. Kennel secrets : how to breed, exhibit, and mannage dogs . VEGETABLE FOODS. 17 Practically the same may be said of the carrot, turnip,parsnip, and beet-root, all of which the dog is capable ofdigesting, provided always the quantity is small and theyare properly cooked and well mashed. But while theysupply in limited amount a few of the materials requiredby the body, for their nutritive and force-producing proper-ties purely they are of small value to the dog, and for himtheir highest importance lies in their tendency to assist inkeeping the constitution of the blood unimpaired. As for such v
. Kennel secrets : how to breed, exhibit, and mannage dogs . VEGETABLE FOODS. 17 Practically the same may be said of the carrot, turnip,parsnip, and beet-root, all of which the dog is capable ofdigesting, provided always the quantity is small and theyare properly cooked and well mashed. But while theysupply in limited amount a few of the materials requiredby the body, for their nutritive and force-producing proper-ties purely they are of small value to the dog, and for himtheir highest importance lies in their tendency to assist inkeeping the constitution of the blood unimpaired. As for such vegetables as cabbages, the tops of turnips,beets, nettles, spinach, dandelion and other greens,they contain but little real nutriment, nor is much ofthem digested or absorbed ; still they favor the digestionof hearty foods and possess all the properties of valuewhich have been conceded to the tubers. In a word, while not nutritious themselves they seemto make other foods more nutritious; moreover, beinglargely composed of woody fibre and chlorophyl, whicha
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