| Show science of the balanced ration at a convention of dairymen in a discussion of the balanced ration a speaker sald said all animals require in the food enough substance to meet the expenses of the body in carrying on its physiological functions Every movement of muscle the beating of 0 the heart breathing etc requires the expenditure of energy that cornea comes largely from froin certain compounds in the food which compounds we call protein we know then that it an animal Is to live and work the food must contain protein sufficient to meet their expenses the harder an animal works the greater these expenses bonce the tha more pro pio tein must the food contain again we give carbohydrates and fats to accomplish another purpose the temperature of a cow Is constant practically at 98 deg F it la is constant in man at the same mark how flow essen elal it Is that this constant temperature be Is very apparent in the human system when we realize that one half degree below normal gives us a chill while one halt to one degree above normal gives us a fever either condition incapacitating the man for work if we should attempt to keep the temperature of a box the size of a cow at 98 deg F by the aid or of an oil lamp we would soon be made aware of the immense amount of bett bet be tt thus required the animal herself berse Is constantly keeping up this enor enormous expenditure ot of heat but she has only one source upon which to draw and that Is manifestly the food consumed the peculiar functions of the carbohydrates and fats la Is to keep up ahe he body supply of heat in tact fact thy are more effi efficient clent as heat beat producers than are the other compounds ot of the food the science of a balanced ration then consists in supplying enough protein to take care of the dally daily waste ot of protoplasm to the animals body and in supplying a su Bum clent amount of carbohydrates and tats fats to maintain the temperature of the animals body |
