Show FAVOR ALFALFA FOR HORSES OF ANY KIND to be fed successfully crop must be cut at proper time feed as concentrate by C W kansas state agricultural college if alfalfa hay bay is properly cured it may be fed to any I kind ind of horses this applies just as strongly to work horses as to growing horses in order however to be fed successfully alfalfa hay must be cut at the proper time for horse feeding purposes and must be fed as a concentrate rather than as a roughage the trouble which arises from feeding alfalfa Is due to the method of feeding not with the alfalfa hay it has been said that the proper time to begin cutting alfalfa hay Is when the field Is about one tenth in bloom cutting a at t such a time makes very good hay for cattle but such hay Is too washy for hoves horses at hard work to make hay suitable tor for horses at hard work the alfalfa must be allowed to get rather mature before cutting in fact the field should be in full bloom before the mower Is started the hay should then be properly cured and stacked special care must be taken to prevent spoiling or molding after the hily hay has haa been cured the next consideration is the amount to be fed the important cause of so much trouble with alfalfa hay has been overfeeding over feeding one pound of alfalfa hay contains 35 per cent more digestible protein than one pound of shelled corn and Is fairly rich in carbohydrates bolly bo drates and fat A person would not think of feeding a 1200 pound work horse a bushel of shelled corn in a day yet by giving the same horse all the alfalfa hay he will eat as large or it larger amount of digestible protein will be fed when large amounts of alfalfa are fed the horse receives an excessive amount ot of highly nitrogenous material another effect of overfeeding over feeding with alfalfa Is a sort of clogging of the whole system resulting in impaired nutrition filling of the legs and hocks softness excessive sweating and impaired respiration As to the amount to be fed experience seems to andl indicate that one and one fifth pounds to pounds of live weight Is about the maximum amount f for or work horses because of its high proportion of digestible tible protein alfalfa balances up very well with corn these two tw 0 feeds feed make the most economical ration tho tha kansas farmer can feed |