Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-12-24
GROUND FOOD ron srooK.

GhOUND FOOD FOX STOCK.
Few persons srem 10 he aware Of the i'm.
portance Of eiindlog every variefy al grain,
before feeding il Ia animals. IL fatenins
any kind of aulmals IL is all impo,rsDi.-
Thee Is no animals stomach hat can digest
any variety oi gfain with scouicsl covering.
u animals that swallow single kernel with
out crushing void IL whole: and what is sin.
gnlar, after passing The ordeal OF the ga-ific
juice. the heat and digestive organs of The
stomach. and The whole Intestinal canal, the
csnle are not careful chewers of Their food
as they depend upon rumna,ion To commin.
ote Iheu food properly, in which grain, meal,
and roofs, are never brought Dp TO undergo
mar process. The hog is a notnrIOus gOr-
mandlze aud scarcely chews a, all; aud 1t is
SAID that thee hogs confined in a narrow
stall. and only the first one fed what corn he
can eat, the middle one will ialten fastest, and
The las, one keep IN good o,der. The horse
mastlcaies better, hui age and ha'd fare often
disable him hom performing such ddty ~ is
required To render his food fl To produce the
nulriment il contains
The stomach Is msceialing vessel where
all The food is intend to be dissolved, aud its
nutrious paris 10 be taken az and carried To
all Ihe tissues. The period thai all particles
take ~ dIssolvlng. Is exactly IN proportion 10
lheii bnlk. cube Of salt or cf laaf sugar
II c'g'ded IN Two, wili dissolve in wafer IA half
the Time il would whole; as will metals ia &C.
ids, or ice in The sun.
10 every point oG view, therefore. either {1r
profitable expenditure or the speedy iatien-
ing Of animals, the grinding aud comminu-
ting The food has nearly one hall the adysn-
tsge over the ordinary process; and if cook
ed, saves The stomach and irs complicated or.
gans and nerves, the exerlon ot cooking il
Ihele-as cooked, IL has To be. before diges-
ton. IL is The opinion ofclose observers that
fully one hall the expense Of sustaining and
fdrlening Is saved.
La feeding horses or cattle, for simply car.
rying them through The winter, II what grain
they are entitled 10 was ground and heir hay
aud straw cut, mixed ADD properl, moisten-
ed The saving would amount TO quite an item
every inch Of hay or straw would De eaten
and nothing lost. Two-thirds the quantity
now fed in racks for the horses to puIi under
their feet,and that fed 10 cattle on the ground,
and trodden down aud spoiled, would suffice
10 carry stock through the winter. But hab-
It's Is everything; II Is stronger than the ties
OF family affection, The good will aud conf
dence of the world, or the hopes of salvation
as is eviuced bv the ipebriste--sud il holds
good IN all the duties aud actions of life
/ We bad been infatuated from youth 10 cut,
C ooh aud prepare food for our valuable aui.
mails, The most benehicent gifts of the Cres
Tor, should we not look with astonshment at
he practice of waste aud msmanage ement
unW in general usel
ln England. where necessity teaches peo
pie wisdom-where ten to twenty dollars rent
IS paid for an acre OF laDd-lhey manage
things differently. lu that country, where
The best work horses in The world ale kept and
he iattest animals sent to market, every par
iicle OF food Is cut and ground; aud horse
ood often baked in ioaves. Their expert
eDce has settled the economical process aud
necessity eniOices it. Our whole system Of
eedug is wrong. The pnder-eover stall
eeGI6g Is the only true one, both as respects
he saving of provinder, the comfort of the
animals, and the value of the manure.-[ Ru-
al New Yorker.