Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-22

Expefiments ON digestion made q the
Wipcunsin station I'D TO Tie following con-
cIusion Peas furnish food rich In nitrcg-
enoas compounds. Of which the dry matter
cont ain, about twelve per cent which u
about tuice the amount in ordinary ensii-
AIRED crops. In every hundred pounds OF
the irv matter, seventy-six pounds were
,lirested, and all of the constituents. except
the ash and fiber. were nearly equally and
evenly dieestible. The pea ensllagc and
bran alone took the place OF corn ensila9e,
hay and mixed grain ration, saving the
more expensive barley and oil meal,
and giving the same milk and butter
Weld. The COW that gave the better re-
turns in milk and butter from the same
weight of food digestet one PER cent. more
Of solid matter and retained three per cent
less nitrogen than the one that gave nth
Of a pound lees butter per day. Nearly
ninety five per cent. of the nitrogen OF the
food was returned in some form; about
one-half was returned in the urine, one
fifth in the dung, and from one-fifth to one
fourth in the milk. About eighty two per-
cent of the original fertilizer materials in
the food was returned in the dung aud
urine. Finally, pea ensilage is valuable
little food, rich in nitrogen, largely digesti-
BILE, and returns valuable manure to the
soil.
The following list Of explanations prepared
ut the Missouri station will be useful to
many readers: l. Water.-The amount va
ries with kind of food. II 10 Of no ecOnom-
ic Importance 2. Ash.-This is the resi-
due left after burning away the combustible
portions. 1t supplies the mineral ingredients
to the animal body. A portion Of the ash
has u manurial value. 3. Protein.-This is
the heterogeneous portion of the food. It Is
used in the animal economy
to form ..muscle" and all
other nitrogenous portions of the body II
also aids in the formation of fat. 1t is the
| most valuable ingredient. 1. Fat.-This
substance produces animal heat or is stored
up in the body ~ fat for future use. One
pound of fat will produce rs much heat rs
| 2 = pounds of carbohydrates. 8. Carbo-
hydrates. -This group includes the slarches
gums, sugars, etc. They produce fat and
heat, G. Eiber-This substance has about
the same composition as the carbohydrates,
hut is much less digestible; it is Of but
little value.
| The New York experiment station has
been making some tests of the various for
lnulas for preserving eggs, AMI n recent
bulletin gives some valuable hints on this
subject All the plans in vogue were tried,
| and the conclusion was that the best way to
preserve eggs is to wipe them With
vaseline to which salicylic acid has
heeu added, and then pack them in salt,
| in boxes Eggs treated this way
IN March and April were kept four and five
months. and came out better than the best
| lined eggs. These eggs were kept IN a
barn cellar where the temperature was
about &c degrees, and the boxes were
turned half over every second day. Tins
is a plan backed up by authority, that may
be used to good purpose by our readers
who will pack their eggs in the fall when
they are cheap and keep them until nit
winter, when they will bring a eo~i pTice.
The May bulletin of the Cornell Univer'
sity experiment station gives the following
rules for applying plant food under ordin
ary conditions: Reclaimed lnwlan rich III
vegetable matter is likely to be rich IN nj.
trogen but deficient in phosphorlc cid
Well drained highland, particularly on ex
posed locations is more likely 10 be def
cient in nitrogen than phosphori, acid
Where crops have made small growth OF
leaf or stalk, under otherwise favorable con
ditions, nitrogen is more likely to be def
cient in the soil. A large yield of PLUMP
bright grain from small or moderate
growth of straw or stalks would indicate NJ
abundance of phospboric acid and potasl
and a deficient amount of nitrogen. Al alb
normal growth of leaf or stalk with small
Weld of light grain would indicate an abun
lance of nitrogen and an Insufficient amour
Of phosphoric acid and potash. As a rule
plants having the greater leaf development