Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-02-13
From the ~ +. Farmer.
ANIMALS AND THEIR

Mr.. Breck-ln book entitled Sacred Phi.
losophy of Seasons" vol. 81, page 80. ls the fell
lowing :-"Every one knows what is meant by
Illuminating or chewing the cud; and shall
merely state that animals OF this description,
which are all herbIverous, have their stomach
divided into four, and always at least into three
distinct cavities or chambers, the first of which
serves as a receptacle for the grass or heritage,
coarsely ground by the fret mastica,ion and in
the second OF which, the mass, entered by de-
greee, lie compressed, divided, and compacted in.
to small balls. which are returned, by volun.
tary action, into the mouth, TO undergo the sec.
ond process of mastication. During this opera
ton, the animal reposes at ease, until the food
i. has taken has been all subjected to the like
process. As soon as the ball is re.ground it is
swallowed directly into the third and fourth
chambers, where 1t undeigoes the digestive
process.
1t seems to be the opinion of farmers gener.
ally, that all Illuminating animals bring the cud
up from the stomach, when wanted. To this
theory, for such it may be called. (or it is
doubted whether any one knows it to be a fact
there are several objections. Every one who
has seen the stomach of slaughtered beet
creature opened, knows that there is hay, roots
and il the animal has not been long wlthou,
eating) water, all mixed up together. Now
how can an animal separate from this mixed
mess, the hay for cud The extract says, sun
I'll the food il has taken has been all subjected
TO a like process" This cannot he so, for an
animal that has had as much as it will eat in the
morning. would have 10 keep its jaws going the
whole day, to bring up and re-mastlcate what is
had eatenIn the mornng-whlch is not the case,
IL cannot Je so. An animal chcws it's cud but a
very small part of the time. Take, Tor instance,
an OK which has been fed with as much hay at
he will eat, in the morning; Put him to work 4:
he will seldom be seen 10 chew his cud, except
when stopped feed him we'll at noon work Inn
well in the afternoon, and II will be the same.
What has become of the large quantity of hay
he has eaten Certainly he has not remastica-
ted t-he has no, had time and leisure to do il
then what has become Of t' II has gone at
does all that he eats - digested. without being
returned to the mouth.
SAYS the extract, "as soon as the ball is re-
ground. it 10 swallowed directly into the third
and fourth chambers" How can it go "drect.
" into the third and fourth CHAMBERS without
passing through the first II it goes "directly to
the third and fourth chambers" there must be
a passage for il directly from the throat--whch
is no, 90. have paid considerable attention to
the internal structure of animals, and have new.
er found but one passage from the mouth to the
stomach, and from that throsgh the animal.
THIS theory of animals bringing up from ,heil
stomach their cud, and all tina, they have eaten
10 new TO me, and doubt it's correctness:
have always supposed that they had a secre
place Of deposit for the cud, where they could
stow it away and take it again at their pleasure
On examination, find this 10 the case. Di
rectly under the tongue is little cavity, abou,
as large as hens egg, with very curious clap
per, and there found the cud and there
probably. it will always be found, il the ANNA
has had any thing to make one Of within TWEEN
,y.iour hours Of it's being slaughtered.
LOVErT PETERS.
| Westboro', Jan. IL, 1916.