The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-15
Nitrogen IN Rarns haaures.

Crops Grow" says that nitrogen IL a
constant constituent O I'll plants, and In
the animal it is O Ase, falling compo-
nent Of the working tissues, the muscles,
tendons and nerves, and 10 hence sn In
dispeHsable Ingredient of food"
For these reaaons farnero should know
whence il Is derived, %hat Is It's value,
and what Is Its province In the prodnc.
tive economy of nature. Hence we pub.
llah the following Interesting article by
Prof. Caldwell, OF Rev York, taken from
the, Tribune: +
IT5 SOURCE.
The compounds of tho nitrogen In tho
excrements Of animals are OF course de-
rived from the heterogeneous compounds
In the fodder consumed by animals, aud
from the materials used for their bedding,
In case they ave kept in stalls ara
cared for as they should be. Al tho
nitrogen of the litter appears in the ma.
nure, but such 10 not the Gase with the
nitrogen of Tho fodder; If ueRrs feeding
ayoung growing animal, q certain pro.
portion Of nitrogen must bs abstracted
from it's food for the production of the
additional bone aud tissue required for
its growth; is. tho animal iss WELDING
milk, nitrogen ninst be- ailhdrsis s froEit
the food for the caseiha of tho niiE. sE
IL Is being fatteneii Tiitroeen Is needed for
thespsoduction Of; the csllular tissue ii,
which the additional fat Is deposited III
it is producing nothiDg--no increase Of
bulk, nor milk, nor fat--nenrly ell ;the;
nitrogen may be removed the axcre-
ments, and such On animal may be utii-
lied ag o manuye.making machine, albai,
u costly and extfavagant one. Ofaltthe
cases above noted in which the animal 10
producing something besides manure, it
is ths fattening OK, COW or sheep that re.
turns the largest proportion Of the nitro
gen Of .1s foe Ter In itS excFements, and
the nlilclI COW that returns the smallest
proportion. LaweB aud Gilbert esti.
mated from the results Of their oygr, ak.
perimorts tliat fntteninR OF retairs
only q iiftlo over four rounds nf ritrd-
gauous matter out of every hundred
pounds liz It's fodder. Ii, soine of
Kuehn's experiments with milch cows.
from 25 to 40 per cent, Of the nitgoesno1s
substance ID the fddd der iFtl4 withdrawn
for the prDductiun of mi. Z, end thSfeiore
did not appear in the excfernent; for the
average consumption aud withdrawal of
nitrogen in the case Of cow in milk,
Wolf allows twenty pounds out of every
hundred in the fodder. a. young animal
in It's SECOND yeaf I7olld rsquiTe nboht
two pnuuds OF sisrdgennns YnattAr in ital
fodder to yield one pound of increase in
weight; this one pound of inurease
would contain about DIT of o pound of
: slitfarann,ia tuhstaneo. :. hanca a y,orirr,
growing animal, we'll fed, Would WITH.
tItaw about 8 per cent. of the aitfozenlOf'
iis fodder. Tho horae NithdtaVs abdISE
q 12 per cent, and the IslIeaD eboi,s Gs pa.
cat,t ne Ana r,itro,,a,, of e., E,5,Js, =. !
snsy sonss9 9uspsiy, hpont e and 10
Tbe lnss "a 81 ,,,,,s ~ se AZ
of fbe a., t,,s, ~ 49,, S.s.s
- ~ ,ss ss -. - Wy srse
of Ris r nI yr55 4,
mrs ;s sftSsr q, t;rsI iosst ~ -
alsa 4 ,,srs;a H., .s,aS sS-i ~ ~ ~
fLs disact hast I tfs' ~ nj. =
;ys ,,;, ,ss,,r,, as se
fsifr6,S, sFstsS fSod i;, t5sh
:, tf, IL ss ;55 ss;it 80 Az.
- e ~
fatianinc ~ asa nm tEs fsr,a ais s,,.I,, vIo
ef ,haEe cnSsia asFEli nus Is .,t y
4. y,a nv ,;nss ~ 81 n M
,,;frnosS, If fhs =, ,, 4;
st e; sc,,s y a., - AZ AAs. "
~ = .,,ia
itsA 19l. = ~ . lsA IN Z AID MANURE!
Va Qinpaklng ths proportion of nitro.
]. gen iu tho Gold eZtk5 tle eht5 with thss in
4 . EnD urine, We 6suuQ that exCspE IN the casa