BULLETIN 81 : PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF STOCK FEEDING 



By J. L. Hills 

 I. TABLE OF CONTENTS AND SUMMARY. 



1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



I. Table of contents and summary. Pages 3-4. 



1 . Table of contents. Page 3. 



2, Summary. Pages 3-4. 

 Introduction. Page 5. 



II. Animal nutrition. Pages 5-14. 



1. Composition of animal body. Pages 5-6. 



2. Composition of vegetable matter. Pages 6-7. 

 Sundry definitions. Pages 7-8. 



3. Functions of nutrients. Pages 8-1] . 



4. Digestibility. Pages 11-13. 

 Digestion coefficients. Pages 12-13. 

 Digestible nutrients. Page 13. 



5. Concerning tables of analyses, etc. in V. Pages 13-14. 



III. Feeding standards. Pages 14-29." 



1. The nature of feeding standards. Pages 14-17. 



2. The usefulness of feeding standards. Pages 17-19. 



3. Calculation of a feeding ration. Pages 20-22. 



4. Planning a season's feeding. Pages 22-29. 



IV. Sundry economic considerations. Pages 29-37. 



1. Classification of roughages and concentrates. Pages 29-30. 



2. Ration making. Page 30. 



3. Fertilizing value of fodders and feeds. Pages 30-31. 



4. Sales and purchases. Pages 31-33. 



5. Relative values of grain feeds and byproducts. Pages 34-37. 



V. Appendix. 



Glossary. Pages 38-39. 



1. Feeding standards. Pages 40-42. 



2. Average composition of feeding stuffs most com- 



monly used in New England. Pages 43-46. 



3. American digestion coefficients ; digestible ingre- 



dients in American feeding stuffs. Pages 47-49. 



4. Pounds of total dry matter, total organic matter 



and digestible ingredients, etc. Pages 50-56. 



2. SUMMARY 



II. Animal nutrition . The animal body is made up of water, ash, 

 protein and fat ; vegetable matter, of the same ingredients, together 

 with crude or woody fiber, and nitrogen-free extract (starch, sugars, 



