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ON STALL- FEEDING. 



Thus we are led to tlie startling- conclusion that plants 

 contain within them the flesh of animals ready formed, and 

 that the only duty of animals subsisting- upon them is to 

 give this flesh a place and form in their organism. 



In the following- table, by Professor Johnston, the propor- 

 tions of starch, g"um, and sug'ar, will give a roug-li approxi- 

 mation as to the per-centag-e of fat or tallow which the food 

 is capable of yielding-; whilst the giuten, albumen, and 

 casein Avill g-ive a correct indication of its flesh-forming- 

 power : — 



100 parts of— 



Field beans . 



Peas 



Barley 



Oats 



Meadow hay 

 Clover hay . 

 Potatoes . . . 

 Carrots . . . 

 Turnips . . . 

 Oat straw . 

 Wheat straw 



Farmer's AlmanacJc, 1846. 



