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coats of the dogs were normal. Further com- 

 ment on this is unnecessary. 



Next in importance to spinach I place car- 

 rots and cabbage, boiled up with the meat and 

 rice, oat meal and occasionally corn meal. 

 Don't be afraid to give a good quantity of the 

 sliced boiled carrots, especially in the winter 

 season when the dogs cannot obtain grass. 



A short time ago, I went to see a group of 

 trained monkeys and dogs perform. They both 

 looked in beautiful condition, and on enquiring 

 of the proprietor as to his methods of feeding, 

 he said it was a very easy matter, as he had 

 trained both dogs and monkeys to eat raw 

 carrots while on the road, during which time 

 he had to feed dog biscuits. When at home in 

 New York he fed a vegetable hash with sound 

 meat and rye bread, using largely carrots, 

 beets, a very few potatoes and some apples. 

 While on the road he had no facilities for cook- 

 ing for his animals so he accustomed them to 

 eating cut up raw carrots every other day. 

 Previous to this he was bothered with skin 

 trouble with both dogs and monkeys. 



The food problem at the present time is a 

 very serious one. The high cost of all sorts of 

 food of every variety should force those breed- 

 ers who have been keeping a very inferior 

 stock to make up their minds once and for all 

 that it takes just as much time and cost to 



