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The Government daily forage scale for re- 

 mounts at sea Is : — * 

 Oats, 4 lbs. 

 Bran, 6 lbs. 

 Hay, 12 lbs. 

 And for horses proceeding from New 

 Orleans or Canada : — 

 Oats, 5 lbs. 

 Bran, 3 lbs. 

 ^ Maize, 2 lbs. 

 Also, 4 cwt. nitre, 5 cwt. rock salt, 

 100 gallons vinegar, and 2 tons linseed are 

 allowed for each shipment. 



Formerly, only 10 lbs. of hay was allowed, 

 which quantity I found to be far too small, 

 especially as there Is always a large percent- 

 age of loss In the hay. This loss, as I have 



already shown, would be reduced to a mlnl- 



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