The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-17
The FeedinR of Animals.

There are some scientific terms used i'm
regard to feeding animals that should be
understood clearly, says Henry Stewart i'm
the New York Times. 1t has been said
that the feeding animals is the most i'm
portant part of agriculture This was said
twenty centuries ago by one of the most
Intelligent and experienced of agricultu-
raj writer's. 1t is as true to-day as il was
then, but at that time no one had ever
dreamed of the scientific relations of food
to an animal. No one then ever thought
of balanced ration, or indeed. knew
of the composition of the foods in use
or the nature of the animal as regards
nutrition or assimilation of nutriment In
deed no one had then discovered that the
blood circulated through the veins of any
animal, or how the vital fluid carried the
nutriment of the food to the utmost parts
of the animals body.
Now, we know all this. and. indeed, there
is nothing of Importance in this respect
that We do not know. And this knowledge
enable us with the greatest economy and
effect to choose such food for our animals
and, indeed, for ourselves as well, as Will
do the most good at the greatest profit.
We have learned from preceding articles
what proteine, carbohydrates, and fats
are, and how they relate to the nutriment
and growth Of animals But it is a fact
that while the character of the food has
everything to do with the well being of
any animal and the profit of its owner.
the proportion of these different elements
of the food are also of Importance. for the
organs of an animal are not wholly like
lot of pipes and reservoirs into which
substances may be poured. and so much
of these diverted one way and so much
in others, and the residue poured out at
the other end as waste. on the contrary
q niu1a1 < a
self-sustaining when all goes we'll but
II Is made up of such an intricate set of
organs that if one is overworked or not
fully nourished, everything goes wrong
and the whole machine is thrown out of
gear, and, if not set right. it stops Death
stops il.
Now, this nicely balanced machine re-
quires that this precise balance should be
preserved And on this account the food
must itself be balanced. so that every or
gan be supplied with just so much of this
or that kind of food as it needs. without
any injurious excess. Hence. we have a
term, recently come into use. which is u
balanced ration.
1t win be quite evident that this is NOT a
matter that may be settled like an orIi-
nary problem in arithmetic. adding or
multiplying numbers, for the very certain
reason that we do not know Just what
goes on inside of an animal 1t is. there
ANAN' WA'llN experimental, ana expert
ence. after numerous sufficient tests. alone
Will help to reach any satisfactory conc1u-
sion. IL is not only a matter of SUNNY
of the clements needed for the supnort
Of any animal but also of the digestive
and assmilative ability of animals. ana
this needs the most careful study of pbvsi-
ologists and physicians to determine on
TINS account this class Of scientific stu
dents have been untiring in their exnari-
menting in feeding animals under an
sorts of conditions and circumstances. and
noting with the utmost exactness me re-
suits of these experiments And these
results prove beyond any question thar
animals must be supplied with a certain
quantity Of each element Of food in a di-