Show satisfactory ration for horses and mules tiie the question was recently raised about feeding alfalfa hay to horses professor mccampbell of kansas feda fed a group of artillery horses weighing an average of pounds and doing more hard work than the average farm horse on a dally daily ration of 10 pounds alfalfa hay 8 pounds shelled corn and 2 pounds oats for days these horses gained pounds per head during this period they showed no shortness of wind softness or lack of endurance during the feeding trial A similar group of horses were fed 14 pounds timothy hay bay 4 pounds pound corn and 0 pounds oats per head dally daily for days these horses lost an average of 77 pounds per head thus by comparison 10 pounds alfalfa hay and 10 pounds grain per head dally daily proved a better ration and more economical under the conditions of this trial than 14 pounds timothy hayand 12 pounds grain ear corn and alfalfa hay make a very satisfactory ration for work horses and mules |