Show DEAN URGES CARE WHEN FEED 1 ING WORK HORSES STOCK aloni along with avith the harvesting harv of the first ahny there la Is a ty cy to feitl more of this nitrogenous roughage haze to horses than they need or vin cinn use to hest advantage says dean K N T J mayward of the U A C at lozan Ij I 1 the practice pra fice ot t feeding horses borses their dillof alfalfa is always wasteful and often tying horses to hay racks frilled with lianor even I 1 keeping their managers filled can result in fil the use of larse large quantities of alfalfa for will oie lie little return rendered in maintenance or work feeding experiments have indicated led that under such conditions horses w will r ea eat t as much as 3 percent or more of their own weight in hay dally daily if the quality of hay la is rood good while one 14 ib horse home is reported tobaie to have consumed an average ot of CO 60 pounds ot of alfalfa per day or 43 percent his own weight anthe aller hand band feed feeding tests testis indicate that at t worle can cair got get long satisfactorily on as little as 8 pounds of hay per head daely provided they receive enough grain in addition to supply the necessary nu when tho alfalfa hy bly supply la Is short sli ort and badly needed as a protein supplement for other classes of lavt 1 stock on the farm and when grain Is relatively cheap a general rule tor working horses Is to limit their dally daily rat rati lont onto one pound per hundred wt vet and to dally daily ra eions to an equal amount in such cases the alfalfa supply may also be supplemented with other roughage containing less protein such as ont oat hay corn stover or straw during idle days horses working regularly should receive their usual liay bay allowance but only two thirds of a regular grain feed containing one third iby by of 0 wheat bran while horses and grain and good quality hay during their working per AC lods jodi idle horses hones can tx mat maintained yra very efficiently terii thru summer period on airl thru ue mater on bright well attacked straw und and la 0 light grain teed feed the ibe grain feed may alt there 1 grain in tha ehg strai straw r for fir maintenance purpose wui wat I plenty or of time for antic mastication altion v ith at digestion gest ton and with heat the imin fator desired thru the binh r roughage of this sort may lie ile used satisfactorily to reduce cos costs st |