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GUAM AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



HORSES. 



The oomlit ion of the Morgan horses has continued from the time 

 of their arrival to the end of the fiscal year to be fully as good as was 

 expected. With the exception of a few minor injuries which have 

 caused more or less difficulty of treatment the animals have remained 

 in a good state of health and vigor. There is a strong tendency in 

 tliis cimiate for any small scratch or other trifling wound of the skin 

 to become infected and in consequence to be slow in healing. For 

 this reason the horses have demanded much more attention than 

 would have been required in caring for the same number of ani- 

 mals under conditions existing in most parts of the United States. 

 The work so far indicates that horses, at least, while not at heavy 



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Fig. 5. 



-Temperature chart of Willowmoor Red Rose, cow .33 months old at beginning; in milk throughout 

 period of record. Decided loss of appetite last of May. 



work may be maintained with no further roughage than such as 

 may be produced on the island at a comparatively small expense. 

 The production of a satisfactory grain feed is a problem which 

 will require further investigation and will probably entail greater 

 difficulties. 



A limited number of mares have been bred to the young stallion 

 Cassius. AU the station mares have been bred, but only one of these 

 has proved to be pregnant. Several native mares belonging to 

 outside parties have also been bred, and most of these are said to be 

 in foal. The illustration of Cassius shown on another page of this 

 report (PI. V, fig. 2) is from a photograph taken after the close of 

 the fiscal year and is mtended to show his condition after more than 

 a year in Guam. 



