142 ON SALT-BUSH AND NATIVE FODDER PLANTS 
the sheep contain 9867148 parts of water, whilst out of the 
remaining 13-852 parts 6-0 consist of soluble chlorides and 1-557 
of hydrochloric acid. It is seen that the salt-bushes supply these 
chlorides in large proportion, and we might therefore expect the 
digestion to be active and to effect the assimilation of the nutri- 
tive matter with certainty. 
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pound containing potash called “suint.” This substance forms 
about one-third of the weight of raw merino wool and about 14 
per cent. in ordinary wool, and is readily soluble in cold water. 
It is used to a considerable extent as a source of potash in 
where 1,000 tons per annum of potashes are obtained 
to180lbs.,and this would give, as an average yield from the — 
The cotton-bush does not differ much in the matter of 
just considered from ordinary European fod and a piebit cot " | 
owes its value to the high percentage of carbohydrates W which it 
tains, in which it stands above all competitors, and from W""" 
obtains its fattening properties. : 
Roscoe & Schorlemmer’s Chemistry, vol. II. re re 1962, p- 4 : 
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