. Elementary treatise on stock feeds and feeding. Feeds. DRY MATTER OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS 7 Distribution of the Mineral Elements in Plants.âLet us see the proportions of mineral elements that the plant stores up in its period of growth. This table is figured on dry matter.^ Apple Gooseberry Strawberry Orange Sigar beet Sugar beet leaves Turnip Turnip leaves Cabbage Cauliflower Onion Potas- Sodium Calcium Magne- Iron Phospho- â 43 .28 .04 .08 .01 .09 â¢25 â¢30 .12 .11 â¢29 â¢59 .72 â¢35 â 14 .21 â 93 â¢31 â¢54 â I5 â 03 â¢15 â 25 â¢17 .18 â 03 .20 1-52 2^15 .06 â¢31 3^02 â¢5
. Elementary treatise on stock feeds and feeding. Feeds. DRY MATTER OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS 7 Distribution of the Mineral Elements in Plants.âLet us see the proportions of mineral elements that the plant stores up in its period of growth. This table is figured on dry matter.^ Apple Gooseberry Strawberry Orange Sigar beet Sugar beet leaves Turnip Turnip leaves Cabbage Cauliflower Onion Potas- Sodium Calcium Magne- Iron Phospho- â 43 .28 .04 .08 .01 .09 â¢25 â¢30 .12 .11 â¢29 â¢59 .72 â¢35 â 14 .21 â 93 â¢31 â¢54 â I5 â 03 â¢15 â 25 â¢17 .18 â 03 .20 1-52 2^15 .06 â¢31 3^02 â¢59 .61 .18 â OS .44 .82 .28 â 13 â¢37 3-57 â¢58 .84 .21 â¢03 â¢50 3^07 â¢37 â¢33 â¢19 .06 .74 149 .10 .86 â 15 .08 .40 Sul- phur .04 .08 .04 â¢05 .06 â¢32 â¢36 â¢44 .53 ⢠44 .12 Composition of the Dry Matter of Animals.âThe proportion of carbon to oxygen is greater in animals than in plants. The increase of carbon over oxygen is due to the presence of fats in the animal body. Fats are made up largely of carbon. As in plants, the elements carbon and oxygen are found in the greatest amounts. The following table^ gives the composition of a fat ox and two steers. Carbon Oxygen Hydrogen Nitrogen Mineral compounds (ash). Two steers 2 years old Maine Exp. Station Per cent. The above table is interesting because it shows that the animal body is composed so largely of carbon and oxygen. It also shows that the largest part of the elements required by animal? does not have to be supplied to growing crops, as most of the animals' food is obtained by the plant from the air and water. 1 Bui. 201, Ohio Experiment Station, s Jordan, "The Feeding of ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Halligan, James Ed
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