SUBJECT INDEX 



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Silage — Continued. 



cost of production, (30) 333; (32) 527, 630; (33) 



831; (35) 691; (36) 167. 

 crops- 

 culture experiments, (27) 638. 

 for cut-over lands, (39) 231. 

 dairy cows, (38) 174. 

 Kansas, (29) 575. 

 Nebraska, (40) 521. 

 Nevada, (39) 134. 

 Oklahoma, (31) 829. 

 western Washington, (38) 637. 

 notes, (34) 192. 

 production, (39) 737. 

 tests, (35) 337; (38) 630, 636. 

 varieties, (37) 533. 



variety tests, (39) 33, 736; (40) 134, 330, 731. 

 yields in Australia, (38) 133. 

 determination of acidity in, (30) 415. 

 digestibility, (32) 668; (39) 475. 

 digestibility and productive value, (37) 865. 

 digestibility in mixed rations, (34) 169. 

 effect on— 



butter, (39) 485. 

 concrete, (32) 590. 

 fetal development, (33) 266. 

 melting point of milk fat, (37) 74; (38) 682. 

 quality of Swiss cheese, (36) 876. 

 feeding, (30) 37; (31) 168; (33) 568; (34) 192. 

 feeding value, (39) 474, 475, 482, 775; (40) 666, 769. 

 fermentation, (36) 802; (38) 111, 772, 802. 

 fermentation- 

 heat production in, (37) 612. 

 in, (35) 9. 

 studies, (27) 204. 

 fermenting with lacto-pulp, (27) 170. 

 for beef cattle, (35) 563. 



beef production, (28) 572; (29) 771. 

 breeding ewes, (31) 367. 

 dairy cows, (31) 673; (37) 75, 682. 

 fattening cattle, (31) 266. 

 fattening sheep, (35) 375. 

 horses, (35) 869; (38) 676. 

 horses and mules, (32) 670. 

 lambs, (29) 271. 



sheep, (26) 570; (32) 261; (34) 171. 

 sheep and lambs, (29) 572. 

 steers, (28) 266; (29) 667; (31) 470; (33) 468. 

 summer feeding, (29) 473. 

 forage poisoning due to, (37) 689. 

 formation, chemical changes in, (32) 710. 

 from corn stover, (38) 802. 



dry corn fodder, (29) 769. 

 dry shock corn, (32) 666. 

 native grasses, (28) 432. 

 oats and mixed grasses, (36) 436. 

 oats and tares, (35) 481. 

 pit silos, analyses, (32) 790. 

 Russian thistle, (38) 669. 

 soft corn ears, (34) 371. 

 sorghum refuse, analyses, (27) 170. 

 sweet potatoes, (39) 477, 482. 

 turnip leaves, notes, (27) 669. 

 various crops, acidity, (39) 310, 878. 

 various crops, feeding value, (39) 272. 

 frozen, effect on cattle, (26) 570. 

 handbook, (29) 87. 

 handling, (31) 891; (38) 390. 

 importance in southern beef production, (29) 69. 

 inoculation with lactic acid bacteria, (32) 364, 



767; (33) 467; (35) 373. 

 lactic acid in, (29) 712. 

 making, (38) 95, 665. 

 making and feeding, (29) 869; (31) 72; (32) 168; 



(39) 269. 

 mannite in, (37) 801. 

 mannitol in, (39) 107. 

 manual, (32) 567. 

 measuring, (37) 887; (39) 834. 

 methods in Bavaria, (26) 666. 

 methods of treatment, (40) 116. 

 methyl alcohol in, (32) 410. 

 microorganisms in, (33) 224; (37) 728. 

 normal temperatures and factors influencing 

 quality, (35) 270. ^ „ 



notes, (27) 872; (28) 274, 581; (29) 689; (31) 72, 



786; (32) 666; (34) 565; (38) 368; (40) 331. 

 nutritive value, (26) 360; (29) 270. 

 oat and pea, analyses, (34) 467, 667. 

 imlatability, (37) 671. 



Silage— Continued. 



pathogenic anaerobe from, (38) 384. 



pathogenic bacillus from, (39) 387. 



phosphatcd, notes, (31) 422, 623. 



physical changes during digestion, (39) 476. 



preparation, (33) 467. 



preservation, (28) 464. 



preservation and ripening in warm climates, 



(40) 116. 

 rape, feeding value, (35) 768. 

 relation to forage poisoning, (39) 686. 

 review of investigations, (27) 170. 

 sorghum and cowpea, mineral constituents, (40) 



769. 

 spoiling in metal silos, (32) 285. 

 stack, directions for making, (26) 468. 

 stack system, (29) 768. 

 stacking, (34) 565. 

 studies, (33) 274. 

 summary of data, (26) 393. 

 summer, v. soiling, (26) 574. 

 tests, (29) 633. 

 use, (26) 686; (27) 68. 

 use in Qreat Britain, (39) 269. 

 V. beets and mangels for milk production, (34) 



670. 

 V. cotton-seed hulls for steers, (31) 469; (32) 260, 



668. 

 V. soiling crops for dairy cows, (30) 874. 

 value and use, (34) 665. 

 variation in ether extract, (38) 413. 

 volatile aHphatic acids of, (28) 608, 609. 

 volatile fatty acids and alcohols in, (28) 109 

 wheat, notes, (33) 337. 

 Silica- 

 absorption by oats, (31) 632. 

 as a plant food, (30) 27. 

 concentration in surface soil, (31) 720. 

 crucibles, marking, (26) 715. 

 determination, (35) 314. 

 distribution in loam soils, (31) 618. 

 extraction from feldspar, (28) 223. 

 from feldspar, (29) 518. 

 of feeding stuffs, digestibility, (40) 769 

 plant, and sand, differentiating, (40) 610. 

 role in cereal nutrition, (32) 121. 

 role in plant nutrition, (26) 530. 

 solubility, (38) 310. 



solution in underground waters, (28) 27. 

 Silicate rocks, potash from, (27) 628; (28) 33; (37) 427. 



Silicates— 



as a source of potash, (27) 724; (29) 215, 518, 822 

 decomposition by bacteria, (29) 316. 

 decomposition by soil bacteria and yeast, (31) 



121. 

 detection, (26) 311. 

 in milk from glass bottles, (27) 376. 

 V carbonates as sources of lime and magnesia 



for plants, (32) 622. 

 weathering, (28) 322; (29) 123. 



Silicic acid- 

 determination in soils, (37) 505. 

 determination in water, (33) 711. 

 in lime, effect on soils, (26) 34. 

 in milk sterilized in bottles, (33) 675. 

 soluble, in phosphatic slag, (29) 409. 

 soluble, in Thomas slag powder, (30) 809. 



Silicofluoric acid as wood preservative, (30) 646. 



importance in animal nutrition, (31) 663. 

 nitrogen, fertilizing value, (31) 821. 

 Silk- 

 culture — , . ,,-. 

 in British colonies and dependencies, (ii>) 

 358 

 California, (30) 854. 

 India, (28) 736. 

 Indo-China, (30) 549. 

 Italy, (33) 858. 

 Philippines, (27) 659. 

 Yalung Valley, (29) 655. 

 notes, (39) 5.57. 

 trentise, (39) 560, 854. 

 eri, culture, (28) 657. 

 eri, notes, (27) 861.. 

 fibers, use in chemical analysis, (38) «. 

 Manchurian tussore, (38) 361. 

 moth, univoltin, development of eggs, (27) 456. 

 of spiders, use, (31) 452. 



