Show VALUES ALUES V OF OATS AND CORN IN FEED OF AVERAGE A. A FARM HORSE Concentrates and Carbohydrates Carbohydrates drates dr tes for Horses Prepared red by the United States Department of Agriculture Oats are one of the lie best concentrates concentrates concentrates concen concen- for feeding horses The Th proteIn protein pro pro protein carbohydrate contents o othis of tein and better proportioned for fol this grain are this purpose than titan in the case of corn Department of 01 sa says s 's the United States AgrIculture The hull In iii which the oat kernel Is Incased though of small nutritive value greatly Improves the physical character of the feed by adding bulk bulle Oats should be ro rolled ed edor or ground for very young oung horses h but may be fed to the mature animals either whole or ground In order to prevent ravenous feeders from chokIng choking choking chok chok- ing it is advisable to place a little chopped clover hay ha wheat bran ora ora or orl orla a few whole corncobs In is the feed box with the oats While oats ma may form the entire grain ration for horses the substitution of two or three pounds of wheat bran will improve c the daily ration provided It docs does not produce a too laxative effect I Corn is more generally grown groin grown than oats in many horse horse producing producing sections I and for this reason and because It is IsI I usually more economical to feed It is I often given preference over oats Because Because Because Be Be- cause of the high carbohydrate content conI content con con- I tent more energy per pel pound Is derived derived de de- de rived from corn than from any other grain suitable for horse feed Since corn corm is s somewhat low In protein It ItIs ItIs itis Is well to supplement It with a leguminous leguminous leguminous legu legu- minous hay The combination of corn cornand cornI cornand and alfalfa hay ha as a ration for horses I Is growing In favor Equal parts byI by I I weight of these feeds very ne nearly I make a balanced ed ration In the absence abI absence ab ab- sence of legumes a u little lInseed meal I or some other protein concentrate I may be fed with the corn Corn IsI is I not Sot only fattening and producing heat gut but ut also very palatable Horses un I accustomed med to corn must not be changed charged to it It suddenly because of danger from colic or other digestive disturbances Corn is generally fed on the cob cobor cobor or shelled but sometimes Is used In Inthe Inthe inthe the form of corn cob meal This feed which is particularly suitable for horses which lack the necessary time or teeth to chew corn thoroughly Is of about the same fec feed feed- Ing in value pound for foi fOl pound as shelled corn Certain precautions must be betaken betaken betaken taken In feeding fe It however ho as when stored for a a time it has a tendency to 10 generate heat with the consequent formation of mold moM For this reason it Is best to grind the grain brain only as asI I needed l |