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The increased use of forage and roughage in horse production

Kansas State College

Abstract

The consideration of horse production in any agricultural program must include both raising to a usable age and continued feeding through several years of service.

The objective and methods of management are considerably different in the production of horses from what they are in the production of other classes of farm livestock. In the production of other classes of farm livestock food is a major objective, and in the production of meat animals the individual itself is the ultimate product.

In the case of horses, service is the ultimate product, and the working horse demands large quantities of feeds whose net energy value is high. Furthermore, when the horse is working, a large amount of feed that liberates energy quickly must be provided if the maximum of service per horse unit is to be maintained.

Another matter that must be recognized in planning rations for work horses is the fact that the horse is facing keen competition as a form of farm power.