The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-07-25

Miht Citumaanss xkith rfftsi The Qualify
and Quantity q Dung.
That We may reduce 10 some general
principle, easily understood and easily 70.
menbered. the facts scattered mp and
down. among the mass of writers and OBJ
servers. about the different animals. or the
sane animals a different times, lee me.
reader. request your company while ]
walk into new department Of your che.
misiry. You may NOT understand the
reasons Of lhis diifernee in manures;
why, for instance. fallening cattle give
stronger manure Than working oxen,
without going linle inlo The mode how
animals are nourishsd. The whole may
be stated in plain terms thus: All lood
serves two purposes. The FIRST j. 10
kren up The animal heat. and This part Of
food disappears in Bro aihing or in lorning
fal; that is, aiier ssrvingils purpose in Tho
animal baby il goes OF in The breath or
sweat, or Il forms fat. Its so essential tn
ihs action If breathing, that we viii term
IL food Of breathing. or the brea,hers.
The sreond. purpose answarrd by food 10.
TO build up. sustain, and renew the waste
af The bndy.
Now all this IL done from the blood.
To form blood. animals must be supplied
with is materials ready formed. They
are ready formed in plants, and animals
never do form the materials for making
blood. We nav therefore term this kind
Of food the blood formers. We have then
TWO classes Of food; the brea,hers and The
FAT formers. and the blood formers. lf
we look to the nature Of these diffe-
reut classes, we find that sugar. starch
and gum are breaihers. Now there are
THREE principles found in plants. exact
ly aud iden,ically the same in chemical
composition with white Of egg, flesh.
and curd Of milk. Now these three prin-
ciples, exactly alike, whe her derived
from animals or from plants, are the only
blood formers. I shall not, reader. tax
your attention further upon this subject,
than TO say and TO beg you 10 remember
these imporian, facts, First, all food for
breathing and Turning Cat contains only
these three elements. oxygen. hydrogen.
and carbon. Secondly, all food forming
flesh and blood. in addition 10 these. con.
Iains nitrogen.
This is the gist Of the whole mater,
so far as relates to manure. Bear in
mind, as you go on with me, reader. that
fact. that Of all The food animals take, that
alone which can form flesh aud blood con-
iaihs Nitrogen. The door is now open for
explaining why age. sex. kind Of employ
mcni, difference ofiood. difference Of ami
NAL. can and do produce a marked diffe.
renee in the value Of diffeFant manares.
And frs, lei US consider how quantity is
affected. this depends on the kind Of food.
The analysis Of cattle dung which has
been given, is that Of cows fed on hay,
that is. herds grass. red top, &c., or v hal
i usually termed. English hav, potatoes
and wafer. The cattle kept up the yea
round; an animal, so treated, consumed
in seven days,
Water, GIL lbs,
Potaiors, 81
Hay, 1877 4"
During this time she dropped clear dung
500 lbs, or very nearly bushel Of dun,
day. Every attention was here paid Il
accuracy Of measurement and weight
The annual amount Of dung from ont
COW exceeds by this accoun. that which
is usually assigned. But. as 1t is mat
ter Of some importance for the farmer Il
estimate wha, the produce Of his stool
may be in dung. the following statement
containing the results Of large establish
ment, will probably give the average.
A, this establishment The cows wer
kept up the year round for their dung
was cUllectsd for use free from litler. an
measured daily iuto large tubs Of know
capacity. The average number Of COW
kep,was ifty:f,ur for nine and half years
Daring tina, time they consumed Of beess
meal. pumpkins, brewery grains. coFr
stalks, turnips, potatoes, carrots, and cat
bages. 9i2.436 lbs. giving an average q
green fodder for each COW per annum,
1874 lbs. The total dung for nine and ha
years was l2O.520 bushels or per cot
per annum. 23a bushels. This gives da
ly consumption Of g,een food. S lbs, an
% lbs, OF hay per COW, and two and
half pecks Of dung per day. or abou,
lbs. per COW,
But according to some experiment
made to de,ermine how much the quali
Of The food affected the quantity of dun
happears that The solid and fluid excr