Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-10
THE AGRICULTURIST.
FARm rnE GARDEN: THE HoUsEHoL

A
whine Of Cat,Ic Food as Affected by CuIti-
Walton.
The effect Of feeding is to produce blood FROM
this is formed flesh bones fat and all other parts OF
the animal; and AZ the time certain tempera-
ture. denominated animal heat is kept up All this
SAYS a correspondent Of the New York Day Bo5b.
depends upon the food The food is first converted
into blood and then from this elaborated all the
parts of the system. The nitrogenized portions, as
gl,aen. reqeabe fJr;ae aid aI5U1ae, going to form
flesh are called ieshfOrmihg ingredients. The
nou-nitrogenized portions, starch, sugar and gum,
together with the oily portions, being Of nature to
form fat are called fat forming; but they serve also
IN keep up the animal heat. The mineral substances
,rincipally phosphate and Donate Of lime, form the
homes Now it il is a pretty well established fact,
that the forage varies il value with cultivation,
beinc moro nutritious when grown on land SO
fortified as to give medium crop, or more, and
less nutritious when grown on meagre land yielding
hint a small crop. Hay would seem to be an cXcep-
tio, 10 this rule There can be little doubt that
: "a tho sole fof cattle hay grown on old turf at
she rate of enc ton to the acre is more suitable
than that grown richly cultivated soil at the
rate of two or three tons not perhaps from its con-
tanning more nut-iment. but because Of the greater
! number Of grasses in it, some more mghly and
otners more low favored and affording that variety
in mixture which the animal nature Graves, while
that grown on rich fields often contain but single
Grass: and the animal confined to no more than one
or two grasses as herdsgrass clover, or the two
mixed. may not be as well satisfied as with more;
for IT NAV be presumed that with animals as with
mon less nutritious food that they relish is more
satisfactory than richer enc that is not rellshec
II is likely that in of varying the food as has
baen recommended in these columns, the exception
,,.onl5 vanish and hay from richlyCultiyated soil
h, found more valuable than from poor soil.
With the cereal and root crops it certainly so, as
, governments like the following have SHOWN: In
Jo,xsoy', lectures it is stated that from 100
,,,r-s Of the wheat grown without manure were Oh
,,fneI gluten 90 per cent starch co. per cent? bu
fr,- 100 psrts Of the same variety Of wheat grown
An the same soil only MANFRED by urine, tbs resa,a
,b,aina5 we're gluten SOL per cent, and starch 3d.
,or cent-that IS to say, the manure applied la,
-iven the wheat four times as much Of the flesh
forming clement Now, although so great differ
80, ,vouId rarely be found which leads 10 SOM
sr;cion Of the correctness OF the analysis yet Their
can be no doubt that the gluten in wheat does var!
,onsideraiIv with the soil Consequently ITS ioo
--aiue varies. IL IS 50 &loo WIN biN ioN'.i ~
fouowinq. from Tsorley's Agric&aTal Cleaner shows
a. friend of ours says that journal IAN eAtenSi'
.-;ori informed me- short lime ago, that he pu
-. boasts TO feed. which lie had measured 70
" ~ IN time: two of them fed upon Swede'
..sHrods and cut stuff grown by himself upo
h.t had been previously well manfred
-. ,xo were fed upon the ike amour
90 swedes. mangolds Be-, which had Jist rune
Il. .....oing tenant at the expiration OF IN
- ovneriment lasted-yiz: thirty -nine uRy'
Il - .gsin measured for weight and The iol
~. i, -.;oed two stones eleven pounds over IN
Latte. ,,ougb he writes, Il am quite sure the IA
terryvo. or. better feeders In the market "n''
Is wheat and turnips are turnips' ana o,nei Pr
5uc,s 49,, H. their names import ana VIII Sc
fortae market price; yet, for home consumption -
= ea value NAV vary essentially, though one 'anp
may appear as well to the eye as "uo''i'i' IN
/. but reasonable to conclude that much uspei'
r2on the manure applied, Youeouid haraly exp
wheat rich in gluten, if there was no =,
manure, as Peruvian guano or barn manure ~ :.
soil Eor turnp, rich in phosphate Of lime Il me
was no gaosphne acid in the soil, as wouiu De
y to be tie condition Of soil long cropped "''ho'
| manure. Tie inferior quality OF the crops ~
feeding purposes. from land run down TO snA
production, may be one of the causes, for iarllel
oCn -Ahls 10 thrive less than those who pracloe
sNsF farming, Thin cattle md bushel OF oaI'''u