The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11
digestion and Assimilation OF Fo,5.

Ii has been observed. of some cattle.
that their droppings were Nery much
in excess of those from Others of Ike
size and age on similar feed. These
copious DIR ppings are not usually OBJ
served to come from prompt fatieners.
because the condition named i opposed
TO the rapid laying on of flesh. The
tendency is opposite. because. in cattle
having this peculiarly, not a little ot
the nutritIvc properties o. food passes
rapidly through them. As will ALWAYS
he observed n animals that are opened
and Examined after death. the contents
of the small iateStincS, those first re-
ceiying the partially digested food. W L
be found 10 he liquid in form. gradually
assuming consistency, As they pass
ALONG through the in:estines. In this
liquid s'a e. such proportions g. are
nutritious in character are IN the best
pCsS be cond ton 10 be absorbed.
When the excavations are in excess.
rs they sometimes are. eve though the
amount of food taken be snail IN guam
tits. no cattle beast can make any gain
in flesh. ami il is worse than a vast tC
persist in the giving of food, becaisc
this state calls for rest rather than for
any attempt. always worse than u-c-
less. 10 force weakened organs to do
tat which they 4 only do when in
possession OF iuil health and yiTor. \
vcrr careful experiment was tried upon
" coWs. the object being 10 test thor
Du@al. the comparative poHerS OF ~
.imiiation between the iva. The e.
pertinent continued fourteen days, e2ch
. b5.ng in her sixth year. an't each
one close TO 100 pounds in WEIGHT.
Each was fed a fraction under lOz
pounds Of re gra,S daily: 80 PER Clint.
of this gra>S WAS wafer, so that 800
pounds uf dry matter entered the ston-
ach of zach COW in fourteen days. The
dung of one cow weighed. when vo.d-
ed. I,049 pounds. and of the other.
1850 pounds. Thoroughly dried. that
of the COW giving OF TIE amount FIST
quoted. weigh d la pound. and from
the other. 40 pounds. This test
showed that the absorbents of one COW
took up half a pound of the solid food
daily more than was taken up by t<a
other. This entered the blood each
t~wenty-four hoars, and illustrated what
viii be found true of cattle the world
over. that there is 2 great diversity in
the apDropriative powers of different
animals. rs great. in fact. as there Is
in the heating power of different stovc-
upon the use of agiven AMOUNT OF fuel.
The experiments gwen above show
that more than half the substance
taken into the system as food passed in
10 tie eli. ulat.on, and was not vo:ded
by the bowels. Cattle feeding has not
vet been reduced to that system. which
prevails in MANY other branches of
business, where frequent and thorough
tests are instituted. through which nj
groupings in the dar& Is prevented. Our
agr cultural college farms afford the
very best possible opportunities fTr
making these experiments, as all the
appliances are at hand. or if they are
not, they should be. The chemistry
taught at these schools has no field for
experiment 50 appropriate, when we
take into account the object of estab-
fishing agricu tural schools, with eX-
perimentai farms attached, breeding
and feeding establishments entering
into the plans. Such experiments aS
are made TO elucidate obscure n I'M
important matters. made largely forihe
mem of the students, at any rate.
they do not appear as of any interest
IT value in agriculture. should be omit
led in every ease where the laboratory
and the time of the class can be taken
up by the sub ects pertinent To the feed
i'm Of farm stock.--Ltre Stock Journal