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STEAMING FOOD FOR CATTLE. 
San be made use of only where there is a large 
consumption of chaff fodder; but, on the other 
hand, it will unquestionably give rise to a very 
material change in the system of supporting do¬ 
mestic animals. Although it is plain, at the very 
outset, that these fodder arrangements are sure to 
give their projector a great profit, yet there is 
another question to be settled beforehand, namely, 
how will the health and breed of cattle, in the 
course of time, ultimately be affected by this sys¬ 
tem of feeding ? It is evident no decision as to 
general introduction of chaff feeding for the whoie 
stock of the manor can be arrived at except by a 
very careful examination and consideration of the 
subject, and by previously submitting it to the test 
of experience. This trial was made, and it wa« 
Apparatus for Steaming Fodder.—Fig. 83. 
Horizontal Plan of the Aeove.—Fig. 84. 
found to succeed well; the system was generally 
introduced, in 1839, and two years thereafter, the 
measures taken by the director of Alscfith, were 
iully justified by their good success. For the ani¬ 
mals fed chiefly with steamed chaff, continued in ex¬ 
cellent health and condition; and the liveliness 
which the cattle showed, both in the stall and in the 
yoke is a clear proof that the food answers in the 
most perfect manner all the requirements of the 
animal organism, both of cattle for draft and 
breeding cattle.— C. L. Fleischmann , in Patent~Of~ 
fice Report. 
