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that these results are largely Muej.iced.by a judicious 

 combination of foods possessing different quali- 

 ties, the one being essentially a fat-producing food, 

 (such as linseed cake, linseed, barley, &c.,) and the 

 other a flesh-forming food (such as beans, peas, lentils, 

 &c.). It appears as if the growth of flesh and fat took 

 place more rapidly when the materials are abundant 

 for both, than when the supplies are limited to that 

 which is necessary for the one or the other. 



200. In this mixture of food, it is desirable to regulate 

 the proportions in accordance with the age of the 

 animal. If it be a full-grown animal which is being 

 fattened, less flesh-forming food will be necessary, than 

 if the animal were making great muscular growth. Still 

 even in such a case a moderate use of flesh-forming 

 food will be found economical. In the case of a young 

 and growing animal, in which the growth of muscle 

 (or flesh) is taking place at the same time as fat is 

 being formed, the necessity for both is evident. The 

 successful production of flesh and fat is therefore 

 dependent upon a proper supply, and a judicious use 

 of the necessary materials in the food, and upon the 

 adaptation of the animal system for its economical 

 conversion into meat. 



ROBERT MACLEHOSE. PRINTER, GLASGOW. 



