INDEX. 



157 



Fibre in foods, 88, 93, 94. 



Fish manure, 35. 



Flavour of food, 115. 



Flesh-formers, 81. 



Fodder plants, 43, 51, 52, 88, 91-93. 



digestibility of, 97. 100, 



103. 



_ _ feeding value, 107, 109. 

 Food constituents, functions of, 81. 



values of, 83, 108. 

 Foods, ash constituents of, 83, 92, 139. 



comparative value, 106, 114. 

 - composition of, 87, 92. 



digestibility of, 96. 



digestible matter in, 107. 



economy of, 110, 112, 114. 



influence on butter, 132. 



on milk, 130. 



manurial constituents, 139. 



variations in, 92. 



Force, production of, 80, 119, 122. 

 Forest, action on the atmosphere, 5. 



produce, 49, 55. 



soil, 20, 30, 56. 

 Formaldehyde, production of, 6. 

 Fowls, digestion of, 102. 

 Fungi, 10, 23. 



GASTRIC juice, 84. 



Geese, digestion of, 102. 



Gelatinoids, 76, 81. 



Germination, 12. 



Glutamine, 89. 



Goats, digestion of, 97. 



Goat's milk, 117. 



Grains, brewers', 88, 89, 91, 97, 107, 



111, 131, 140. 

 Grass crop, 4, 48, 51, 65. 



composition of, 4, 48, 88, 93. 



digestibility of, .97, 100, 103. 



feeding value, 107, 109, 111, 131. 



manure, 40. 



variations in composition, 93. 

 Gravel, 22. 



Green clover, composition of, 88. 



crops in rotation, 65. 



manuring, 67. 



part of plants, 5. 

 Ground phosphates, 38. 

 Growth, force used in, 80. 

 Guano, 34. 



Gypsum, 41, 54. 



HAIR, 37, 76. 

 Hay crop, 4, 48, 51. 



composition of, 88, 93, 140. 



digestibility of, 97, 100, 103. 



Hay, feeding value, 107, 109, 111. 

 manure value, 140. 

 Haymaking, 95, 104. 

 Heat, animal, 80, 119. 



relations to plants, 5, 59. 



to soil, '21, 24. 

 Heat-values of food, 109. 

 High-manuring, effect on crops, 94. 

 Hoof, 37. 



Horn, 37, 76. 



Horse, digestion of, 99. 



labour diet of, 119, 122. 



maintenance diet, 121. 



manure, 133, 136. 

 Human milk, 117. 



Humus, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 67. 

 Hygroscopicity, 20. 



INCREASE whilst fattening, 79, 123. 

 Iron in soils, 26, 40. 



KAINITB, 42. 

 Keratin, 76. 



LA HOUR diet, 119, 122. 



Lactose, 144 



Lamb, 77, 78, 123. 



Leaf litter, 134. 



Leaves, function of, 4. 



Leguminous crops, 10, 48, 52, 66, 69, 



73. 



Leucine, 89. 



Light, action on plants, 5, 8, 59, 80. 

 Lignin, 2, 82, 99. 

 Liming, 19, 41. 

 Linseed, 118. 



cake, composition, 88. 



digestibility of, 97. 



feeding value, 107, 109, 111. 



manure value, 139. 

 Liquid manure, 142. 

 Litter, 134. 



Losses by drainage, 24, 36, 44, 64, 72. 



during rotation, 70. 

 Lucerne, 52, 59, 61, 68. 



digestibility of, 97, 100. 



"MAINTENANCE diets, 81, 120. 

 Maize, composition of, 88, 92, 139. 



crop, 48. 51. 



digestibility, 97, 100, 102. 



feeding value, 107, 109, 111. 



manure value, 139. 

 Malt, 13, 90. 

 Malt-dust, 88, 89, 91, 139. 



digestibility, 97. 



- feeding value, 107, 109, 



