Translations:Manfred Klett: Von der Agrartechnologie zur Landbaukunst/527/en

What the cow — and this holds, with variation, for all ruminants among the domestic animals — takes up from the masses of its plant food in the way of substances and formative forces, it needs to the least degree for itself: for the unfolding of its consciousness, for its movement-activity, the maintenance of life, and reproduction. A great surplus remains, which it does not need for

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