KAKUAL OP GATTLE-FKEDIFa, 



Gronven"^' found in tlie case of oxen : 



No of 

 Expei iments. 



Fodder. 



Live 



-vv eight. 



Poundri. 



Contents of 



htomachaiid 



mtcfetmes 



Pounds 



Contents m 

 per tent of 

 li\e weight. 



4 



Sfcraw 



1,199 

 1,419 



199 



16 J 



7 



Fattening fodder. ....... 



9.4 



Fatted hogs give a less proportion, viz., 4 to 6 per cent 

 Lawes and Gilbert f, in fifty-nine experiments, found tlie 

 proportion of stomacli and intestines, together with their 

 contents, to range from 5.59 per cent, to 10.13 per cent, of 

 the live weight, the average being 7.52 per cent. 



§ 3. The Noh-Kitkogekous Constituents of the Animal Body. 



Water. — One of the most important constituents of the 

 animal body is water. 



This substance constitutes, under most circumstances, 

 more than half of the entire weight of the ammal ; it is 

 contained in all parts of the body, and forms as essential 

 an ingredient of the so-called solid tissues as do any of 

 their other components. 



In the new-born animal, water constitutes 80 to 85 per 

 cent, of the total weight, but during the period of rapid 

 growth the proportion of dry matter increases and that of 

 water diminishes, so that the mature, but not fattened, 

 animal may contain 50 to 60 per cent, of water. In the 

 process of fattening, the percentage of water decreases 



'^ ^Iweiter Sabsmunde Bericht, 1864, p. 137, and Erst-er Bericht, 1862, 



p. 260. 



+ Jour. Roy Ag. Soc, Senes T , XXL, 449. 



