The Red Cloud chief., 1883-10-12
Relation Of Food 10 Animal Develop.
meut.

ADVANTAGE l. n very sifnpit Haitrf WIN
those who fully understand the compo-
s;tion vt the animal body and the com-
position IL foods. All the failures in
feeding are the result 81 ignorance
Upon these two thing, and mo- feeder
should he content io con met his busi-
ness without such know ledge. not wen
IL lie has been reasonably Successful.
for success in the dark NAV turn to
failure nj IA moment. What are the
elements Of the animal structure i.
the first important question. anl what
becomes III them j. the seconde An
animal is not like n stone wall which II
practically indrstruc,iblc. aud when
One built will remain <ithout attention
for Il lifetime. E1,ry part 81 the body
is wearing away cvery second. and must
be supplied with new material or the
direction il toward u collapse The
materials Of the body are in n continual
proccssof breaking up, first in the cclls.
and what remains after the demands of
the vital phenomena have been COM
piled with. is seized upon by the oxygen
which the blood carries To every pari.
and Is burned to supply the necessary
heat which il constantly escaping from
the body. and what j. left after this
process is eNcreied. This steady loss
Of material must be repaired. and in the
case Of young animals especially. ma
tcrial must be furnished for new growth.
IL we feed ON corn alone we NAV s;arre
the animal % death. although IL MAJ
e % fat thst Il can not move.
Tho bone and muscle are wholly
unsupplied with what they need.
and We are producing . condition II
-sbsoly;c disease. To feed just right
therefore. 6avefy DID,. ~opcration,
aud Il in marked contrast to the sys-
TEN. which Il entirely too prevalent. II
feeding jus, what comes handiest. Re
duced down 10 n nicely. an evenly bal
anced food is one that supplies the
bones with all they need tn keep them
in perfect strength and the process Of
growth; the muscles with all that they
may require. and furnish the fat
forming elements in the proportion de-
sired. But while to some extent fat
formation may be neglected. the supply
Of material for sustaining the bony and
muscular system should BE-. ex-
cept in the later stages Of %fattening.
when. il there has been due previous
attention given Ia the development 81
bone and muscle. they will bear neglect
for the short time that is desirable for
forcing fat development. We repeat
what we have sometimes stated before.
that the neglect to provide for the de-
velopmcnt Of the entire animal ssruct-
ure has caused great trouble and heavy
losses in this country. In some cas-
these consequences have come from n
hit-or-miss system Of feeding from
feeding with no other well conceived
purpose than 10 keep the animal alive.
while in others they are the fruit II
that species of insanity which conceives
fat To be the alpha and omega Of stock
raising. II may be omega. but il is not
the alpha b, q very long WAYS. and I'M
less that fact is generally recognized.
we shall have more trouble with our
stock than We have vet had. When we
realize that to make n strong healthy
frame is the first thing % accomplish
with every y Of our domestic ami
mails. we shall have consulted our own
Interests very materially. Whenever
we do no do this-whencver we neglect
TO supply every part Of the system with
what IL may require. we simply fight
the laws of nature. and in q battle of
kind we shall get whipped on every
field. in every pig-pen and in every cat
sle-yard.
Now:in the animal body we find as
one OF the most important constituents,
water. Under most circumstances. il
makes more than half the weight Of the
body. and is as essential { % what we
call the solid tissues - aoy of the other
elements which make up their compost
This being true, the supply Of
water in some shape or another is .
Of supreme importance. The
animal can only get water through the
mouth and stomach. and it must be
entirely as such. or partly in
with foods. The dry sub
stances Of the body consist Of organic
and inorganic matter. the former being
divided into nitrogcncous and non
maserialaL Tie most i'm !
noo-aitrogeneus Substance ID
fat the others being iDouasidersblc IN
quantity. The nitrugeno0s substances !
are the Observation-Disclosures and !
iihrip-Hlninous substances and horny
matter& and thsse contain carbon. |
hyaroge0, nitrpgeA oxygen sd
SULPHUR. H. Inorganic possinA q
ash, ot - xofy consisns6 loeasa.
soda. maGnesia, cAloEiDG eu4onic acsd
md silica The aGhSf tt beoes y -
|cass scNs-eieho IQPAaae a LINZ.
lie iemaisl~b eiae carbonate Il linz
nth sDau 0ns1ido a magnets aDd
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