858 
energetically worked 
Socie more interesting and im 
tion on epee ihe a 
of =n local institution 
adopted permit; in England it has been aban- 
enumeration, then, of the subjects of dis- 
prams 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
by the national Agricultural) that in England, too, we have an experience corre- | 
ortant gape the F 
rench, 
[December 27, 1856. 
regulated, amongst other cireumstances, by the purpose 
for whi ich __ the animals are kept on the farm ae 
Ve commend the subject to the consideration o 
varies 
f the anima to: which it 
o any e: 
delrs sid E in another 
arron has been Da in the | in a 
Ac 
Times during the 
is giv = as well as ahs ote pw 
ai on the farm ; mee 
ssible “ts classify the various articles 
setae cba will indicate their relative feeding viloms 
all cas Bat rappa he composition of food to 
dapi we apes invite the attention of 
m 
and the of the anima’ ih 
re re is still impossible in all c: 
nd 
r fe | con- 
mate 
r readers as soon as billy ace at our command | beforehand what es cal effect a me egram 
mits, s indignantly why the ml a oduce , for pa be rich in fie sh-forming sub- 
ee since t 
English Agriculintal Society has not lon 
wW. for his success in ee 
a 
as unt as saline me esr matters; and yet it may 
r food, inas: asmuch as 
the Society's s awar: 
We agree with the former in his regret that |” 
e mark of. distinction appropriate to the Gon 
t whic 
T digestibility of ay i consequentis i isa point which 
ught to be well ke mating its nutritive 
a e. dor ben digestion 
unfortu: i 
de efinitely of i all ka 
som 
energy and public spiri Mr. Fowtrr h 
ibi i si matter ` and ao ail of the 
till, however, a few circumstances 
review the agricultural journali Tt ts ab reapeut with % may be peaa out, by m of a which Amongst 
kind bi an PR Avant = tte he! i y pariealtunists apa ‘ily, should not hav l 
a Saa CRAT a _Weraure,|conferred ; but it is plain that the “ deine . On the Kinds of A Animals. ~The s gr e deserigt ar " 
bviously so, we venture to say, even to the) attached to e ilies offered by the ect foo which is assimilated in ure b 
f of o columns only—muc seats specifically for success in st culture, and of|! almost wholly undigested wen 
so o Gouri to the readers of other periodicals | which “1, A, C.” speaks somewhat contemptuously, | given to ano ot r. Thus i. as been prove k ther 
as well. And the inference we draw from must guide i ard, in justice to the others experiments that cows will extract a grea i 
enumeration is simply this—that whatever be the | Striving for it, as well as in the interests of agricul-|20Urishment from cut straw, whilst horses do no 
eaea of i aak farming, taken by itself, n no one atl oh, 8 : E | possess the power in the same degree of appropriating 
? ? ture Pg vga bs it is believed by most is f Py atalgan Aod 
of an pen, r Moape that it can be : pars rishment from cut straw, and sheep likewise 
$ ill not be se any sanction ai the methods tl 
taught eff ficiently $ from ] oie r to digest chaff so readily as cat me 
himself of books is li kely to ‘bring greater Aela ihe | 
po 
yet in she ‘of ale Aa tilth by 
so 
nthe pasenia and anota of the Woody Fibre 
fae nun E S | contained in Foo d. —Feedin materials, containin bata 
to bear upon rations than the farmer who THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF FOOD. d a ; 
neglects them. lue of ticle of food, | digested than those — of es ee like straw, 
| we must take into considera’ pri 
Axzout eleven years ago a plant of Wheat bearing l. The Age of T Animal. —Youn ng and growing feal, ats, and eee in general, cee ch in 
three ears on a remarkable stiff and short straw was | | avimals require z a more concentrated and more readily starchy compounds, e so well adapted ~ the i 
pulled by Mr. Grorcr Hors, of Fenton Bar store beasts, 7. e. he condition of the woody fibre 
fodothian. out: of. a qu eh s farm, on ss being, apart ae rich in nitrogenised further affects the nutritive value of food in no mean 
dé f vhi $ it had ident ily The | matters and poor in indigestible — fibre. The food aa ogres Whi ls st the woody fibre in roots left t too long 
is 0: Nee ae EA Y a grown. AE apon n which growing stock is fed not only has to supply |i B 
sarge | waste of muscle, but must also increase the Chee left ‘standing until it become dead-ripe, 
a few successive ihe Wi produced enough to seed a ges as the — of renew: oa in oe digested, thero can be no doubt that the soft "fibre 
field ; Tgp fl e Wheat retained during t tha lover, and roots, is assimilat: 
time the ch id 
exceeas | 
e f even shape on a | 
my. short, but remarkably | tende 
consequence of this latter | 
4 econo! 
