Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-01-07
AGRICUL TUR Al
From he Snaihrn Planter.
FATrENI\G OF CATTLE.
CONCLUDED.


Some ether speeches were Then made, alter wrh we
fnd the fullawing
"Mr &. w Woad. surgeon Of Wood-honse Eaves
said he would dlreri the Few renarks he had 10 make
EXCESSIVELY To the expressed object oi the meeting name
IT,, he FEEDING of csne and he viewed tat MS the
m,,s, impoan, matter with which the practical farmer
had to d. ia short his whole life AMI exatons tented
10 p,nd1ce The greatest pIsshle quantity nl beef AID
,ruiian--f IN the shape Of Cat eac. his supply III
prain only p'oluced the effects Ia man. But be-
fore we talk e proceeding. II is necessary To ascertain
roueclly what II is want II produre. All animals
are camp sel of bone, mnss, TAT, cellular tissue. wno.
hair horus ska, and nails aod we find those sub,aa-
coa ready armed IN vegetables, the piWei "l uron IN
the animal having nohiu d. hn select them lfom lis
food and by means If The circulate TO place them
whsre hev are wanted. II yaar object be. as in thu
Young growing animal 10 Increase well as to sustain
il yon CHI use those vegetables Which oaHlan large
proportion of muscular fhre nitrogen and hos hste OF
lime for bones such peas, hoans Gals, barley, g.
IT. with foil grown animal. your inject be In sustain lis
condition with an ncroas OF fat. yon give those vegeta
HES which cola f. ady formed. as lenllls, Indian
corn, ol-cake g." Bot as you have generally mixed
Object in view namely, o. produce hine. muscle aud la
sls1, ynu must necessarily give mixed tudihe opera
funs u which viii now explain. The composition of
the animal aud he Vegetable world is identlcally the
same and the latter VIII, reyer il, Contains in
greater less d. gree all The elements Of the former
The vegetable world is sustained entirely fon inorganic
nature the earh which Tread, and HE atmosphere
breathe. ocupyl1g middle sphere, It's whole
tence being 10 collect materials Ia build up the animal
consequently entirely subseryent il. The nnrp anc
world, again. is comp SEED OF few simple ce nenio, NJ
which hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon phosphorus,
sulphur End saline snbsiancesas p1tassiun sodium
and calcine form the cheihe very elements o veg.t bic
and animal life. Geology. chemistry physiology, are
lheief essential 10 the night understanding Of th. sub
jsc bearing ia mind that the lower are always al
mnsteng 10 The wants and necessities of The higher
ders Of creation There is no motion in an animal body.
emotion Of the mind, but what causes corresponding
,bsfpiiun of The tissues If the bdy, and IN order 10
Keep up this daily waste, certain of fd is ne
ce-sary This ia called aiming the body Thus cat
tie working hard require Larger amount Of food Than
when al rest This necessity helng duly attended TO-
constitutes health. But iauenng. gentlemen, is I'm.
natural condition. and requires an increase f subs ance
Hence the necessity Il unnatural MEANS the absence
Of exercise light and The influence of the atmosphere
mixed diet 10 bling out all the materials Of he animal
hdy In the greatest refecon) in dry, warm STATE
Mr. ChIfer's beautiful experiments prored that rarth
none nth animal ,coud produce one third more
flesh aud ut the expense of fourth less food Mr.
.Norioa alsop,ored that The absence Of light cih ,cni.
produced still greater results. The ~ this is %
vious. Every animal possesses both nnriilve and
respiratory apparatus the one 10 sustain the body the
other support its viniy, BY producing heat or warmth
This fret Object is effected by the gluten in the food
principally the basis Of which Is nitrogen. The second
by the starch, sugar, and grm contained 10 the food
which form bile, the basis Of which is carbon The bile
passes INT, the intes,lnes where with oxygen
and lhus becomes carbonr acid In this state enters
the circulation, where 1t with peroxide of iron
(Which the blood always cUntsius. the ca, ban unss
with he ron. and larms carbonate of lrun In THE
state |, passes 10 the lungs where meets with fresh
oxygen during inspiration. which converts the
esrhtn IN the carbpnc acid, which passes III during
re-ira,nn, while the peroxide OF iron is returned and
taken back by means OF is carriers he again Trans
formed into carbinaie The result of this mbusion Of
carbon IS heat The heat OF the animal body is nearly