INDEX 



399 



Digestion, defective, 33 



effect of work upon, 34 



extent of, 3 1 



influence of quantity of food 

 upon, 35 



influence of mixing of food 

 upon, 36 



influence of species of ani- 

 mal, 32 



of one-sided rations, 36 

 processes of, 2 1 

 Digestive power of different 



breeds, 32 



individuals, 33 



Distillery grains, 215 



waste or slump, 215 

 Dried blood, 223 



brewers' grains, 215 



slumps, 217 



Drought, effect on plants, 157 

 Dry matter, 4 



Drying of samples of food- 

 stuffs, 4 



Durability of food-stuffs, 120 

 Dynamic energy, 57 



Earth-nut cake and meal, 197 

 Energy from fat, 107 



nitrogen-free nutrients, 



1 06 



isolated nutrients, no 



protein, 104, 106 



starch, 107, 273 



metabolism, 48 



required for performance of 

 work, iii 



sources of, 104 



total, no 



units of, 48 



used in mastication and 

 digestion, 57, 87 



Ensilage (see Silage) 

 Enzymes in digestive juices, 21 



properties of, 22 

 Epithelial cells in mammary 



gland, 307 

 Ether extract, 12 



Excretion of waste products,43 

 Exercise, benefits of, 298, 344 



Fasting metabolism, 51 



Fat, amount to be.fed, 257, 272 



determination of increase 

 in body, 46 



from cane sugar, 80 



from carbohydrates, 77 



from crude fibre, 80 



from protein, 64, 82 



heat value of, 70 



in food, 257 



influence on digestibility of 

 food, 38 



influenced by food, 258 



in fasting, 54 

 Fats and oils, 10 



carbohydrates, 77 



Fattening of grown animals, 



254 

 ruminants, 261 



ration, 256 

 Feeding, insufficient, 55 



loaves, manufacture of, 148 



of draught oxen, 273 



of horses, 275 



standards, 392 

 Feeding-stuffs, full-value, 90 

 Field beans, 188, 281 



Fish meal, 222 



Flavour of milk, 176, 346 



Flesh, composition of, 46 



increase of, 44 



Flour mills, by-products from, 



190 

 Fodder damaged by fumes, 1 18 



fungi, 118 



moulds, 1 19 



frozen, 119 



mastication of green, 88 



plants, influence of variety, 



154 

 of soil and manuring, 



155 



Food, extra required for fat 

 animals, 267 



