Sweating during hot weather indicates that the cooling system is working. Puffing may be a serious warning, especially if the horse has ceased to sweat, and overheating may result if the horse is pushed at this time. A brief rest, a swallow of water, or a sponging of the mouth will often restore normal action and avoid serious consequences. An important phase of horse husbandry is to avert common ailments. Every horseman should know how to take necessary precautions in avoiding various troubles, to care for minor ailments, and start immediate relief measures until the services of a competent veterinarian can be obtained. Exchange. Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Maidens, Va. Such silos and barns are typical of many fine dairy farms throughout the State. FEED SUBSTITUTES FOR SOME OF THE MOST COMMON FEEDS. The following table shows feeds that may be substituted for some of the most common feeds without greatly affecting the ration: Feed Feeds that may be substituted, quantities depending on relative feeding value. Corn-Barley, kafir, milo, sorghum, oats, buckwheat, rice, or similar feeds rich in carbohydrates and fats. Dats-Bran, coarse middlings, dried distillers' grains, or feeds having similar physical and nutritive qualities. Wheat bran-Ground oats, other bran, dried distillers' grains, coarse middlings, alfalfa meal, or feeds having similar nutritive and physical qualities. Linseed meal-Peanut meal, gluten feed, copra meal, cottonseed meal (for some animals), velvet bean meal, or similar feeds high in protein and mineral matter. Cottonseed meal-Cottonseed cake, linseed meal, peanut meal, gluten feed, copra meal, velvet bean meal, sorghum meal, or similar feeds high in protein and mineral matter. Corn silage Sorghum silage, other silage, pasture, wet beet pulp, roots, and green forage crops, or similar succulent feeds. Pasture-Silage, wet beet pulp, roots, or forage crops are good supplements. (There is no practical substitute for pasture in most sections if economy is considered.) Clover hay-Other legume hays, such as alfalfa, lespedeza, peanut, soybean, cowpea, or velvet bean hay. Timothy hay-Other grass hays, mixed hays, oat straw, or similar roughages. Corn stover-Other stovers, grass hays, oat straw, or similar roughages. Oat straw-Corn stover, other stovers, barley straw and other straws, cottonseed hulls, and similar feeds.-U. S. D. A. |