The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-02-08

tss,,,;;..ls s.s ~ ~ . No
To- ,Ae-ep psss--ss,oitinr food fss
stock on general principles, will 10,
plessa TER I'D lollow,ins from s,he;
Losa i JEne. -touatry G1sntlsnson';s'
Adgasine:
".uo'oush mlstiea,ion> Of tcol 81
reoomqs4 SD! n y, Ih4llllMpeltan. bus,
must DC rcmtnbc.ea shs. copked, 10 =,
rarely RI fss.h she l.ssss.sy p,oaes.
and no amount Of cooking will render
TODD na t.fi 6Iaetfae,s. ! Ml.tsatidn I, q q.
necessity tor two :purposes-te break
down and saturats The food With Oh i'm.
portant auid-ths saliva, that fluid ef:
feetiog importan. changes ia the nu.
tritl'e slsaeots tosfs, them, ,ta'andarso,
subsequent actions BY other juices q
the digestive organs. 1t is not possible
to sspphpt these secret;ons by any pro- :
cess or prepare ton by cooking or add. !
tim Of fluids. Dame nature has supplied
vegessbis food t0r every season, and only
requires Of man that be, should observe
the peopli,tities Of e,oh, and give The.
benefits to animals as far as possible. 1t
is decided mistake to cook the food of
aninala when itsis sound and sweet.
The'mi'tatcS, 50. called, = Ct & supplying
the dry food in winter, is more appar-
ent than real The exercise of CON-
mon sense Is called fur in order to reg
ulase the practice with suita bic roots
and proper shelter and warmth, more
thao is usually done. 1t is . mistake
to neglect the young stock so much as
Is commonly done. If more sttentiobs
were commonly paid to them and the
supplying eof artificial food increased
durisgcthe period Of their most active
growth, adverse states would not be so
general, and the remedy less sought .sf.
ter ID useless preparations of food
which run ioto .expcnses. Among
working horses the effects Of cooked
food arc something marvellous. Colo
aud indigestion generally, with disease
Of the livet ADD kidneys, is are common
and fatsl occurrence. It. may be more
easily understood to say such prepara-
tioos are quite uunatura], as tho dises.
tive o'gaus are constituted to not ufon
tho most nutritive grains. It IS, also
commonly believed that animals; espec-
tally horses, pass much away by the
bowels that ought, toysbos digestedz and
appropriated to the system. This ques-
ton requires more philosophical researehs
before it can be definitely and accurate
ly settled, but We can go so, far, as to
say thas when the mastioat@y organs
are insgood order and digestion perfect,
proper allowance. o. food is thorough,
" assimilated. Apparently whole
grains may be found ia the excremenh,
but upon close examination they will
turn out to be the shells only, which
by the action Of the digestive juices,
have been Invested Of their internal
nutrient parts. Some persons look up
on digestion as process in which ev-
erything must be utilized for the build
ing up Of tissue. They forget it is
quito as essential that other substances
should b: present-thosc non. o utriticus
in themselves, but by their constitution
and presence give bulk to the rest, and
assist 10 their general reduction 10 the
stomach Of the higher animals, exactly |
~ the sand aud pebble act 10 the crops
of birds. The success of feeding our |
domestic animals does not lie in the |
way of cooking food, aud the admins
tratiou Of condiments, but in a. judi,
ei0u' manage meots generally, in which
the peculiar features of organization,
geology, meteorology and
play their respective parts
and agricultural success will never be
certain until these branches of science
are more defaitely acknowledged"