| Show FEED FOR A DRIVING HORSE ithe he rent nation for a hori that makei make lety A gentleman gentle mau in flagstaff A T writes to the Breet lers gazette asking anfor mation on the above subject and professor W A henry glenry of the wisconsin agricultural experiment station replica wo give below both question and answer what kini kind of grain anil and amount po por day should lie given a driving horse weighing ll 11 1150 ia pounds and a good eater at times hil hii loid load is somewhat heavy and one of his frequent trip trips i is a distance of thirty miles which lie ho makes in about seven hours can be used to advantage and iund in what proportion As A I 1 recollect there is ia very little farming in tho the vicinity of fla flagstaff staff anil and tho the grain at least and probably during much of the season hay also must bo be brought from lori long distances either the pacific coast or r kansas though no doubt points nearer furnish famish alfalfa hay which however is ia not a very satisfactory feed for horses oats are at all times the best single grain fur for horses and eight to ten pounds a 1 lay day may be fed if they ore are expensive and bran and corn not so doar feed three or four pounds of these i in 11 place of the same bamo weight of oats it if tolled rolled barley can lio be obtained at reasonable figures eight to ten pounds of that may be substituted for tho the oats oat with satisfactory I 1 ic some is ia nn an excellent food for a horse but too much should not lie bo fed two or three pounds a 6 day may lie be given at the same game time withdrawing that amount of grain from tho the ration if hard bard worked the horse will need a little more grain than is here stated barley hay lioves very satisfactory for roughage or hay bay from east of tho the may be used if nothing satisfactory can bo be obtained at home ionic the grasses t basses about fla flagstaff taff must be very nutritious and satisfactory if they can bo be obtained in the form of hay but I 1 doubt if any quantity of hay bay is made there |
