Show recommend alfalfa and corn for work horses during the last tw two 0 years the michigan agricultural c ollege college has tested eight work teams on rations of corn and alfalfa on the one hand and corn oats and timothy on the other the horses weighed from 1800 to pounds and were three to fifteen years old they did heavy farm work and teaming the results show that horses may be fed corn and alfalfa even during hot summer months when they are cultivating corn and harvesting and that they will do just as well and maintain health and vigor on corn and alfalfa as on a ration of corn oats and timothy the alfalfa fed horses on an average worked days out of and the timothy fed horses worked days the alfalfa fed horses made nn an average gain of 21 pounds each for the year while those fed timothy lost an average qt of 17 pounds a head for the wear the average averaged 7 consumption for the alfalfa teams was pounds of corn and 18 pounds of alfalfa hay dally daily while the timothy horses ate 0 pounds of corn 02 62 pounds of onto oats and pounds of timothy hay dally daily the feed cost was 31 cents a day for the alfalfa group and 37 cents a day for the timothy group with timothy varying from 10 to 18 a ton and alfalfa from 10 to 23 a ton it ii to Is pointed out that the ration of pounds of corn and 18 pounds of alfalfa hay for a 1600 pound horse makes a feed higher in protein than necessary and lacking in dry matter the substitution of oat straw in part for some of the alfalfa hay Is advised |