GLOSSARY. 



Technical terms which may not have been explained in the body of the 

 book are here defined. The botanical names of a number of agricult- 

 ural plants are also given to aid the reader who might otherwise be un- 

 certain which species or variety is meant. 



Abomasum. The 'fourth stomach of ruminants. (28) 



Ad libitum. At pleasure. In case of feeding farm animals, all they will 

 eat of any particular feeding stuff. 



Albuminoids. The more complex forms of protein. They are usually in- 

 soluble in water or may be rendered so by heat. (10) See Protein. 



Alfalfa. Medicago sativa. 



Aliment. Food, nutriment. 



Alimentary tract or canal. The duct comprising the stomach, intestines, 

 etc., by which food (aliment) is conveyed through the body, and 

 the useless parts evacuated. (32) 



Alsike clover. Trifolium hybridum. 



Amides. Protein compounds simpler than the albuminoids, which are 

 capable of transference in the plant, or such as have been reduced 

 to their present form from the albuminoids. (71) See Protein. 



Artichoke. Helianthus tuberosus. 



Ash. The portion of a feeding stuff which remains after it has been 

 burned. 



Assimilate. The conversion of digested nutrients into the fluid or solid 

 substances of the body. 



Balanced ration. A combination of farm foods containing the various 

 nutrients in such proportion and amount as will nurture the ani- 

 mal for twenty-four hours, with the least waste of nutrients. 



Barnyard millet. Panicum cms-galli. k 



Bolus. A rounded mass; the portion of the food ready to be swallowed 

 at one time. 



Burr clover. Medicago maculata. 



Calorie. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one 

 kilogram of water one degree Centigrade (or one pound of water 

 four degrees Fahrenheit). (61) 



Carbhydrates. See Carbohydrates. 



Carbohydrates. A group of nutrients rich in protein and containing 

 oxygen and hydrogen in the proportion in which they form water. 

 The carbohydrates do not contain nitrogen. 



