New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-15


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lW
The carbo-hy drates-sarch, sugar, ceslniose, gum,
&c-aTe charged By the animal INTO graYe sogsr asd
are then READY be assmi ated 70 build up 10 BODY
TIE grape surar i9 changed ir % lacte and buarig
acids and thence eto fat The rineral matters found
In the bones blood and other psstions Of the cody,
are of course obtained from the psAts which in their
turn suck them FROM the soil. Ia districts such
as that about Lepec of these necessary minerals
deficient in tie soil and has osn been observed
that where phospbsteof lime is nosin the Barn soil IN
sufficient quantity, suffer Trombone disease, and
will gnsw any old bone that they may 6ns lying
the ground. Animal force, and heat, Like steam.
are generated by the actual combustion OF ms
in the latter fuel The 90 fireplace IN the animal u
all over its body, wherever pin. prick VIII draw
blood. Az in the steem-eDgne the amount OF muscular
and nervous force n the ana lie proportionste to the
amount Of fuel food consumed. First, material -
stored IN the tissEcsfor USE and tho every exer-
ton the muscles Or BRAIN is accompanied by al oxy-
ion burning of the tissues la this process car
boIc acid, water, and q small quantity OF ammonia
are given oa-the remainder OF the ammonia being
transformed into urea and yoided from the body. An
engine il merely a mechanism for using an engendered
force buc the animal istself consumed, and must be
removed constantly. Whenever the time arrives
that the vital fore is lot enough to supply the
waste, decay and then death, come ucon u.s. A.
degree of heat that would ce'troy AM aai
necessary in the boOy to eustain life ITSELF Thus heat
is engepdsred by using the earbo bydress and fats OF
food but these contain nitrogen AID hence they
will not strengthen our bodies although they do warn
them When in a state of rest the muscular and
nervous tissues are but little wasted, but the fan 10
consumed in heating. When. however, an OK or man
labors or man thinks the muscular. end nervous
substance is consumed. a good warm Stable, Other
means of giving external heat 70 ann SIS Is much
cheaper way to maintain the requisite ami nal heat
than to ovsrleed with and oats. oh is neces-
oo1 nd If
ter when lot naturally present in sufficient quantity in
it, helps digestion and thus promotes The growth OF the
ANIMAL Alderman farmer proved this % feeding some
sock on food that contained but little oily matter and
,mpaIipg their daily weight with the greater weight
Trey aferward attained when fed upos,a more fatty
diet. For. mans food, cooking is great assistants
to digestion, for 1t commences chemical changes
which would have to hebrought about tue .ch,
and would thus abstract from his store o. rita force
considerable amount Of what be mig 1t have uaed in
muscular exertion lhe young gro wing animal needs
an easily dgestibe food, and one which contains
large amoant of bone material. Milk is by analysis
found to Sc of Just this character, and hence
the admirable provision Of nature in this respect.
The afternoon lecture was by Mr. Luther X Tucker
of The Country Gentleman, who, having devoted the
whole of last Summs to investigation iato British
and French farming, was deemed tho cRtable person
for giving a ecuEe upon this interesting topic. Mr.
Tucker another Of our rising young men, and already
gives premise Of doGg much ward bringing about the
needed reform in oar farm practice.
mr. Ireser commenced with some remarks upon tho
EDgllen CT tn6n spoke OF inc ufOpreeS Hnc6
Great Britain has made duFing the last hall century in
population and wealth. recent repo-tof the Regis
tTar saeral show ed that ,he natural increase Of the
former averages over 900 soule every "a hours
while tbs growth of the latter may be ~estma ed from
the computation 3ubshed year or two snce in Lon
don that the grand aggregate profits Of English Undue
try amount eaehyear TO tao hundred aGd fy miH.sas
Of dollars 1920 600 0O0 There ia national prodiec-
ton among all GLASSES Of tha people son country life
min;fe ted not only by the attenioR with which mcn
OF wealth regsr5 horticultural embellishments, and tho
interest taken by Parliament and tho whole country in
equestrian intIovemeat including the races and in
spcrting-but also in ahe pFacteal direction Of
actually inca esug the productive power of the land
so important, nd this taste appear. 10 Layergue, tina
French authsr that hs did not hesitate pronounce IL
" the chief a her IEngland'sl agricultural
" wealth" Prince Alberts farming referred 70
an exanpse in psint, as well rs ihe expenditures
often made m the cause Of agriculture by wealthy
gentlemen and com noners.
Up period wihin 40 years, the effort e Eugiish
sgHcultu-isls had. been to reclaim waste, lands.
COMMITTEES Of the. House Of Cemmons, in. 1871 after.
protractsd Investigations calculated the thuA.
brought usder Enclosure during the eghteenth century
at abou4 GEO. O4 acres and ua9er the impulse OF waS
prices nom 1900 10 $780, there statistics TO show
that 0 600 aszes more were added 70 tho dominica
of the piow. Then came falling off comparatiyely
little has since been done ths direction and STAGE,
1910 narculaoly the aim o. English agriculture haa
been, not to enlarge the productive average Of ths
lslaad, but tceincrease its sccsable production.
hopTeto.s tenaatry, and LAHORE rers constitute ths
three Englsh agricultural classeA England and
" Scotland wrote Philip Percy 90 long the edto. of
tho Royal Agricultural Society's JotrSsal, "ars Via
- oily countries with class Of caldyacrs possecsin2
sufficient capital to stock farms OF a good s-a si
:" their own rsi paying yearly sun certain 10 the
"piopriaor In tact she farraing cepigal he than
the ownership of the land, a almost wholly 10 the
hands Of the tenants and rany instancee evan tha
park gnzlpg about tie ansen Of the landlord Ia iet
out as We'll s all the arabic land The tenants ana often
men al such wealth that they wonld probably lrvs
| upon shgs resources n this country, except
so iar as they MIGHT be engaged in looking aasr their
hVsrtmeAss Tsa average intsrest obtained ~ land
lords upon the casA yalus Of their land, hA rs tha
rsAs APPEAR to us does not exceed three per cent.
farhe's expecsso inves their money in agriculture
rs 10 make t pay them 10 per cent il posablethe
| eraSe prom. hey reaize may vary from to I'D
! per Sh'. Really, rs only very rich man who can
shofa 10 own land IN England ano several instances
wee zen TO snow how property tnere grsvaalez
,ow ava the country, including farmer mentioned o.
MI M 0 Coman, who was paying an annual 7sns OF
Taxes and thes are to be added to the scnis tho
farmers pay these rents varying from dollar or I'VE
per acre Enc er the circumstances 70 W.
Sl2 and Sl5 for choice locations in good farmtas as
tfcts, and reaching for the whole island sn average
70. Some Of the Scotch noors are ren,ed aeeofanS
the number of sheep they will carry per acre, NJ ~
mach per head for the sheep. -,
During the so years preceding Mr. Cairds ss
gations in lS50-5l II was foand that the reh's "
counties had increased little more than iVV peg ~
while the wages Of laborers showed an advance !"
per cent; the price OF bread was about .ns ss s,
inca, had appreciated 20 pee cent butter wv Y"