corn
stover ia not safe feed for horses
unless bright and clean and free from
mold.
The following rations are given rs
guides in feeding working animals;
~ AZ Light Work.
LIS lbs. Of corn or 8 lbs. oats, III lbs
cottonseed meal, II lbs. Timothy hay.
rs lbs. corn or lbs. oats, IN lbs. cot
tonseed meal, 10 lbs. red top or oat or
wheat and vetch hay.
s-e lbs corn or lbs. oats, ~ lbs. cot
4-6 lbs corn. 10 lbs. alfalfa, soy bean
or cowpea hay
5-s TBS. corn, is lbs of red clover or
japan clover hay
(2) AZ Medium Work.
Ia lbs. corn, III lbs. cottonseed meal,
IL lbs. timothy hay.
10 lbs. red top or oat hay, wheat or vetch
80 lbs, corn. IN lbs. cottonseed meal.
lbs. cowpea or soy bean hay.
As lbs. corn. IN lbs. cottonseed saeal,
10 lbs: red clover or Japan hay.
b--10 lbs. oats, IN lbs. cottonseed meal.
10 lbs red clover or japan clover, lbs
corn stuver.
AoJ f1uaSy WUTks
liz lbs. corn, 3 lbs. cottonseed meal,
10 lbs red clover or cat hay.
Z--S lbs, corn, lbs. oats. IL lbs. COW.
pea or soy bean hay, lbs. timothy or red
toy hay III, corn IL n, .,,.,,.
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.
ly less, and If 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 as compared with the cows
makes the horse much less we'll
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 fifty-five 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 Is done.
Some successful feeders make the
practice OF feeding grain only twice a
day. at morning and at night, but Or
dlnarily It Is best to feed three times,
dividing the grain into three equal
portions.
Animals should always have access
to good water before going to work
and upon returning to the stable, both
before and after noon. but the guam
tity should be limited when they are
in a 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 sufl.
ciently well to cater to their indt
vidual appetites.