Excerpt from Horse Feeding: A Book of Information and Suggestion Gathered From the Reports of Experiment Stations, Other Official Publications, and Practical Authorities on the Care of the Horse
Food has two functions, one the furnishing of material, the other the furnishing of power. In its first capacity it makes and maintains the body; in the second, it enables the body to live and work. It is partly staple, partly fuel.
These functions, however, are not clearly distinct. They overlap, since some of the materials of the body may in the end become fuel. The bear goes into winter quarters fat: he comes out lean. He has lived on his own tissues during his long sleep. Take a plump horse, feed him light, work him hard, and he gets thin. Why? The fuel in his food has been less than the work requireAbout the Publisher
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