346 AMERICAN CATTLE. 



Starch, ..... 



Sugar, 



Gum, &c., .... 



Oil and fat, ..... 

 Salts and loss, .... 

 "Water, ....•• 



100.00 100.00 

 "The analysis of wheat straw, cornstalks, and bean straw, will 

 show at once the large amount of nutritive matter they contain, 

 besides that denominated wood fibre. Bean straw and wheat 

 bran, it will be seen, are very rich in nitrogenous matter, and 

 therefore will build up the muscular system of the animal. From 

 long experience we have found wheat bran to be equal, prac- 

 tically, to the analysis. If steamed, we regard it as valuable, 

 per weight, as corn meal. Its analysis indicates that it has more 

 muscle-forming matter than corn. This will indicate the impor- 

 tant use that farmers should make of bran, when it is to be had 

 for the price of hay, in feeding cows and young animals. An 

 examination of these analyses will show readily how to mix a 

 proper food, to build up all parts of the animal system. 



STEAM APPARATUS. 



"It will now be in order to give the reader a detailed account 

 of the manner of conducting this cooking process. A perfect 

 steam apparatus is yet to be invented. Many methods are used. 

 The writer will describe the one he uses, and also a simpler and 

 cheaper one for a small stock. 



"The one he has now in use, consists of a wrought-iron cylin- 

 der, one-eighth inch thick, thirty inches in diameter, four feet 

 long, with one-quarter inch iron heads. The front end has an 

 elliptical opening, by which to draw off the water and clean it 

 out, secured, when in use, by an iron stopper with rubber pack 

 ing. On the top is another like opening, through which to fill 



