Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-09
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GROUND FOOD FOR STOCK.

GROUND FOOD FOR STOCK.
Few persons seem to be aware of
the Importance Of grinding every
Variety of grain, before feeding it to
animals. In fattening any kind Of
animals, it is ali important. There
IS no anim.l's stomach that can d.
gest any variety Of grain with
ccrtical covering. All animals that
swallow single kernel without crush
ing, void it whole; and what is sin.
gnlar after passing the ordeal Of the
gastric juice, the heat and digestive
organs OF The stomach, and the whole
Intestinal canal. the seed will stiIl
germinate and grow. Horned cattle
are not careful chewers of their food,
as they depend upon rumination to
commute their food, properly, in
which grain, meal, roots, are never
brought up to undergo that process.
The hog is notorious gormandizer,
and scarcely chews at all; and it is
said that Of three hogs confined in a
narrow stall, and only The first one
fed what coru he can eat, the middle
one will fatten fastest, and the last
one keep in good order. The horse
maslicates better, but age and hard
fare often disable him from perform
ing such duty as is required to
render his food fit to produce the nu-
,triment it contains.
The stomach is macerating yeSse,
where all the food is intended TO be
dissolved, aud to its nutritious parts
be taken up and cal ried to the blood
to he distributed and deposited on
all the tissues. The period that all
particles take in dissolving. is exactly
IN proportion to their bulk. A cube
Of salt or of loaf sugar if divided
in two, viii dissolve in water in half
the time it would whole; as will metals
in acids, or ice in the sun.
In every point of view, therefore,
either for profitable expenditure or
the speedy fattening Of animals, the
grinding and communicating the food
has nearly one half the advantage over
the ordinary process; and, if cooked,
saves the stomach and its eomplica-
ted organs and nerves the exertion
cooking it there-as cooked. it has
&c be before digestion. 1t is the
opinion of close observers that fully
one-half the expense of sustaining
and fattening is saved.
In feeding horses or cattle, for
simply carrying them through the
winter, if what grain they are en-
titled to Was ground, and their hay
or straw cut. mixed and properly
moistened, the saving would amount
TO quite an item-every inch of hay
or straw would be eaten and nothing
lost. Tgo-thirds the quantity now
fed in racks for horses to pull under
their feet, and that fed to cattle on
the ground and trodden down and
spoiled, would suffice to carry stock
Though the winter, But habit is
everything; it is stronger than the
ties Of family affection, the goodwill
and confidence of the world, or the
hopes of salvation, as is evtnced by
the inebriate--and it holds good in all
the duties and actions oflife. If we
had been habituated from youth to
cut, cook and prepare food for our
valuable animals, the most beneficent
gifts of the Creator, should We not
look With establishment at the prac-
tice of waste and mismanagement
now in general usel
In England where necessity teaches
people wisdom--where ten to twenty
dollars rent is paid for an acre Of
land---they manage things differ
entity. In that country, where the
best work horses in the world are
kept and the latest animals sent to
market, every particle of food is cut
and ground; and horses food often
baked into loaves. Their experience
has settled the most economical pro.
cess and necessity enforces it
Our whole system of feeding is
wrong. The under-coyer stall feed.
ing is the only true one, both as
respects the saving of provender, the
comfort of the animals, and the value
of the manure.
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