Show Alfalfa Is Excellent Roughage for Horses Alfalfa hay is ms an nn excellent roughage for horses being more palatable than timothy or prairie hav find and richer In protein and nud lime For those reasons It Is particularly valuable for balanc balancing I Ing grain rations that are poor In those re respects such as ns corn cis say s 5 A L I Haney IIan ey horse hOre expert pert of or the animal dh division university er farm St Paul aul Many horse OVO owners ners do not use al at all for their work worl horses be because because because cause they think It affects the kid hid kidney ney causes the horses to sweat sent ex excessively ely and Is apt to cause heaves heave B have proved pro that no bad effects are obtained If It alfalfa hay Is not fed In excessive c amounts Not more than one and one fourth pounds of alfalfa per one hundred pounds weight sh should uld be fed and even een that amount mav may be too much for some horses Many farmers report that they have hn obtained hest best results when they the re- re replaced replaced placed about one h ill of the usual ra ration tion of ot timothy or prairie hay with alfalfa hay This Is to be he recommended rec recommended om mended to beginners or when hen the second or thud d cuttings of or alfalfa are fed fedI I |