OABBOTS FOB HORSES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 57, 27 October 1880, Page 4

OABBOTS FOB HORSES.

The following appeared some time since in the San Francisco Chronicle: — "At tfoe Cornell University they have been feeding their work teams liberally with carrots the present winter, and the experiment has > proved the crop to be one of essential value for feeding of horses. One bushel of carrots, and one bushel of oats,. fed in alternate meals, areof equal value to two bushels

of oats alone, while they can be grown at a much less expense. Henceforth, carrots will profitably replace one-half the oats we have fed. Horses, like

human beings, require a variety of food, and thrive best on a ration that involves a change of diet. Succulent food, in part, will always prove beneficial, and this is best afforded by carrots. Carrots have been used as horse feed in many parts of this State for years, and have been found very valuable. It will not do to feed too

many, but mixed or alternated with grain they are capable of keeping a horse in fine condition, imparting a sleekiness and glossiness to the coat that nothing else will give. As food for milk cows the carrot has no equal. They lend a rich lustre to the milk &nd butter bhab nothing else will, increasing the flow of milk, and bettering the quality of butter and cheese. Those who have a team of working horses would do wisely by growing a sufficient quantity of carrots to feed .them. I suppose the white Belgian would be the best variety for the purpose."