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Show GOOD WINTER HORSE FORAGE Corn Stover Has Practically Sams Feeding Value as Timothy Hay-Alfalfa Hay-Alfalfa Is Favored. (Tly A. A. AOEK, New J. rsey Experiment Btnlkali ) wiih choice timothy hay quoted at the present price of $-1 to 196 a ton, ami with Inferior grades at not less tban $'Jii n ton, other roughages should be substituted for winteilni: horses. Good Con stover (corn foil-ilr foil-ilr minus the ears) has practically the ams feeding value as timothy bay and i may be fed to horses wllh about the I line results during the winter months. Alfalfa and clover are legume hays I having a still higher feeding value than timothy, particularly In their i content of protein. The best grade, of alfalfa usually sells at considerably less on the market than timothy liny, making it a more economical rough-iiL'e rough-iiL'e on the farm. Alfalfa nnd clover I when fed as the only roughage have been known to cause an overexertion of the kidneys because of the high n. trogen content. However, this objection objec-tion Is practically done away wllh by Substituting corn stover, straw or timothy tim-othy for a part of the roughage. Horses on heavy work need approximately n pound of grain dally for each hundred pounds of live weight. |