Show fending feeding farm horses at the al michigan experiment station an experiment was wag recently conducted for ten weeks using a variety ot 0 cheap substitutes tor for oats and timothy hay as a feed for horses esix S horses at work received a regular ration of timothy hay and oats oata at an average cost of 29 6 cents per day estimating the feed at current prices the horses lost bost on an average of 11 pounds each six horses borses were fed a cheaper ration consisting of shredded corn talks stalks oat straw hay bay ear corn oats parrots ear beet pulp bran oil cake and a few carrots rots the average cost of which was cents per day and the horses gained on an average 14 pounds each four horses were also fed the cheap er ra ration t on but as they were at rest part of the time they were nere not fed so heavily as the other lots tho the av cost of maintenance in this trial was 12 9 cents and land the average loss lose in live weight for each horse tour four pounds |