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Carnivorous. A term applied to animals that feed chiefly on flesh. 

 Casein. The protein substance of milk which is coagulated by rennet or 



acids. 



Castor oil bean. The seed of Riclnus communis. 

 Cathartic. A medicine that acts as a purge. 

 Cellulose. The cell tissue of plants. The lint of cotton and wood pulp 



are almost pure cellulose. See Crude fiber. 

 Chyle. A milky fluid found in the lacteals, consisting of digested but 



unassimilated nutrients in solution, and the digested fatty matter 



of the food in a state of emulsion. (35) 



Concentrates. The more nutritious portion of the rations of farm ani- 

 mals, embracing such feeding stuffs as corn, oil meal, etc. 

 Corn. See Indian corn. 

 Corn fodder, or fodder corn. Stalks of corn, either green or dried, which 



are grown for forage and from which the ears or nubbins, if they 



carry any, have not been removed. 

 Corn stover. See Stover. 

 Cowpea. Dolichos katiang, var. sinensis. 

 Crimson clover. Trifolium incarnatum. 

 Crude fiber. The framework forming the walls of the cells of plants. It 



is composed of cellulose and lignin, ^he latter being the more 



woody portion. (20) 

 Crude protein. See Protein. 

 Diastase. The ferment found in seeds while germinating, especially in 



malting barley, by aid of which starch is converted into glucose. 

 Digestible matter. The part of feeding stuffs brought into solution or 



semi-solution by the digestive fluids. 

 Digestible nutrients. The portion of any food constituent that is digested 



by animals. 

 Digestion coefficient. The percentage of any particular nutrient of a 



feeding stuff which is found to be digestible. 

 Digestive tract. See Alimentary tract. 

 Dry matter. The portion of a feeding stuff remaining after the water or 



moisture contained therein has been driven off' by heat. 

 Emulsion. A milk-like mixture of a liquid and a solid, or of two liquids 



in which one of the constituents, generally fat or oil, is present in 



suspension in an exceedingly fine mechanical condition. 

 Ensilage. As a noun, the forage preserved in a silo; now usually termed 



silage, which see. As a verb, to place in a silo. 

 Ergot. A parasitic fungus of poisonous qualities found on some of the 



cereals and grasses. (283) 

 Ether extract. That which is dissolved from a water-free feeding stuff 



by means of ether. It is often termed "fat" by agricultural 



writers. (21) 