Sea stock, the food o 
a larger supply of Beste forming substances and of mee 
‘the animal peo and transformed into starch, 
sugar, and ers into Se It is for this reason that 
grain cro more especial ally torn Bh gre bsnl tes 
materials. Hence the great value of Lin eed-cake | and 
f Li jelly for young eg and the PE 
of yo beasts fed upon too mu haff. The yet 
nder organs of digestion necessitat ore digestibl 
In 
facade to cut the Oat when the top o 
some god of Scotland a custom 
of the bena is 
kat 
still somewhat green ; and it is upon straw of 
ion kana of it by t those pe see | 
Elenek harvest for the fat time. Its performance | 
has always exceeded promise mg the | 
ha wn it. This abundant | 
Id is no doubt he sean f the distri 
my, an us the same food which may be 
| for young non s 
2. The ous Kinds of Animals.—We know 
experience that th = ste food rely is Mek no pach | 
the best for r shee eep, d hen nce nutriti ive 
p kept during the ate ter 
imost entirely. 
cattle, whilst 
of t 
astri 
is not that crow ng o! Cher 
they stood all o 
gh various — Boo Nek mage what it is in penen to cattle, 
di which | organisation of the digestive organs of our domestic 
The 
reiri ee 
ought to ba -ierk sparingly to cattle, sipia Beans and 
Peas contain a very large amount 
sort gecordingly exhibits i i "itself . a result 
hens be cases” on 
what might ot her mystery, viz., be resu 
of an experiment santo in ee on 
that of a mist of diffe rent Wheats palletes Wik 
ht that th 
roductiveness 5 
ever will become very fat, even an k ES on 
long time on abun supplies of the choicest food. 
The practical value vce is ise ine 
e | OF the natural disposition of the animal which is kept 
upon it. 
4. The Purposes for which Animals ai kept.—The 
0 | effect which food is capable of produi ng is also 
| ofte en produced by the same article of food when given 
ima Thus 
whilst _ Beans are 
‘orming 
which renders them indigestible when given 
to 
os “On n ‘the wr KA the Food.—The normal functions of 
e kii 
The value of food necessarily will be a 
different one, one, if we speak in relation to w working animals, 
fat beasts, s kept for dai 
f 
tis aa little AEN sajaga AE Aeri when give 
Valua! 
the purposes for which animals are kept | w 
airy pone | steam: 
not only depend on the com be 
1 
tion of the foc ot also on the volume, The volum 
vi 
or bulk of — contributes to the healthy activity of f the 
r 
reising a stimulating effect on 
r 1e nerves which jiin them. 
ruminating animals necessitates the supply of pias 
ood to keep the animal in good condition, a eri 
an ws that yore require a less tan mua 
centrated food than cattle ; T tif w the case, 
ar feed cattle with too PAATE a tnd Cpe horses 
— ng substance, much of the food 
5. | in which Food is presented to the 
Ani ser A sometimes happens that a i of oe 
is ss little value, which, ae y p 
uch a 
said to posse 
may be el to = with m 
cha: d, bet thee ars steamed af — 
d 
yt ne by a 
oe it is kept <an work, the greater the waste in| into 
ong 
ntly the ri = the 
pisan h-forming ar 
food ought to 
be in is given t rking 
horses 
though of 
rge a proportion to fattenin beasts, 
food for ani stock is food EASP 
0 wo: 
or bullocks. shen: nieogenin fo od, however, animal, Egee animal, therefore, 
t value are workin; ] iv 
circumstance. 
offs od is princi a due to this can 
n oped + it does not call into 
ings the 
ion 
anything new to the food 
time a larger quantity of of her 
warmer we ke eep th 
t quantity of 
i ma fow exams will show that | m 
fat. -or steaming, riak the. meagre 
cat ae of 
usty hay or cake is destroyed, an the whole, 
latabie. 
6. On small Proportions of Substances with which 
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