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CHAPTER Xn. 

 APPLICATION OF THE CROPS IN FEEDING. 



CoDoection between the composition of vegetables and that of 

 animals- in th^ir nrj^anii- part; in their nitrogenous sub«tance«. 

 Diffe< '••table food. Starch; itc 



uae>> ' s which serve the same 



purpose, sugar, rai. .a[ijiii> .'.iiuin of this knowledge in 

 ne<Bl>( the young animal, and the full grown animal. More 

 faod raqnired in cold climates. Food required by the fattening 

 •ataud. Benefit of cutting food -, of comstalkaf hay, etc. 



SBCTION L OF THE COXNECTION IN COMPOSITION SSTWHN 

 THE PLANT AND THE ANIMAL. 



We have hitherto said little as to the direct con- 

 nection between the composition of the food, and that 

 of the animal itself. That tht-re i.s such a connection, 

 must by this time have become clear to every attentive 

 reader. It is, however, even more direct; and the 

 conclusions to be drawn from thb directness are more 

 )t; ' ' ' ' ' ' ive been supposed before any 



( i were made. Somethin? has 



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and those in the animal : it was explained that they 

 only diflTtr in the fact, that the ash from animn' -^"l*- 

 ■tanccs contains at most but a mere trace ot 

 a substance which will be remembered as luumuij 

 80 important a part of the ash from plants. 



In the orpanic part of animals, we find in mUff 

 points a not le.ss striking coiTiriflrnrr with the ors^tliw 

 part of plants. It is to Ix- - 

 ing of tiie nutritive proper . i - 



