36 THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS 



cured corn fodder and stover, new oats and new corn — 

 when stored in large quantities are almost certain to heat 

 and become musty or moldy, always involving a loss of 

 nutritive value. (See Par. 306.) 



46. Water in the animal. — ^Water is an important and 

 abundant constituent of animal organisms, from the 

 lowest to the highest forms. The blood, which is from 

 one-thirtieth to one-twentieth the weight of the bodies of 

 farm animals, is at least four-fifths water, while the soft 

 tissues have been found to contain from 44 to 75 per 

 cent, according to the species, age, and condition of the 

 animal. The most extensive and complete analyses so 

 far made of the entire bodies of animals were performed 

 by Lawes and Gilbert at Rothamsted, England. In this 

 country, foiu" steers were analyzed at the Maine Experi- 

 ment Station, and in the study of human-nutrition 

 problems many determinations of water have been made: 



Table IX. Water in Entire Body Per cent 



Ox, well fed, Lawes & GUbert 66.2 



Ox, half fat, Lawes & Gilbert 59^ 



Ox, fat, Lawes & Gilbert 49.5 



Steer, 17 months old, medium fat, Me. E. S. 59! 



Steer, 17 months old, 'medium fat, Me. E. S. 66 3 



Steer, 27 months old, fat, Me. E. S. . 51 9 



Steer, 27 months old, fat. Me. E. S. . 52^2 



Calf, fat, Lawes & Gilbert . . 64!6 



Sheep, lean, Lawes & Gilbert 67!5 



Sheep, well fed, Lawes & Gilbert 63!2 



Sheep, half fat, Lawes & Gilbert 53^9 



Sheep, fat, Lawes & Gilbert, 50 9 



Sheep, very fat, Lawes & Gilbert . 433 



Swine, well fed, Lawes & Gilbert Sy'g 



Swine, fat, Lawes & Gilbert . 439 



Chicken, flesh 742 



Fowl, flesh gg2 



Goose, flesh 42 3 



Turkey, flesh ■■■..... ggig 



