4 FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



eliminated without benefit is secured and the digestive faculty 

 of the stomach is not reduced. All non-nitrogenous substances 

 have for their object the maintaining of the heat of the animal's 

 body, which heat would otherwise be produced at the expense 

 of the proteid substances. Under circumstances of judicious 

 feeding there follows an economy rather than an expenditure of 

 the nitrogenous substances. 



Importance of The fat has for its special object the increase of the adipose 

 fat> tissues; it increases the assimilation of other nutrients and is an 

 indispensable element. As for the cellulose its principal ob- 

 Role of ject is to give to nutrients the consistence requisite for the 

 cellulose, intestinal assimilation of the animals to which it is fed. Fur- 

 thermore, according to Tollens, it contributes to nutrition and 

 ie first transformed into pentosanes, which ma\ 7 be assimilated 

 by the organism. The proportion of these substances should 

 be suited to the case under consideration in order to obtain a 

 good digestion and consequently a satisfactory assimilation, and 

 also in order to have a profitable fattening and How of milk, as 

 well as the maximum of work, as the case may be. 



Importance of Salts have the object of fortifying the bony tissues and repair- 

 salt. j n g fa e losses of the body. They furthermore render elements 

 in general more palatable. Ordinary salt, for example, in- 

 creased in reasonable proportions, will be most acceptable and 

 agreeable. It, moreover, plays an important role as an assimi- 

 lating element, and has an important influence on the exterior 

 appearance of animals in general. Hulwa recommends that 

 cattle consuming considerable quantities of residuum cossettes 

 from beet-sugar factories, have lime added to their daily rations; 

 it may be given as chalk or in other forms, about 20 to 40 

 grains for each horned animal, but only 10 grams to swine. 



Role of water. The bodies of animals in general represent at least two-thirds 

 water which is used for the transfusion of the nutritive elements 

 through the entire organism. It constitutes, consequently, an 

 important factor in the assimilation. An excess of water is 

 deleterious, as it increases the heat of the body, owing to its 

 evaporation through the lungs and the skin. It is probable 

 that this excess increases the heart's action. Under all circum- 

 stances it has an influence on the assimilation and dissimilation 



