HIGH-CLASS SHEEP-BREEDING. 



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compounds and minerals exist in large proportion in the 

 hair or wool of animals, also in horn and hoof ; these are 

 nitrogen compounds. 



For the more facile elucidation of these matters, and to 

 render more clear the propositions and indications, I will 

 give some tables of analysis, made by the most eminent 

 chemists of the age. 



MINERAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE ASHES OF FEEDING SUBSTANCES. 



NUTRITIVE CONSTITUENTS, &c. 



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