The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01
HiTIaNS To!: :iitEsTGGH
How Food >Eoai,: bc ":on"rti"ncci TO"
animals on y !':iI'Il..
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In last week $ issue It was stated that
L portion OF ANIMALS lood was barned III
its body to keep Nn its norma! amount
of heat. This suggests the idea that
different ingredients OF the food supply
different wants. N 4 wc1i animal 2
part OF the food is needed 20 furnish
force OF power, :; p&rt 20 replace wasted
or used mp muscle, aid a part 10 supply
heat. In a milk COW the m"scieS are
not m"ch wasted, and htlie mrscnlaE
force IS eNpended, but the neat o. t!ic
body has to DC Kept up. ;i:lti the faatci1at
Wlnch contributes 10 the formation OF
MIX must be supplied. 1t Is evi'eat,
therefore, IL 4 general way, that dliier-
emily adjusted food wouiG be called ior
br different classes OF ANIMALS; ara tnat
wi!erc there IS an excess 0! any oi1e m
gradient above It's rrope- ratio 20 the
others, IN any given case, i wo't.d be
practically lost or wasted. Not only tic
allma!s eXcretory organs would nave
the unnecessary burdels OF getting rd
OF It, but IN an econom!cai .po!Atot view,
ii the matter OF Gp:!:ls and cents, there
would be actual loss.
Admitting this 10 be true, it may be
asked how can We find out the several
rat;ons adapted to working animals, to
fatteniHg animals, to animals not at
work, to milk animals and 50 on. The
answer IS by experlment-by trying
differently compounded ratlonS, noting
results as shown IL the anlmaIs health,
abih:sy to WORK, increase OF loss OF
WelSnt, ylcid OF MILK, ETC., ana az the
same time by aNaiyzlnG the cXcrets, to
ascertain II an excess OF any ingredient
has passed or through them. Now a
tanner could not well carry out such eX-
pcrimcnts, but it has been done for him
by agricultural experiment stations, par
ticularly those OF Germany. Fortunate
ly this is case where locality does not
affect results. Conclusions reached III
Germany would be equally true and cor
rect IN America. The experiments al
ludcd to have been performed with great
care. Animals have been kept during
the experiment IN air-tlSiit chambers,
through which the necessary fresh al IS
carried, and all the foul alr which passes
out is collected and analyzcd, to find
what the animal appropriated from tue
fresh ali, and what 1t throws OH by It's
lungs and the pores OF It's SKIN, into the
foul air. At the same time the excrets,
both solid and liquid, arc most carefully
collected and analysed. The food given
the animal was carefully weighed, and
its composition ascertained, by analyz-
ing some OF exactly the same kind. We
speak now not Of one, but of many ex-
perlmcnts OF this character made by
different parties HE aycraTc results OF
I'll Ill I,a. ,-;--o,, hojcr.
''it W. oS So 80 .,.,
that there are three leading components
~ - II, :..!o.o. :: -, -,
Va -oo"' Wv 49, "A-t0'1 ttie '' 60 .tA
fhere is no nitronan The first is termed
ad albnminons Substance or for con
ve,ience and brev;tv .:nrotein." the
seoon6 boconsa car,,on and hyirooen
% ave- tbeir Two chief constit,,cnts Are
called sshvdrocarbons.' the tbi,l is the
vii KNOWN substance fo+ Tho hy6ro-
ca rbons embrace Substances as starch.
snrar and INNS Protein replaces wasted
muscle and Supplies material sor growth
in youno animals II also is the source
Of the cSeesy portion Of milk. HYDRO.
carbons and fat arr. the sources OF heat
Of power and OF the fat which IS laid uo
IL the animals BODY. With these e.
planatory remarks. The results Of actual
tests NAV now be civea. Sunposinc an
animal to weigh l.0Og pounds the best
results are obtained when # 6iocsts and
cDnronriates ont of it's food per day:
~.
Protein. Cation. la:.
Al OK al res; .; los. S.Ji,s. IS ;9s.
s Se SsSF btv ScyEs .Is: 5 81 ~ lis. lbs 90 S$o lis.
Il ,rse heavily worked .2.slos 10 lbs. o.sol5s'
n: ,.x ;ssSx COW ;s 5s. !; l1SiS$ 90 - Ib< iis
Il ANIMALS WelSn more or less IMAM
l,9OO pounds, the quantities ID ABOVE
taoie must DE cofresponalnSly increased
OF diminished. But farmer may ask
how can | know how much OF these re-
spectlye substances are conta!9eo N a
dlseshble form IN the various knds OF
food give my ANIMALS. Tables glylns
this information are now to be found IN
various publications. y. appleton " Co.,
Of New York, publish little pocket
manual, entitled .'Ihe Farmers Annual
Hand Book, which contains such te-
bles, together with much other valuable
information, which 1t would oe well tor
every farmer to have. 1t costs, We be-
0 II n1O.S nY-