The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-08

partial separation betvsso- tha two.
The communicating opening ID so large
from one stomach to the other during
the movements of the organs. The in
terror of the second stomach presents .
honey comb-ike arrangement of its
mucous membrane. In this the food
is rolled into pellets, and by . spasmodio
motion thrown back into the mouth for
remastiextion. After remastication, in
stead Of going back into the tirst stom-
ach, as it did when first swallowed. the
food now goes directly into the third
or manifold stomach. Bya pecul ar
arrangement of the lower part of the
gullet remasticated food, or any food
in q state of minute division. as meal,
for instance is carried directly into the
third stomach instead of the first The
fourth stomach. or real digesfing stom-
acn, is pear-shsped, and connects with
the third stomach. 1t is considerably
larger than the second or third stom-
ach, but verv much smaller than the
first
The practical point which it is i'm
portant for stockholders to bear in
mind, is the different course taken by
different kinds of food. according to the
state of fineness in which they are at
the time they are eaten. Formerly it
was supposed that all the food eaten by
an OK or COW went directly to the
paunch, was subsequently remasticated.
and then passed along through the
other portions Of the digestive trait
Numerous experiments have been made
which have demonstrated that articles
in finely dividei state 60 directly To
the third stomach, and thence after
some trituration to the fourth. Flourens
performed so re interesting experiments
upon sheep. He fed green lucerne to
sheep, killed it immed ately, and found
this food mainly in the paunch. small
| quantity in the second stomach. and
none in the tn I'd and fourth. He fed
oats with the same result. Small pieces
of roots swallowed were found only in
the first and second stomachs After
feeding pulped roots, he found the
greater part in the paunch, but con-
siderable quantity in the second, third
and fourth stomachs. Prof l.. B. Ar
mold made dozen or moreexperiments
! in feeding meal and other food of vari-
Gus degrees of fineness, Just before
slaughtering, and lin every instance
found the fine food in the fourth stom-
ach and the coarse food n the first
When an ear of corn was wrapped in q
wisp of green hay 80 that the hay and
corn were ground together. the meal,
finely masticated, adhered to the hay,
50 that hay and corn went into the
/ 90 Ok II
N. Stewart, of Lake View, N. j.,
made several experiments in feeding
| various kinds of fine food, and found
| that in every case it went into the
fourth stomach. The experiments all
60 to show that, as general rule, fine
food when fed alone goes directly to the
third and fourth stomachs.
The grinding or mscsrating process
which goes on for several hours in the
first stomach softens the food and
greatly facilitates complete digestion.
1t is an advantage to have all the food
eaten by the animal subjected to this
preliminary process. Even the meal
which is fed, If retained for several
hours in the fluids of the first stomach,
will be more completely digested and
be less likely to derange the digestive
organs than if it went directly to the
fourth stomach. Fine feed of all kinds is
made to go through the first stomach
by being fed with coarse food. such as
hay. By mixing meal, bran or other
substances with water and mingling
with the hay, or moistening the hay
and sprinkling the dry meal upon it.
they will be all eaten together, and viii
all go to the first stomach. be remasticst-
ed and subjected to the whole digestive
process, ensuring more complete diges-
ton than is usually obtained when the
meal is fed alone, as is the common
practice. The more literally meal is
fed, the more desirable is it that it
should be subjected to the whole di-
gestiye process. In state of nature
the animals eat grain and straw to-
gether. and it is very desirable that
this natural method Of feeding should
be initiated as far as POSSIBILITY.
reynolds, ~ Ne0 York Erdnainer.