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Show Feed Colts Well in Cold Weather Grain, Supplemented With Clover or Alfalfa Hay, Is Good Plan. By Prof. M. W. Harper, New York State College of Agriculture. WNU Service. Feed colts well during winter; what is saved in feed is sacrificed many times In the final usefulness of the horse. During the first and second winter colts should be fed grain twice a day in the morning and in the evening, A good grain mixture for draft colts consists of 30 pounds of crushed oats, 30 pounds of wheat bran, 30 pounds cracked corn, and 10 pounds linseed oil meal. This should be supplemented supple-mented with properly cured clover or alfalfa hay. For colts of the light breeds, such as trotters and saddlers, cracked corn should be limited and mixed hay or early-cut, properly cured timothy is probably better than legume hay. The grain mixture should be liberally fed, the proper amount to be determined by the need of the individual colt In addition to grain and hay'sheaf oats will prove beneficial. Placing a supply of roughage In a covered rack in the exercise lot is a good plan. Ice and snow are poor substitutes for drinking water. Young horses may be expected to thrive when they are bountifully nurtured nur-tured with proper grain and forage and are given facilities for exercise. |