PLANTS AND ANIMALS 3y 
for building bone, teeth and other tissue structures of the 
body. In most feeding stuffs sodium and chlorine are 
lacking, but the deficiency is corrected by the artificial 
supply of common salt. Poor teeth and small and weak 
bones result when live stock fail to get enough ash or 
mineral material in their food. A variety of food, includ- 
ing coarse fodders and the legumes, makes it possible to 
supply the mineral matter in abundance. 
TOTAL POUNDS OF WATER IN 100 POUNDS OF SUBSTANCE 
FEEDING STUFF 5 10 15 2025303540 50 60 70 80 90 100 
GREEN CORN 
CORN SILAGE 
CORN STOVER,FIELD CURED} 
DENT CORN 
PASTURE GRASS 
RED CLOVER 
RED CLOVER HAY 
TURNIP. 
WHEAT, GREEN 
WHEAT STRAW 
WHEAT, GRAIN OF 
WHEAT BRAN 
APPLES 
POTATOES 
SKIM MILK 
GROWING PLANTS CONTAIN MUCH WATER 
Several common feeding stuffs are here t 7mpared to show the large quantities of 
water they contain. Note the change whe harvested and cured as dry forage. 
f, 
8. Water.—Often three-fourt. | s.more of the weight 
of young growing plants is w“té '\ you wonder now 
why water in the soil is so imy 1 or t! = production 
of good crops? The plant not ov.’ 74 ve water, but 
the only way it can make use O19. ukearry it into the 
plant through the roots. Water serves as a carrier of 
plant food through the roots to every part of the plant. 
It is to the plant what blood is to the animal. One pur- 
pose of the water is to dissolve the plant food of the soil, 
and when in solution to carry it into the plant. 
More than half of the entire weight of the animal is water. Tt is 
