CHAPTER VI 

 FOOD NUTRIENTS 



Nutrients Defined. Any substance absorbed into 

 the system in the process of digestion or that con- 

 tributes to the support of animal life is a nutrient. 

 Hence, the albumen of an egg, the starch of a potato, 



COWPEAS A RICH FOOD 



Much nutrition is obtained from cowpeas and other leguminous crops. 

 These are relatively rich in protein, and hence should have a place in every 

 system of farming. 



the salts of an apple, the ash of wheat bran, the fiber 

 of pasture grass, are all nutrients and as such pro- 

 mote the well-being of animals which can grow, do 

 work, give milk or lay on fat or flesh. 



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