INDEX 



401 



Leguminosse as fodder crops, 



163, 165 



Leguminous seeds, 187 

 Levulose, 14 

 Liebig's recipe, 145 

 Lignin in crude fibre, 13 

 Lime, effect of deficiency, 96 



in feeding-stuffs, 98 



phosphate of, 223 

 Linoleic acid, 333 

 Linseed, 189 



cake, 200 



Lipase in gastric juice, 23 

 Loss of heat from body, 52 

 Losses during keeping of man- 

 gels, 134 

 storage of grain, 131 



in making hay, 125 

 Lucerne, 164 



Lupine plants as fodder, 165 

 poison in, 165 



seeds, 189 

 steeping, 143 



M 



Magnesia, in animal body, 96 

 Maintenance ration, 58 



for oxen at rest, 246 



for sheep, 249 



influence of body surface, 



246 

 Maize, 186 



for horses, 186, 280 



for pigs, 187 



germ cake, 206 

 Malt, 182 



coombs, 213 

 Malting of grains, 145 

 Mammary gland, 307 

 Mangel tops, 166 

 Mangels, food value of, 175 



losses on storing, 134 



properties of, 174 

 Manyplies, 19 



Marsh-gas fermentation, 25 

 Mashes, sweet, 145 

 Meadow hay, 161 



grass, 161 



Meals, feeding, 192 

 Meat meal, 221 

 Metabolism, definition of, 43 

 Methods of investigation in 



milk production, 317 

 Milch cows, feeding of, 306 

 Milk, 217 



composition of, 218 



formation of, 306 



sugar, 14 



yields, 308 



Milking, influence of frequency 



of, 311 

 Millet, 182 



polish, 193 

 Mineral hunger, 59 



substances, 1 5 



metabolism of, 94 



in milk, 343 



Moistening of food, 140 

 Molasses, 208 



feeds, 210 



adulteration of, 211 



water in, 212 



way to use, 211 

 Muscular energy, sources of, 



104, 1 06 

 Mustard, white, 166 



N 



Narrow and wide rations, 232 



Nitrogen equilibrium, 61 



Nitrogen-free extract, 14 



nutrients as source of mus- 

 cular energy, 106 



diminish consumption of 



protein, 330 



effect on metabolism, 69- 



72, 330 



effect on milk produc- 

 tion, 329 



influence upon compo- 

 sition of butter, 334 



Nitrogenous substances (see 

 Protein) 



Non-protein nitrogenous sub- 

 stances, 7, 8 



