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animals is made up of phosphates, the ash of animal 

 bodies consists largely of phosphate. Ash makes up 

 about 2 to 5 per cent of animal bodies. The ash of 

 animal bodies contains small quantities of most of the 

 elementt found in the ashes of plants. The phosphates 

 make up about 80 pel sent oi the ash. 



Questions 



1. What is meant by stock farming? 2. Name some of the 

 various kinds of stock farms. 3. Name some of the princi- 

 pal substances that make up animal bodies. 4. In what does 

 the process of curing meat resemble that of curing hay? 

 5. As a rule, do animal bodies contain as much moisture 

 as plants? 6. What two classes of compounds make up the 

 dry matter of animal bodies? 7. Divide the organic matter 

 into two classes of substances. 8. What part of the flesh is 

 made up largely of protein? 9. In what other parts of the 

 body is protein found? 10. As a rule, which contain the 

 more protein, animal bodies or plants? 11. What elements 

 make up protein? 12. What substance makes up most of the 

 non-nitrogenous matter of animal bodies? 13. Is starch or 

 woody matter found in animal bodies? 14. In what part of 

 animal bodies is most of the mineral matter found? 



