400 



INDEX 



Food fat, influence upon body 



fat, 76 

 influence upon secretion 



of milk, 321 

 Food for milch cattle, 338 



preparation for pigs, 305 



nutrients, 43, 83 



Foods, utilisation of complete, 



82 

 Food-stuffs, effect of injurious, 



338 



that damage milk, 346 



that improve milk, 347 

 Frequent milking, effect of , 3 1 3 

 Fruit sugar (see Levulose) 

 Full-value feeding-stuffs, 90 



Gaseous products formed dur- 

 ing digestion, 25 

 Gastric digestion, 23 

 Gastric juice, 23 

 Gelatine as food, 61 

 Glucose, 14 

 Glutamine, 8 

 Gluten feed, 206 

 Glycerine, 10, u 

 Grain, composition of, 180 



falsification of ground, 184 



influence of soil and manur- 

 ing, 183 



losses on storage, 131 



sprouting of, 182 

 Grape sugar (see Glucose) 

 Grass, influence of age, 150 

 Green food, care in use of, 158 



maize, 162 

 Grinding grain, 138 



Group system in experiments 



on cows, 319 

 Growth of wool, 249 



H 



Hay, 150, 161 

 Hay-making, 122 

 Heat generated in fattening, 265 



loss of body, 52 



values, 48 



Heating water for animals, 103 



Hemp cake, 203 

 Henneberg's number, 65 

 Homco, or hominy feeding 



meal, 194 

 Hordenin, 214 

 Horse chestnuts, 190 



inferior digestive power, 3 1 

 Horses, feeding of, 275 



maize for, 280 



oats for, 280 

 Hydrochloric acid in gastric 



juice, 23 

 heated with straw, 144 



Incarnate clover, 164 

 Incrusting material, 13, 14, 144 

 Indian corn (see Maize) 

 Insufficient feeding, 55 

 Internal work of body, no 

 Intestinal juice, 24 

 Intestine, bacteria in, 24 

 Investigations in groups, 240, 



319 



periods, 240, 317 



Iron in food, 98 



Java bean, poison in, 188 



K 



Kidney vetch, 164 

 Kohl-rabi, 176 

 leaves, 167 



Labour, hard, and nitrogen ex- 

 cretion, 105 



Lactation, period of, 310 



Lactic acid, action on digesti- 

 bility, 39 



and fat, 8 1 



in digestion, 25 



in silage, 1 27 



Lactose, 14 



Lambs, feeding of, 294 



weaning of, 294 



Leaves and twigs as fodder, 168 



Lecithine, 8, 98 



