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it is greatly inferior in muscle-making power, and hence, in dogs 

 where fat is not required, it is of inferior value. Science and prac- 

 tical experiment here go hand in hand, as they always do when 

 the former is based upon true premises. In cow's milk, which is 

 the natural food of the young of the Mammalia, the proportion is 

 30 to 10, and this seems to be about what is required in mixing 

 the animal and vegetable food. Now by adding equal weights of 

 wheat-meal and lean horseflesh, we obtain exactly the same pro- 

 portions within the merest trifle ; thus — 



Wheat-flour ... ... 10 46 



Horseflesh ... ... 10 15 



20 61 



being equal to 10 of muscle-making to 30i of fat-making matter ; 

 and this is practically the proportion of animal food to meal which 

 best suits the dog's stomach and general system. The reader 

 is not to suppose that a dog is to be fed on equal parts of cooked 

 meat and ptiddiiigs, but of raw meat and dry meal, which when 

 both are boiled would, by the loss of juice in the flesh and the 

 absorption of water in the meal, become converted into about two 

 quantities by weight of pudding to one of cooked meat. Even 

 this proportion of flesh is a large one for growing dogs which have 

 not much exercise, but those which are " at walk " or which have 

 their liberty in any situation will bear it. Most people prefer a 

 much smaller proportion of meat, especially for hounds, pointers, 

 setters, and spaniels, which depend on their nose, this organ being 



