The Hope pioneer., 1922-12-14

quite necessary to use home grown
feeds to great extent for all livestock.
With the advent of alfalfa and sweet
clover, the livestock industry Of North
Dakota promises to advance ut much
greater pace than it has previously.
Considerable of these legume feeds
may be used to advantage, both as
pasture and hay, for the growing of
horses.
The following suggestions along the
line OF feeding and fitting North Dakota
horses for market apply principally to
geldings and to mares, not in foal, all
between the ages of six and ten or
twelve years. 1t is assumed also that
good farm practice has been used and
that the horses are in at least fair
condition at the time the fall work is
finished on the farm. They are then
ready to be prepared for market.
Shelter and Exercise.
In most cases. the horses will need
to be tied in barns and led out to water
three times daily before feeding, and
there will be but few horses fed on
each farm. In these cases, the horses
should have daily exercise in a small
yard, from one to two hours, depending
upon the comfort and wishes of the
horse. In bad weather, he should be
out but short time.
In cases where as many as a carload
of horses are being fitted at one place,
it is practical to keep them in small
clean, dry yard. This yard should join
shed, barn, or other protected quar-
ters, in which the horses may stay
nights and when the weather is bad.
Salt should be available at all times
in clean, dry, protected place. up off
the ground. The barns and sheds
should be we'll bedded with good clean
dry straw, and the hay should be fed
from good racks or managers SO as to
eliminate as much waste as possible.
Plenty of clean drinking water must
be provided.
The horse will fatten easier when
given but small amount of exercise
but we do not want to injure his health
or impair his usefulness by neglecting
his daily exercise.
Keep the horse stables well venti-
late but avoid drafts.
Teeth.
Be sure that the horses teeth are in
good condition. 1t is best to have a
competent veterinarian examine the
horses teeth and remove any sharp
points and Irregularities so that the
horse will have no trouble in chewing
his food.
Feet.
The horses hoofs should be properly
trimmed, so as to allow him to travel
with greater ease. With the hoofs we'll
trimmed he will also present a much
better appearance.
currying.
Besides having the horse free from
lice, mango, ETC., he should be curried
and brushed daily, SO as to make his
hair lay down well and have a glossy
appearance
Feeding.
Like fatten:ng other farm animals, it
is best to bring the horse up to full
feed gradually; to feed him regularly
have & variety Of feed, and to use some
succIlent feed such as roots AS we
find 1t quite necessary to use the feeds
we nave at hand on the farms, let us
produce feeds of high quality. Mouldy
grain. musty hay. and spoiled silage are
not as nutritious as good feed, they are,
on the other hand. harmful and danger
GUS. both i'll their immediate and per-
manent effects upon the horse
See that there are no holes in the
feed boxes and that they are Kept
sanitary. If any feed is left, clean it
out and let the box dry.
The following paragraph is quoted
from "Feeds and Feeding" by Henry &
Morrison:
"At the Illinois station, Il ration of
S.e pounds corn. Sc pounds oats "a
pounds wheat bran. O4 pounds oil meal
and 1871 pounds clover hay gave excel
lent results in fattening horses. A most
successful ration for 1,45O pound
horses at the Pennsylvania station was
1913 pounds shelled corn, IA pounds
'cottonseed meal, 16.9 pounds corn
silage and 1O.5 pounds mixed hay"
In feeding horses, a general rule as
to the amount of feed to use daily for
horses of different weights, either idle
or doing various kinds of work, may be
given as follows: Feed from 2 to 2h
pounds (grain and roughage) per 100
pounds live weight.
AS the horse fattens. he will grad
ually consume less roughage and more
grain; for example, a 1.4OO pound horse
will eat perhaps as high as 20 pounds
roughage daily. and from 10 to Is
pounds grain at the beginning of the
feeding period. When this same horse
has been fed for so to so days, he may
be eating as little as 10 to - pounds
roughage and as high as 20 to %
pounds Of grain daily
The principal part of the rougllage
fed to North Dakota horses should he
alfalfa. sweet clover clover or mixed
hay. Prairie hay, corn fodder. stover
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