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is very largely used by Australian horse 

 shippers, from whom I have often bought 

 surplus quantities of it, when I lived in Cal- 

 cutta. I have found it to be an admirable 

 food for horses. 



Experience with the shipping of remounts 

 from the Argentine Republic to South Africa, 

 has proved that lucerne (alfalfa) hay is an 



excellent food for horses at sea. The normal 







colour of clover hay is more or less brown. 



I would suggest the following daily ration 

 for horses on board ship : 

 Bran, 6 Ibs. 

 Hay, 17 Ibs. 

 Or oats, 3 Ibs. 

 Bran, 3 Ibs. 

 Hay, 17 Ibs. 

 And, say, 5 Ibs. of carrots in either case. 



