Nature, Uses, and Abuses of I$r an. S3 



one case by repletion and fermentation conse- 

 quent upon the J Citing of an unnatural quantity 

 of food, which, if taken under proper principles, 

 would in the other prove nutritious and life sup- 

 porting. The death of horses by these means is 

 fully carried out in analogy among mankind, with 

 the exception that in the latter gluttony generally 

 exerts itself a little more slowly. 



In no case, with proper caution, will evil conse- 

 quences ensue by a change to the dry, or manger 

 system, from any other. It need therefore cause 

 no apprehension. 



NATURE, USES, AND ABUSES OF BRAN. 



Bran will be found by analysis to contain from 

 14 to 18 per cent, of azotised matter, equal in 

 fact to oats or barley. In nutrition, however, it 

 is inferior to the straw of wheat or barley, a 

 property which appears to obtain with the husk 

 of grain generally. Owing to some peculiar form 

 of combination, the azotised matter is not liberated 

 by the process of digestion ; hence those who con- 

 sume bread in which the bran of wheat has been 

 retained, under the idea that such is more nutri- 

 tious, are greatly mistaken. The faeces or ex- 

 crement are loaded with bran which has passed 

 out almost unchanged, and horses fed upon it 

 exhibit the same conditions. 



That an admixture of bran with wheat en flour 



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