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

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abOss. esiimsling bolh As dry. or free from
wafer q vegslallon, s2.s lbs. uf dung. and
lhis estimated ss dry 10 reduced 10 SO
lbs, Of % lbs. Of dry food gave II lbs. Of
dry dung. Bot IS . general fact, We may
say, thar well cured hay and the grains.
give one half Of their weight &c dung and
urine; potatoes. RIOTS. and green grass,
about one tenth. u win be easily under
stood Why The qualify Of feed should az
feet The quantity of dung. The more
waiery. The less in bulk 10 soided. be-
esuse there Is actually less substance
taken. And a. The animal requires Ibis
10 form is fesh and blood and Ist. and
10 keep up his breathing. 30 viii he en-.
haust more completely his food. More
going 70 support him. less 10 returned by
the ordinary channels. So when much
vegetable fbre eaists, ss in chopped straw
and hay, then, as il goes but linle way
towards supporting breathing or forming
blood. . greater bulk is rejected. lngrsins.
on the contrary, which afford much of an
lhsl ihe animal requires. less is extracted
and more yoided. These circumstances
are Intimately connected.
THE QUALITY or THE puSo.
II 10 affected FIRST, by the season; Sc
eond. by The age; third. BY the ser; fourth.
by the rondilIon; fifth. by the mode of
employment: si,ih, by The nature oil the
beast; seventh, ihs kind Of food.
lsi. The season, IL is because diges-
lion Is worse in summer Than in winter,
ageneral fact, that simmer manure 10 best.
Aud where cattle are summer-soiled, il 10
said The manure 10 worth double that from
siall-fed winter eaille. do no, think
much ls 10 be a,tIihu'ed 20 the worse di-
gesiion in summer. but the rause OF This
great difference in value. 10 10 be found in
the tact. that soiIed cattle generally get q
large proportion Of blood.forming food.
The wear and tear "f their flesh is little.
and hence, requiring little Of their food
10 keep mp their tlesh, q greater portion
goes of in dung, which thus becomes
rich insmmonia. The green plants. rich
in Nitrogen, afford abundance Of milk,
which, being rich in al the elements OF
cream, should Afford large returns Of but
ter.
I'd. Age; from the f.c', that young and
growing animals require not only fnod TO
form ae.h and blood. TO repair the in
cessani waste and change taking place in
their bodies. rs in older older animals. bn,
also further supply to increa.e The bulk
Of their frame, il il evident tina, their food
will be more completely exhausted Of all
its principles, and that also less will be
returned as dung. All experience ron,
firms this reasoning. and decides tina, the
manure Of young animals is ever The wea'
kest and poorrsi.
81. The sex. This is one Of the moi.
powerful of the causes which effect the
strength Of dung. From the remark.
whi,h have been already made. and which
] trust. reader. are now fresh in your me
mory, Of the important part acted by nj
uogen in dung. il must be plain why Sc,
should exercise such influence.
LIST. In all food, as we have explained
that only which contains Nitrogen, cal
firm flesh and blood. OF substances Of si
mllar CONSTITUTION, that is. requiring ;
large proportion Of nitrogen. as milk
Hence an animal with young, that is,
COW tefore calving. requires not only ma
terisls Tor its own repair. but to huild vi
and perfect its young, Hence the foo,
will be most completely exhausted of i,
J nitrogen, and consequently the dung be
come proportionably weaker.
ID. The young having been formed
then milk is required Tor its sustenance
Milk contains large proportion Of nj
. trogenous or blood. forming elements. an
: so the cause which originally made III
dung weak, continues TO operate durin
all the time the animal is in milk, Sc,
> then, it is evident, affects materially III
: quality Of the dung.
4,b, The condition. If the animal
e in good condition, aud full grown. it RI
! quires only food enough 10 supply mate
Il rails to renew its waste.
n Hence the food, surprising that AWAY
in sufficien, quantity, is less exhauste
). Of it's elements, than when the animal
}, in poor condition, In the last case, M
l. only waste. bu, new materials must /
}. supplied, If the ANIMAL is improving
II flesh, land here. reader, would have 20
;, bear in mind. the distinction betwee
1t flesh and fat.) If the animal is improvir
" in flesh. then the manure is always LEI
!. sirong than when he is gaining fat. The
10 ia no manure so strong as that of IA
tening animals. An animal sail To-
ID kept in proper warmth, requires b
hule Of his breathing food. to keep q
., his heat. All the starch, gum, suga
y &c 60 10 form fat. Having little u
9, for bis muscles or flesh, that suffers lin
g. waste, and The nitrogen which should !