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the digested nutriment, draw it into the cells them- 

 selves, where it is handed on to the blood, when it 

 is later on distributed to all parts of the body. You 

 can realize that an immense number of these ab- 

 sorption cells are present when the length of the 

 intestine is considered. In the ox the intestine is 

 nearly 200 feet long. After the nutriment is drawn 



The four main divisions of the ruminant's stomach are 

 pictured here. The first three divisions are the store-houses 

 for food until it is fully prepared for the fourth stomach or 

 abomasum. 



from the food the undigested portions are voided 

 periodically as feces or dung. 



Absorption of the Nutriment. Digestion, there- 

 fore, is a dissolving process; food is admitted to 

 the system by means of cells. You remember that 



