Decesnn 31, 1864] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
van m ey for for feeding pu poses. Thec 
m res outer tee a 
pun he reason fo 
the n itrogen i so lost. Our own experiments to rmin 
the ow of this Mél and the disset UAE under Ly" 
peu r less, were commenced as far back as hp ee - have 
au and 
WATER ee 
vera rapere e E E. 
bos even still more orbi puit +: d une to 
mal flesh an: 
th and, what is 
Wo» y, however be stated t Boyo ark e war foods whic! 2m: 
0 s h he could not himself readily 
the larger Ai a of the ni! eonsumed in food he Seth. anb 
r "3 sd by tho animals in their aufi a and solid voldngs tnd Deol tea toring Tod ia tho oo apar A portion of iare] 
w 
3-4 Ei: Ded m bes d the - could hardly qn wh wad ean report »ortio er adv mida 
-€ : = 
LE of malt sugar p to 2 E: pou higher| Some years ago I published a Table, showing the estimated | e m E ease Xx CES r1 Et ET ei. Nem E te 
fe value a. hard arch tron which it was produced, or | value oft the manure obtained from the consumption of one ton | nearly ‘the whole of the ube ndbons ot E 
the other e, Foro fendered mo. digestible and | of different articles of food used in ordinary farm practice. | food u starch, ite form of Fotatos or on the 
The valuation was founded a pd of the & d sition to an ‘enlarger — the abdominal org: i ae i 
composition of the different descriptions of food, and upon | a d mtn inp per mental en: 
To there qu be no pe 
4g 
T. 
nr 
d 
nui. 
eads me, before leaving the subject of foods, to make 
on some other manufactured foods for eck. 
of 
Stating the results of these valuations E abn mz 
itm EOM LE said that the estimated M alue of [o read m E o moyen n T q un diet 2p 
s F was considerably m a ya hom same) within cer oe proportita o oa aimat t quay 
y ol Linseed, Lent, umen food, a with it hi 
Corn, Badley, ) rd dom to e d M 
y, or hay ; from seven n plenae as 
the c same weight of Oat, Wheat, or Barley straw ; ot fend co -— — - cata vint we fatten for our oh 
20 times as much as from otio to on o of roots, dig sy Ry erg 4 — ya edis th eg A ps 
teli ed easily digestible Um assimilable material for our 
use, bu "a os route X 2 £o ly carbonic acid to the atmo- 
nt i 
diee die Y ‘or the special purpose o 
p.a i foods fo ed m whole cost of e under ings 
must be charged up Lentils, Beans, Peas, Indian 
meal, Barley meal, von oea oet other good staple foods fous 
be used ; and although it might be possible so to combine foods 
er that a given wi f the mixture would possess a 
an the oa ment parts used 
singly, there is every reason to $ suppose that the increased 
hyn! more than qox ar = Lege that 
It is obvious, therefore, that in t —— fon ased 
foods for stock, it is very im nimi n ncm the fe ore o 
as well as their fe ^w. yalue. ota illustration on this poin 
will sufice. A he Locust Beans will e e - A not T" 
nit n in the ré of the aniunals consu: al to 
— than, if joi he ‘Santi 4 ewt., or 281b., of mmm + 
ton of Rapecake will yield 1 X or four times as much. If, 
therefore, we take the ammonia in the manure at 74, per Ib., 
the amount of it obtain L hoo sag ‘the gern n of a ton of 
SS hang er 63. 44,5 W that from the 
man, 
Were it not for ompens: atakiona by the imerease of onm 
and prem mt hoe e ^ the surface e the earth (if it could val 
asna wi us hae = this v de "Cond ton of Rapecake will be 3 — 
e been tried, and found wanting ; an There is, in fact, far Fato difference in the manuring than | place. at all), by the enormous quantities of carbonic aci 
inti a donb th thet’ a a ioc result will attend I» manufacture p 2 b Reni value of most of the ordinary stock fouda th the | evolved Into the atm e Y" ustion of coal aud 
and use o food mixtures. Our hopes ust from other a © and by tlie fa rr v" of forests, 
be in AL and chean supplies of ordi: erem of a n M Ee e the compäirstivo e of the m (AY which arë ‘the chie me the balance, the 
good quality, mint than in submitting we have to | from different foods, b: xs ch to "the v^ Y past RO MS etos Butthe 
proeesses of manuf: nitrogen or ammonia. dior matar CN they supply, it a pro} -— of ga aud t 
regt med at in ae to this portion of the subject | wit wnders‘ood that I m boron BA 
máy be briefly summoil up as cea nt he value of the mineral constitu A Arr dy - —— veg diva n 
= A d ptt S cyst ete a | Sea opt pter in tng erae aloes x EE: In p ix tj OTT e thi | the TEN 
x of e non-nitro- | amount of mineral constituents voide nera n excess al miya a 
genous su “A y contain pii ipai their qm in | of that r -— for the due effect as ities or the em | an kid Ve core react om w feet from the pipe 
with whi y are re accompanied, i it results ogee the — ne md, sou ko g take up mor — 
pers Ka iu forent tes Su, n $ E doubt Chat that 
x a B^ v! uxwrian ea 
8. Appropriatene. auch iini. Joni le the Diet of he & Seat nd woodlan wu" ide at am 
Man.—it will be ermi has ar the apii of the acre of sagar cane would [n Ar than equal 4 of the 
subject which I have brou ught most luxuriant tropical fo " rest. 
er the food in nitrogen, 
mM. 
