The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-12-25
THE HORSE
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| OIluSI uOTHldl COuulClOuS CnG WINTER
ing of the farm horse is not a very
serious question. Where feed and hay
are plentiful and the horses in good
condition when the winter sets in, it
is not a problem to worry the farmers
very much. Under such conditions the
horses a run at large most of the
time, but it is preferable to keep them
in a protected yard. If plenty of hay,
oats, straw, corn fodder, etc., are avail
able, the horse can be wintered not on
ly in good shape but very cheaply, as
little or no grain feed would be ne
cessary.
A winter like this, however, puts a
different aspect on the wintering of
the livestock. Very little straw is
available; nearly fifty per cent of the
farmers will have to buy hay; and feed
Is SO scarce that very few farmers are
lucky enough not to have to buy some.
The question then arises as to what
feeds to buy to get the best results.
For winter feed a horse requires
more carbohydrates and fats than in
the summer, that is, he needs a feed
That generates a maximum amount of
heat and that produces fat. The hors-
es are usually in pretty thin flesh in
the fall, and this being especially the
case this fall we need a feed that will
put the horses in good shape by next
spring.
A few rations are given below, Civ
ing the amount fed, the nutritive ra-
ton and cost per day based on the pre-
sent prices, hay at $4,000, straw So. {,
%cornfodder $500, oats 85c, corn s1.50
and bran at $4,000 per ton. The nu-
tritive ratio is the amount of protein
: compared to the amount of carbo-hy-
drates and fat.
Ration No. Prairie hay 15lbs:
corn 4 lbs; oats 4; ratio 1893, cost SIC
Ration No. Wheat straw, Is lbs,
corn Abs, oats 4 lbs, bran 8 lbs, ra-
ton 1:10, cost 34c.
Ration No. 3-Prairie hay 10 lbs,
fodder corn 10 lbs, oats 8 lbs, bran 2
lbs, ratio 1:10.5, cost 3Oc.
Ration No. Wheat straw 10 lbs.
fodder corn 10 lbs, oats s lbs, corn 2
lbs, ratio 1:1O, cost Bic.
Ration No. 5-Prairie hay IL lbs.
corn 4 lbs, oats 2 lbs, bran 2 lbs. ra-
ito LOS, cost 32c.
Ration No. 6-Wheat straw is lbs,
oats 10 lbs, ratio 1915. cost 33c.
Ration No. Prairie hay IL lbs,
oats 8 lbs, ratio 1888, cost 34c.
In choosing a ration for the horse
one must take into consideration what
feeds r available. It is doubtful if
we will be able to secure enough oats
this year, therefore corn. and bran
must be substituted as far as possible.
Rations No. l and No. S are pos-
sibly the ones best adapted for this
county, at the present time, and there
is no doubt but that a horse fed either
n would winter in good shape and
be in condition to do the work next
spring. If fodder corn were available,
~rations g. and 4 would winter a horse
equally as well as Nos. / and S. and
WONAA Wv ~ @ lille CuCdp0T. ft0C1O0
No. 2 would no doubt carry the horse
through, but IL lbs. Of grain daily is
q little more than would be advisable
to feed an idle horse.
Ration No. 4, although it has the
required nutrients, is not advisable. II
will not bring the horse through in az
good condition as the others, and the
fact that both oats and straw this
year Al Of q very poor quality will
make Il q ration not to BE advised.
Ration No. z is q ration that would
Be very well adapted to . horse 81
good flesh and doing light work. but
would not BE as good for 4 winter ~
ton Tor the average horse 81 rations
Nos. 4 and s.
W1ter i Important
b Sure fhat ths horse drinks lots
lfo9 W1ter, Keep salt bafors thenn =
~ tines, because with the door ouel.
tity a seraw this yer impaetien WI