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spite of the numerous imperfections necessarily present in 
his experiments, M. Laquerriere succeeded in making a 
horse eat meat, and especially horseflesh, how much easier 
would be the introduction of an animal regimen for solipeds, 
and perhaps for other herbivora, if the meat destined for this 
use, in place of being given in its natural state, had been in¬ 
corporated into a fermentable mixture, and has undergone 
such changes as a result of fermentation as to now consist 
solely of proximate constituents, intermingled with those of 
the dough itself. 
“ In a note of the number of the Abeille Medicale for 31st 
May last M. Decroix tells us that M. Laquerriere’s original 
article having been reproduced in the Veterinary Journal , M. 
Diinkelberg, Director of the Poppelsdorf Agricultural 
Academy, was persuaded by the results there cited to make 
experiments on horses of a squadron of English dragoons 
with American preserved beef, which had been incorporated 
with bruised oats to form a biscuit (?). A supply of this food 
was given daily, instead of a corresponding quantity of oats. 
According to the account of these experiments, given in the 
May number of the Veterinary Journal , the horses of this 
squadron showed a marked superiority at the autumn ma¬ 
noeuvres of last year to those horses fed in the ordinary 
manner. In consequence of this the English Minister of 
War has ordered further experimentation with the “ meat- 
meal biscuit.” M. Diinkelberg suggested the use of this food 
for race-horses, since, though highly nutritious, it does not 
tend to the production of fat.” 
u M. Decroix, who along time ago advocated the utilisation 
of the flesh of all animals which died naturally or artificially, 
even in spite of disease and decompositions, since cooking 
destroys all virulent properties, points out, as a great advan¬ 
tage of the introduction of meat into the regime of herbivora, 
the possibility of preserving, by the most perfect process, a 
considerable quantity of alimentary material, such as ordi¬ 
narily goes to waste.” 
“ Without adopting extreme views we may conclude that 
the time is come when a serious experimental investigation 
of the question of animal matters as food for the horse, and 
especially for the army horse. M. ScheureEs method happily 
removes all practical difficulties in the way of its application 
by permitting us to avoid all those manipulatory processes 
which the actual use of meat given raw or cooked would 
necessitate. if, as we are warranted in believing from the 
lengthened experience of the Arabs, a cake composed of 
flesh and flour can serve as food for the horse, it will be pos- 
