Show I I ALFALFA AND BROOD IS 1 j He Ue HeIn In Irrigated Section Many Colts Born i 1 Dead on Account of Feed Give Feed Give 1 tha Some Grain With Hay J per pe rio Alfalfa hay hay- has a very great field fiel i we of ot usefulness In feeding all pe per perot of ot live stock under western condi condl we wel but it cannot safely bo be fed ted to car cai brood mares In unlimited quantities abc ab writes Prof E. E J. J Iddings II From some sections of at the irrigated irrigate i pr pro belt have come some somo r reports ports of a In large percentage of ot colts born de d or weak and deformed In some cases op opi an over u used over ed and defective detectIve stallion j treIs tre Is la undoubtedly responsible In many many per pei cases however when colts are most moi terIn ten ter In the manner heretofore mentioned ful mI the farmers are feeding alfalfa alone alona tinto tin tim to their mares It should not be so Is Is j I fed For best results with the brood Wl Wb Wb r mare mare some grain should be fed fed io fro roI addition to the hay In case It If is ds- ds 1 for lor or sired to feed teed a large amount of ot hay bay end ond oas as c compared with the grain the hay bay hay WE ration will be improved and made mad madi reSl res es safer sater by combining wild hay tin tIm bf bt r rothy rothy othy or even oat or wheat straw with B the alfalfa alfalla In no event should a brood ter er mare weighing 1200 to 1500 pounds pound tIon be fed ted more than 15 or 16 pounds of ot PJ alfalfa dally daily recA recA rec reCQ A sole Bole ration of ot alfalfa hay contains Gen Gena el ela a much Jarger larger proportion of ot- nitrogen P post s than the in foal mare mare needs or can Uon tion 01 use The Tho surplus must must be and ed as a waste and the condition lays lay C Can 0 an extra burden on the he digestive j HJ H tract and on an the organs of at elimina elimina- goY gOV tl tion n. n Especially heavy Is the laboi labor grap placed on the he kidneys the theL L |