The Red Cloud chief., 1882-07-06
Cattle Feeding.

The heterogeneous elements Of food are
what make flesh. skin. hair. etc, and
the carbonaccous elements are used first
for the production Of heat. and what
remains Ia produce fat. heterogeneous
fpod-, or foods that are rich in nitrogen
are flesh or muscle formers and car
%bonaceous foods. or foods hat are rich
in carbon. are fat formers. In ah lition
To these. mineral elements are needed
10 form bone and carriages. Ii VIII be
seer also from this. how necessary il Is
to know the character of the food which
We are feeding with definite purpose in
view. The composition of the most
common grains and foods is known, OF
should he. and when ANYTHING IS 10 be
fed whose chemical composition we are
ignorant of. a resort should be had &c
chemistry 10 determine just what il Is
good for.
The principal nitrogcnous foods, OF
flesh formers. are wheat. trans. oats,
clover. linseed meal and oil cake. The
principal carbonaccous foods. or fat
formers. are coTn, starch. sugar and oil.
When the food contains much gum.
mucilagc aad albGmen. il i rich il
nitrogen. and called an albumino:d-
When n food is rich in sugar. starch az
gum. il is chiefly composed of carbon
and hydrogen, and is called n carbo-
hydraie.
With this understanding of the com
position Of foods. feeding them become:
intelligent What is the objcct sought?
Is il a Young animal? II so. the object
is 10 make flesh or muscle, and not fat.
and therefore that food which contains
q large per cent of albuminoids Is nee
essary. II fat is desired. the percent
age must be in favor of the carbo-
hydrates. Real scientific feeding re
quires that the nitrogenous and carbon
aceou elements should be in proper
proportion. and experiment has demon
strafed tina, the proper ratio of albumin
ODDS to carbo- hydrates is n TO five for
grown animals. and one to three for
young animals. Hay generally contains
about eight and a-half per cent Of albu-
minoids and foTty-;hree per cent. of car
bo-hydraies. and grass contains three
per cent Of albuminoids and fifteen per
cent. Of carbohydrates. These are
natural foods. and staple. But As these
have to be supplemented with other
fools. we give below the relative pro-
portion of albuminoids 10 carbohydrates
in 3 number of foods: Linssed meal
about twenty-eight per cent of albu-
mineids and f~orty-one per cent Il
carbohydrates; corn ten per rent Of
the former and sixty-eight per cent. of
the latter; oats ten per cen of the form
err and Fifty per cent Of the latter; bar
lev nine per cent Of the former and
sixty-ire per CEN. Of the later; bran
fourteen per cent. Of the former and If
~ per cent. of the latter; clover thirteen
per cent. Of the former. thirty per cent
of the latter; dry corn fodder. three pei
cent of the former and thirty per cent.
of the latter; oai straw three per cent
Of the former and thirts-cight per cent
Of the latter; sugar beess one per rent
Of the former and fifteen per cent oi
the latter; mangolds. one per cent. Of
the former and nine per cent. Of the
latters potatoes VS. per emf u the
former and .wenty-one per cent Of the
latter.
No more perfect food than wheat bras
can be found for young animals as il
contains . ratio Of thirteen To fsfty or one
TO three and . half For u.zturer ami
mails oats are q perfect food. containing
. ratio of twelve to sixty or one 20 i've
By combining the richer with the poorea
toodS we can have just what we want
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