AND PASTURES UPON THE GROWTH OF WOOL. 239 
; unless Some measures are taken to supply the loss, the grazing 
capabilities of the land must be seriously impaired. 
 Oleaginous and saccharine plants furnish the chief source of 
‘imal heat, whereas salt (chloride of sodium) is principally 
expended in keeping the organs of digestion in an active state. 
 Tisaction is as follows :—The chlorine unites with hydrogen (from 
vater) and forms hydrochloric acid, an ingredient abundantly 
ontained in the gastric juice, while the soda goes to the liver to 
aidin the formation of bile. The bile is to the animal economy 
what tannin is to the vegetable—it is that which prevents a too 
oye taking place in animal or vegetable matter before it 
: very large proportion of the entire weight of the fleece—and 
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Without bile or tannin, all things would have a tendency to decay 
“lt has the effect of impoverishing the blood, and that if the 
o~ elements are wanting in the food, it is likely to do more 
alluded good. The degeneration of the grass which I have 
"oR to has robbed the food of the sheep of its natural sweet- 
84nd nourishin properties, and yet as a rule oo eta 
sould be far more beneficial if sugar, in some form or other, gp the 
“the ed to the flocks, and I would suggest the cultivation for 
| “Sv aia of saccharine plants, such as sugar-cane, 
‘ Satigirg mangolds, &c. These plants would be very 
“ tao, of such ailments as catarrh, worms in lungs, &e, ; oil-cake, 
Tee be used with advantage. ‘ Jieenk t 
‘tis — of over-stocking, unfortunately cosine Aine 
“taney Dies, has had much to do with the falling reg a 
but more select flocks, there would be abunda ee 
be and a 800d yield of wool. Good grass lands, in sms oma 
is adap fatten many more sheep than edie 
mavenig 24 Plan to adopt is to subdivide runs inte | ; 
Be gant siz, and ilove ileas in rotation intervals of rest ; 
then have an opportunity of arriving at maturity, 
