Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1901 — For Army Horses. [ARTICLE]

For Army Horses.

Thanks to the Invention of an ingenious Yankee, army horses In the Philippines and In South Africa, are now enjoying the form, if not the substance, of a kind of confectionery. It it known as a “hay lozenge,” and owes its existence to the necessity of providing easy transportation for food in a country where the roads are bad. Hay in bales cannot be carried on horseback, for reasons that need not be mentioned, but the hay lozenge may readily be carried. To make the lozenge, hay Is compressed by machinery into disks fronf 12 to 18 inches In diameter, and 2 Inches In thickness. The disks are packed In rolls Just as candy lozenges are, and are hung from the horse’s back In slings, one sling on each aide. A single disk, when cut open and loosened, makes a “good square meal” for a horse or a mute.