§ Mr. Parkerasked the Minister of Agriculture what, on the average, is the yearly quantity of imported and of home-produced feeding-stuffs, respectively, consumed by a racehorse; how much of this could be diverted for the feeding of poultry; and how many poultry could it maintain yearly?
Mr. HudsonI understand that racehorses which are in training during only part of the year need on the average about 30 cwt. of corn annually, the greater part of which is home-grown. None of this quantity could be diverted for other purposes, if the horse is to be kept in training. The same quantity of corn would be sufficient to maintain about 35 adult laying birds for a year.