Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1917 — TERMS USED IN FEEDING [ARTICLE]

TERMS USED IN FEEDING

Scientific Nomenclature Reduced to Every-Day Meanings. (National Crop Improvement Service.l Stock food consists briefly of three chief parts or compounds, omitting the water and minerals. 1 They are: Protein (containing'nitrogen), a muscle former. Fat (not containing nitrogen), a fuel or fattening substance. Carbohydrates (meaning made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen). These three substances are called organic matter, because they will burn. ~~ ■ f Mineral matter is called Inorganic. An animal can live on protein alone, but would not under normal conditions, because protein (or albumen) is only found mixed with fat in the case of meat and with fat and carbohydrates in the case of plants and cereals. T’amlllar examples of protein are white of egg, lean meat and the gluten which can be chewed out of wheat. Fat or oil we all know. Carbohydrates include sugar, starch, cellulose, fibre, gums, etc. To keep alive and not lose weight an animal must have small amounts of protein and larger amounts of fat or carbohydrates. They serve as building material to replace worn-out tissue and flesh and also to furnish power (energy) to move, work, and do all the inside work of the body. The ash or mineral matter furnlshes bone material and is also necessary but abundant In nature. A growing animal needs plenty of protein and ash (bone food) and of carbohydrates and fat. A grown-up animal needs less of either the first two, but plenty of the last two. A pregnant animal needs plenty of food for its unborn young.