1 Jan, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 63 
A NOVEL NOSEBAG. 
A SERVICEABLE and simple invention has beeu patented by Mr. L. Arnott, of 
ork. It is an adoption of the principle existing in the mechanism of the 
magazine rifle and the cab candle-holder to the nosebag for horses. It is avery 
rommon sight, when a horse has half eaten his feed, to see him pitching the 
®g into the air or otherwise striving to get the remainder of the contents 
within reach of its mouth. By Mr. Arnott’s contrivance this difficulty is. 
overcome by means of a spring at the bottom of the bag, which is capable of 
extending from a few inches when compressed up to 1 foot when relieved of 
Pressure. Above the spring is a false bottom, and as the animal reduces the- 
Weight of his feed, so the false bottom naturally rises and keeps the level of the- 
ced up to nearly the top of the bag.—Martin’s Home and Harm. 
ANOTHER NEW FEEDBAG. 
A PATENT feedbag of a very sensible description is here shown. It has no- 
‘prings, chains, or metal tubes, and so serviceable is it that a horse can trample 
the it with impunity. The nosebag is devised to save grain and give comfort to 
horse. ‘The grain to be fed runs into the bottom of the bag from the side- 
Pockets through a small aperture. The pockets are collapsible, and the pressure- 
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a ee tem in those receptacles, induced by the cord tightening with the weight 
posit; ag, renders the supply of grain to the horse automatic. When in 
ton on the animal’s head, his lips are always within reaching distance of’ 
