Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-05-26

out from the walls OF the stomach.
The main duty OF this gastric Juice Is
10 change the albuminoids into a form
in which they can BE- absorbed aud
used 10y the animal
Cattle and sheep have n very large
stomach. which Is divided into four
parts. Animals OF this KIND are called
rumlunnts When the food is swallow
ed it passes into the first stomach.
which serves the purpose OF store
house. Here the action OF the saliva
continues. and the water which the
animal drinks softens the food 10 n
considerable extent. After time the
food passes into the second stomach.
which forces Il back TO the mouth. n
little at a time. Here Il Is chewcd
thoroughly. You have often seen
cows lying i'm the shade chewing
tae:r cud" This cud Is the food that
has been sent up 10 the mouth by the
second stomach.
After being chcwed the food il
swallowed again. This time II passes
directly through the first stomach 10
the third. Here il becomes still fur
Their softened. finally passing into the
fourth or true stomach The function
of the first three compartments is
simply to prepare the food To- be acted
upon 10y the true stomach.
After leaving the stomach the par
italy digestci food iasses into the
small intestines. Here 8; * acted
upon by threc fuida-thc Bile pan
create Juice and Intestinal juice. The
chief use OF the bile IS to digest the
fats. making them into sort OF a
soapy fluid. In which form they are
ready 10 lie absorbed into the blood.
Eotn the naucrcatic and intestinal
Juices st Upon the remaining starch.
comp,c,!.., The change Into sugar. The
par"rcai- juice also completes the di-
.-c.ti,n OF tn alhuminoids. I'm which
work the Intestinal Juice inay also
take II sEail il-t. Another work "
the plrcreItic Juice Is to assist i'm
GecomrOsing tie fats. The intestinal
juice breaks c:G'c Su,-,r up into sim
plcr sugars. su-h us glucose.
-Af.cr the iDod has hccn dl.ested the
ussb,c portions are ready 10 be ali
SorbcG into the blood. Digestion has
ch1r.,cd the fats. proicinS and stare hes
Into form I'm which they are soluble
In this iiuid state they pass through
the wallis 90 the stomach and lntcsslncs
and arr cmntied Into the blood.
The blood is taken TO all parts 90 the
body ~ the arteries. which subdiviGc
- r@ym TINY capillarleS. These are So
small and close together that a pin
llirk on the skin anywhere VIII pierce
sorr 90 them. There are tive main
f'rrts to the ilood-thc duid OF piasma
md the red corpuscles- which give IL
iis color
Each part Of the body selects from
the blood the food materials which il
needs Thus the bones VIII take ash
while the muscles Will take protein
70 build up their wornout parts The
waste. broken down parts arc burned.
together with as much fats and sug-
airs rs are needed. TO furnish heat asd
energy. All through the body there
are thousands OF little fires. To keen
these fires going oxygen IL used. and
carbon dioXidc IL given or I'm the same
way that Il fire In "A stove takes In
49, So ''.N"~H Wv i'Nft NttlA ana
sends carbon dioNide up the chimney.
In the body the corpuscles supply
the oxygen and carry away the car
bon dioxide. The other waste ma.
terials. or ashes. are gathered up by
n system OF vessels called lymphatics.
which empty into the veins. These
veins carry the blood back 70 the
heart The change OF the contents Of
the corpuScles from oxygen 10 car
bon dioxide changes the color OF the
blood from a bright red To much
darker shade.
From the right side Of the heart. 10
which the blood Is brcugh; 10y the