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Show How Qerman Army Horses Are Dyed. Recauso of the shortage 'of librae's In Germany It hns been fouud expedient to djv whlto nud dappled horses a field-gray, as already noted tn Popular Mechanics Magazine, thereby giving them the snmo protective' coloring as tho soldiers' uniforms and' l'nuktn them nvallablo for military" purposes. Tho coloring when first "applied gives tho horso a violet hue, which later changes Into greonlsh-brown by reason of the chemical' action of the sweat retained In tho hnlr. A' staff apothecary apothe-cary ot tho German army has" found I thnt tho best dye Is a 1 per cent solution solu-tion of pcrmnrrgnnnto bf 'potassYura. This is applied to the hend; leg's, and upper part of tho' body with n' brush nnd to tho more sensitive parts with n sponge. The co'lorlng Is permanent, , harmless, nud cost's nbout fco cents per horse. Popular Mechanics Magazine |