Show Alfalfa Is Excellent Roughage for Horses Alfalfa hay I Is an excellent roughage for tor horses being more palatable than timothy or prairie hay and richer In protein and lime For those reasons It Is particularly valuable for balanc balanc- Ing balancIng grain rations that are poor In those respects such as corn says sas A L Han Haney horse expert of the animal husbandry division university farm St Paul alfalfa Many horse owners do not use al- al al falfa at a nil all for tor their work horses because be- be because because be cause kidney they think It affects the kid kid- kidney kidney ney causes the horses to sweat ex- ex excessively and Is apt to cause came heaves ExperIments have ha proved that no bad effects are obtained If It alfalfa hay hav Is not fed In excessive amounts Not more than one and one-fourth one pounds or of alfalfa per one hundred pounds live weight should be fed ted and even that amount may be too much for tor horses some Many fany farmers report that they have obtained best results when they re no rc placed replaced about one half of the usual ra rat on of ot timothy or 01 prairie hay with alfalfa hay This method Is to he be rec- rec recommended to beginners or when the second or third thin cuttings of ot ted fed alfalfa are ae |