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Show COMPRESSED FORAGE j FOR THE ARMY Washington, Jan. 2. Now that considerable con-siderable success bias been made, in i pdrfecting a compressed Ration for" the ' min in the arinj ancj in pursuance or i tub axiomatic policy of lightening the burden of moving tidops, the war d-i d-i pdrtment is experimenting with j 1 cohipresbod forage ratW. Lieutenant Nathan C. Shh crick o the '1 bird cav- alb 'at Fo.t Wingate. N M i the inventor of the process, and on be-lullf be-lullf of the government hns been con diicting important tests A sample of the ration has been ietVivPd nl Ul war department. tngeihoV "with, a report re-port of the experiments ijadc m icw Mexico. , Lieutenant Shh crick C'HH ten pounds of this ration njH tu'clve uounds of oits and' j)q packed for trnnsportttloiH save much in space and "CH Ihbr tests of the forape ratioH made bv the horses of two MH ' crfvalry'in the United States H i troops in, thf&iMvotoe H sa&e time jg&fnvcstigatton H niade pi-& no ,1,e keepinglM tills C the material 9H Tv,o quartermnktcr cencral H aipv has recommendod that I IH aift 'Shiveiick be pormMed to H the process of pnpirm-, the f'H ration patented, with th underrH his; that he will gr-nt the ITH Statc3 the unrestricted license tojl . ptjre it for government use. M |