Show satisfactory ration for horses and mules 71 alie e question was recently raised about t feeding alfalfa bay to horses professor Proe of aini is fed a group of artillery horses ingan average of 1100 1 ago pounds and doing m more a re hard work nork than the average am age firm farm horse hoise on a dally ration of 10 pounds pound alfalfa lim hay 8 pounds chellel lorn corn nind and 2 pounds oats for lays these chese fiat ses rained gained pounds per pel head during duran this period they showed no shortness of wind win softness or lick lack of endurance during tile the feeding trial A similar group of horses were nere fei fed 14 pounds timothy hay bay 4 pounds corn and i 3 pounds lounds oats per hrad head dilly dally for days these horses lost an aver age of 77 per held head thus by 10 pounds alfalfa hay ha and 10 pounds grain per head dalh daily proved a better ration and more economical u under n it er the conditions of this trial than 14 pounds timothy bay and 12 pounds grain ear corn and alfalfa hay hav make anke a very satisfactory ration for woric horses hoi sea and mules |