60 HOESE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA. 



gives it a brown appearance, and often increases its 

 sweetness, although it diminishes its value. This 

 method of curing hay is seldom adopted in India, 

 where an ample supply of doob grass will fairly fulfil the 

 conditions supplied by " green meat " and ordinary hay. 



Variety in Food. As far as my experience goes, I 

 have been unable to notice any marked good arising 

 from a change of food, unless when the new article of diet 

 contained elements of nutrition deficient in the other 



Salt is the only necessary food that is not supplied 

 in sufficient quantity by the grain and grass consumed 

 by the animal. A moderate excess of it can, in nowise, 

 prove injurious ; for it will be speedily eliminated by 

 the kidneys, after the system has taken up sufficient 

 for its own requirements. It furnishes the elements 

 for the supply of the hydrochloric acid which is a 

 constituent of the gastric juice. It also plays a most 

 important part in the whole nutrition of the body. 

 " It was demonstrated by Boussingault, that when* 

 of two sets of oxen, one was allowed the unrestricted 

 use of salt, whilst the other was as far as possible 

 deprived of its use, a marked contrast was observable 

 in the course of a few weeks between them, and 

 manifestly to the advantage of the former. The desire 

 for common salt on the part of animals and man is 

 extremely powerful, leading the former, especially if 

 they be vegetable feeders, to traverse great distances 

 to reach saline deposits." (Carpenter.) 



Relations of Cold, Heat, and Clothing: to Food. 



When the temperature of the surrounding air falls 



much below its normal degree, a proportionate increase 



of starch and fat, to keep up the natural temperature 



