VOLUMES OXE TO SIXTEEN. 



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FLOOD. 



Flood-waters, how injury from, reduced 

 by the removal of mill-dams (J. Hen- 

 derson), xiv. 140 ; how increased by, 

 130-1-2-3-7. 



, effect of, on grass-lands (J. A. 



Clarke}, xv. 9 ; instances of great floods, 

 4 ; effect of upon arable lands, 13. 



Flora, the, of Gh)ucestershire, xi. 126. 



Fluke in sheep (J. B. Simonds), xv. 277. 



Fly in sheep (H. Cleeve), i. 326. 



Flour, the proportion of gluten influ- 

 enced by the employment of different 

 azotised manures, iv. 179, 545. See 

 " Nitrogen," " Food of live stock." 



, proportion of, and bran in seeds of 



wheat (Dr. Fownes), iv. 545. 



Fly-galls in sheep (K. Smith), viii. 24. 



Fodder, on the comparative value of 

 different kinds in feeding cattle, by tlie 

 late Rev. W. Rham, iii. 78. 



Fogs, N. Whitley on, xi. 27. 



, B. Simpson on, xi. 632. 



Folding of sheep, examined by D. C. 

 Sprengel, i. 485 ; R. Smith on, viii. 9. 



Food for cottagers, on, by F.Burke, iii. 83. 



for live stock, amount required by 



an ox, a milch-cow, a fatting ox, a sheep 

 (Rev. W. Rham), iii. 82. 



, Mr, Riedesel on, at the meeting of 



the society of German landowners, iii. 

 225 ; the quantity requisite to keep a 

 beast in store condition, ib. ; or to pro- 

 duce either milk or meat, tVj. 



, on modes of comparing the nutritive 



values of different crops, by W. H. 

 Hyett, iv. 139; Von Thaer's table of 

 equivalent nutritive substances, 146 ; 

 Professor Johnston's table of equivalent 

 nutritive substances, ih. 



, Lyou Playfair's lecture on the ap- 

 plications of physiology to the rearing 

 and feeding of cattle, iv. 215; analysis 

 of gluten from flour, 216. 



, plants and flesh of animals, iv. 21 7 ; 



the temperature of the bodies of our 

 animaLs, ih. ; amount above the sur- 

 rounding air, i'l. ; how tliis heat sus- 

 tained, /''. 



, the carbon a man consumes daily, 



iv. 218; tlie carbon a cow expires in 

 her brcatli, i''. ; the (inantity of food ne- 

 cessary to support tlie animal lieat, t'/. ; 

 thcfruits on wliich llie natives of warm 

 countries feed, /''. ; tlie train-oil enjoy-ed 

 by the inhabitants of the arctic regions, 

 ih, ; the use of dotlies, 219. 



, warmth is an equivalent for, iv. 



222; experiments at WhitHeld farm on 

 the effects of shelter and warmth in the 

 fatting of sheep, i''. ; manifestation of 

 force is accompauied by a change of 



FOOD. 



matter in the body, 225 ; poultry -feeders 

 keep them quiet, ih. ; experiments with 

 some pigs to prove the advantages of 

 quiet, ib. ; Mr. Childers' experiments 

 on, 226 ; other instances of the effects 

 of quietude, ib. ; the diet allowed to 

 prisoners in the Scotch prisons, 227 ; 

 amount of food allowed to a cavalry 

 horse, ib. ; by exercise animals lose 

 weight, 226 ; Cornish miners do so, 26. ; 

 uric' acid, formation of, 228 ; the for- 

 mation of flesh, 229 ; the amount of 

 water in food, ib. ; experiments with an 

 ox fed on mangold-wurzel, 230 ; per- 

 centage of albumen in food, 232 ; the 

 experiments of Mr. Morton on the 

 feeding of pigs, 233 ; the fat ready 

 formed in certain vegetable substances, 

 ib. ; effect of oil-cake in producing fat, 

 232 ; fatty substances are of use in fat- 

 tening animals, 234; mutton-suet given 

 to fattening ducks, ib. ; linseed-oil given 

 as a substitute for linseed-cake, ib. ; sugar 

 occasions a great development of tallow, 

 ib. ; the form in which food is given to 

 live stock, ib. ; mastication, its use, ib. ; 

 saliva, its use, ib. ; giving food in the 

 form of chaff, its advantages, {/). ; the 

 reason why chaff' is given of different 

 sizes to diff'ereut animals, ib. ; object of 

 rumination, ib. • the nutriment contain- 

 ed in straw, ib. ; chaff-cutting, ib. ; the 

 object of giving it to turnip-fed animals, 

 235 ; the ill effects produced by neg- 

 lecting to give liay or straw in some 

 instances, ib. ; the object of giving b.ay 

 or straw to stall-fed animals, ib. ; the 

 use of salt in food, 236 ; formation of 

 bile, its use, ib. ; the iron contained 

 in the blood, ib. ; too large a propor- 

 tion of salt injurious, 237 ; the pro- 

 cess of nutrition, ib. ; in youth the sup- 

 ply must be greater tlian the waste of 

 the body, ib. ; the life of an adult and 

 that of youth, ib. • milk, its composition, 

 that of a woman, cow, &c., 238, sec 

 " Milk ;" effect of judicious and gene- 

 rous treatment wlien young, 239 ; efl'ect 

 of interference with the order of nature 

 iu rearing aninuils, ib. • efl'eots of feed- 

 ing the young animal witli skimmed 

 milk, 2411 ; substances added to skimmed 

 milk for young animals, ib. ; cold inju- 

 rious to young animals, 241 ; potatoes 

 as the food of a growing animal, 242 ; 

 young aninuils recpiire exercise, 1''.; the 

 absence of light, effect of, and of quiet- 

 ude, 244 ; the Italian mode of fattening 

 ortolans, i'^. 

 Foot) of live stock for dairy pui'poses, 

 iv. 246. Sec " .Milk." 