trogen constituents of food, s and 
Pp Pel weight, nearly 6T feeding 
Tio iut p L- M rather 4 ES value than 
either cane Sugar or ble cellulose, wiullerebe 
pu , has, for m animals, proba m the 
e as starch ; and fat or oil have iw! sao u^ 
value LJ 
add a. ud times the value z A LX. fo d impor.| 4 Conelusions—With a few general remarks of & 
— e or the M pe - —— = Ll drip tl element in the diet of man. tn are, indeed, | practical nature I ph oinciuis my discourse. Te 
Hee terre — who maintain that a pure le diet would | great change which has taken place iu the practice 
the judicious mal 7 : . 
the nett to be derived t in Teu of PENT a ck foods but | be r itable aud natural than the mixed vegetable di n moder imes ted iu 
sate for the extra cost of a special manufacturing process to | and an one so generally preferred. eir view | bringing the animals m earli y by 
— were po we need ho longer trouble eren ns of careful breeding and miore liberal feedings 
the bh 
comet fon of tie, tig Food crue he ext iad 
rane e bject felat he el E E J 
value g the diferent Vonsfifaedti T ü the j| and physiological, pointing to Tie appropiteem of a the latter end of. the last century, whieh 
solid voidings of the gp anl ‘to the it n | admitting a certain proportion ood into the eap us in p^ a Serer oo the 
me the? value of the manure and the compos net diet of man. To one or two or these I will briefly resulta then obtained and h are póssible, or 
of the food from which it is road, otmon, di te prose dag. 
ài 
about the connection lietween L^ food, recat ease, ee and weights were seldom used in agricultural 
id. re tt sti ign, è bago y; but there 
xpe erimente ü ntil eomparatively recent]; 
fer sies. Ley the 
—— a to 
Tiave already poin the i vay eT uerius the Southdows, 
kp hydroge: ogee ae n E Ren very ory sian "T Leicester, Worcester, wenty of Arm 
of ae OF ees in anor i reed that comparatively Ueely little Eie ea! may be said to employ the eee Me sel vod S TREN M USES d T K To 1 
iene ot Slt a vered in m By larger S inate yoy ses sn a lp eat 
the ni cian, sud early the the whole’ of Pre bari fe aandie a P api the pears, 
Tea show ig app cel ghd = actin "wes the feeding of aay i and ohonfos dE ex bacs TA reel RA ag 176 loaded, 
mnection between the of | xi of 65 wee o ex nt was conc 
stock for the production of meat and maniare, and the growth pe Rd E y 
of corn, I pro a obtained 
differen 
ed in 
t manures, In the 
TM 
and th 
med th héad ; urd ae 8 
much m a riated |, they increased neari; hap 
sven A aiunt —— nous Dx in pe dment is |i from the store or CA to the tat EC cn is the x 
wal produce of corn | undoubtedly more y digested and assimilated by as that dssumed im the illustrations to 
eld of X carbo, per acre, over | if thé same amount were supplied in the form ot blue. the, c TIE, vefet. 
tho. lu 12. Jer) ode vely, withou inert, Wu Daa applied in robably : 
Folie eral and d'hitrogonons manure (ammonia m pL. PN ed y —À years ago I ped = — Mnt am 
akn t bi s ng | Downs 0 Cotswolds, airh, and cross-bred wethers, ne 
TABLE V.— Average Annul Produce of Wheat, and estimated of the'subs m ewes, ench lot Au of prs 40 aud 50 
sias of Carbon, per Acre, over 12 m 
— reran ade, | hen fat PP had ing ont in Cw me s 
ma jAve Annual P Acre. y made. e, namel erage of abou . each. e 
— 2 aoe? ATE Anm i Erades pec iem Are strong testimony of eom ia asiar PAA sheep ‘Fore about 65 weeks in adding 50 Ib 
Le : Dressed] Total | s, Cie bibit v right t and mime in some cases 20, and in others & 
Corn. | Corn. | "^w -third It » somewhat 
to wel 
itti about on the "n. 
singular t that. ih May—the period at which m x ee were 
Tiitsi bushels| lbs. ]bs. ]bs. weight, in méd as mutton—the eee = Bedford" s ei weighed for 
MinéPét misses di d =< nd 964 m 1062 the Ret t time Since the com ent of the pere 
Miosrsl alone ..| i 157 | 1897 1234 VI.—Proportion of rade in di ves A nals, nd toh have morem on! diy p dodi 6 1b. 
400 lbs. meme ahd} M Stom: e in Pl lb. M eve in these 
1 CET ze i dle ži BE .. 89 ounces, sete y ue m p" Wo in 
it La ces, 5 ; 6 ounces. Y a n Up DN 
of rily 1 presen 
Formerly, sheep. received 
pue n and dry and ui ps of hig 
but little 
the 
p "This carbon cs snp : screws of nearly S per cent. upon their wel 
to d tporiments in this Geld ar, 
EPIO pd cp Lip LAE: sre cay ang er 
—À c concentrated food than hi zn ET means n res eU dM. ot r Mbera 
eed, Josely allied, in a chemical | feed etay matar 2 d eon td 
m jenem * T" AN étapit of the fond of we are - "iie mas i ise ema tm 
attente pig, and 5 eren pig, it i| no difference between the price w ich the 
4*4 rl th Ar Wu rr indi- 
alg AL ak ae y exce t 
early the Mimi of) OF that week Ti eee eost of production; 
e 
iri 
\roen consumed by ah animal in its 
vatious.ethalations from te the food lost im 
a Im conelusion I have only now to than ký 
nen tion of mo ve tine kind attention with which you rs folluwed me vate ne what 
Kah venti Lanz des Ms that x. pig t 
in 
uid» the 
1 i on m e 
omer v ee AN greet bes v proportion of from my lecture, if you did nat know it before, that there still 
i 
portion 
