Oxford Democrat., 1865-11-24

uscr's Clab. in which hc conveys in con-
d~nsrd form much valuable Information on
th- subject Of tle 4" Rearing and fsicning
Of STOCK Tie pointed out thar this pro-
cess consists 20 a great eSfcnt IN she replac-
ing Of water in the animals By fat. In store
pig.. for instance. about 6l per cent. Of live
weighs Is water. While IN iaI pigs the pro-
portion Is redoccd 10 as per ornt. The or
ganizaiion OF oxen. sheep And Pigs. rcspec-
tivelv. governs the eharscfcr Of the food by
vhieh The change may be Effected 70 the
best advantage; sod this organization i
therefore worthy Of The closest attention;
S0ne years ago very carciul expert
neuts ~cre made ~ Mr.. I-awes. Of Rotharn-
sted. Hertiorishire. Who showed the relative
proportions % VIA; vas called the osal 20
the sAleable meat. taking an average Of I6
oxen. 2f9 sheep. and 80 pigs. In oxen
they found that out Of loo lbs. live weight.
the stomach and its contents amounted TO
II i-2 lbs.. while ibc iutesiines and their
contents weighed 81 lbs; in sheep. the
proportion Of the stomach and contents vas
only IA lbs. while the infes,ines anl
their contents was only 3 IA Us ard still
uSre striking was the di5rrenoe m pi-s.
the stomach and contents comprising 81
lbs-. and the intestines Ia lbs. From
this. therefore. they saw that though the
stomach Of the pig was very small. the IN
;estinal canal. which elaborated The food.
was very much longer IN the proportion 20
the other animals. and these facts a. once
indfcated The food that must be given these
diacrvn; classes of animals Tbe, knew bv
experience that pigs requirrd more con-
cenirsied and more dig~s;iblo food than
sheep; and again that oxen rslnircd ssoch
more bulky food than sheep. Il ,Lis wav
they 6ll~i up tbe stomach. OF ths animal.
and made the best us- 81 food. uhirh. ike
straw and hay wa-. comparatively speaking.
oi little use 70 sheep. and % no u-e shat
ever % pigs. lt wss doabtful WHITTIER the
woody natter 81 straw-or. 90 give IL -
scleutfc name. criiuiar tissue-was a; az
dises;ibie By the last mentioned animal.
Taking the total osal parts to-cthe-. they
amounted in oxen 20 50 parts. IN sheep
70 fo-S. snd IN piss % To-. With regard
% the relative proportions 20 these parts IN
store or "a stock. they found that in the
store sheep ths total oifii amounted % 45.2.
in fai shrcp 20 900. and in YER, IA sheep
10 only S5-5. 50 that by iatteuine ,hey ~
dur~d tie ofd parts very consileraiIv.
and produced greater Amount OF saieable
meat.
MkS AND WoEEING ANNALS. At IA
ter point in the lecture u va mentioned IN
cideutslly that IN van ficre Is hut 6 ounc-.'
wei-ht az stomach % 100 lhs Of t-olv. ~hirh
ILLUSTRATES IN a similar way. Why our food
r1Hs' b. IN q concenfra'el form. and whv.
aifhouch the pofafo~ or other vegetables
rsv keep us IN good f~sh. vt % sustain
the energy of the sy.iern. particularly for
those ubo DO the most ia-or. the greater
oonceutrafio- of neat diet j. an absolute es-
seafiai The ari j. Illustrated ai.o IN our
treatment % working ANIMALS Those ubirh
are not IN acigal employment are ken, boz
good condition on b1iky food. boz ~hen
The OK or horse naust make Up tbe extra
waste arising from labor before ibe plough
or on The road and De- kept in spirit. FOR the
work. be requires nutri-nent in The more
concentrated form Of grain. wiieh goes %
support The nusc1l r system.
IHE RAFiDrrY o. FArrE~rNG is perhsrs
The chef essential in fat,euing stock a.
proft- " lt is really not 80 uuch oss.-
ton q greater or less expendfure whi,h
determines whether feeder or f,fcner o.
stock Is asuccessfal nan. huf iu vhai space
of time be - enabled 20 40 the For. ont
of the food an animal CONSUMES. verv
large proportion goes simply to maintain
the body a. - present sire. to support tfe
respiration. and 90 rake Up f.r tie ds,ir
vast and the cost ofdoinr This. n e. min
ued ior too long time. csfs Of tbe prof,
- sil tha; D. uade by Tire ad,lif'onal food
in ihe Increase of fesh darng tiaf time
o. Oxen and sheep in passing from ibs store
80 the faf condition. increase ahrut haif ir
weight; bat pi-s neariy dosbie their
weight According to the th-a prevs, s,l irr
practi-e. % took thc iafs Dake of B..if,ri.
in 1875. siSiF 6sc weeks to odiain that ia.
creasc in sh~ep, vhi.- ai the rresert t,r,
some twenty hve or frrrfv-.,r week. ;.
a'oai the average period. " snd this Dr.. y
ihinks capable of ahriircmert. Nth a r.-o.
~ ssi,rt.on oi fo.d. to not EXCEED tsenf,
weeks rCounfry G.nfleuaa.
lHr ArrruS Lrsvrs What are vou
dong ull l..m. ID. r.- L. ,L. -