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Index. 



Brood sow, feed for, 601. 



importance of exercise for, 605. 

 Broom-corn seed, 147. 

 Buckwheat, for pigs, 566. 



wild, for sheep, 500. 

 Buckwheat grain, 144. 

 Buckwheat and its by-products, 144. 



fertilizing constituents of, 145. 

 Bull, feed and care of, 467. 

 Burr clover, 203. 

 Butter, effect of cotton seed on quality of, 



156. 



Butter fat, effect of feed on composition of, 

 442. 



see Fat and Milk fat. 

 Buttermilk, 228. 



for pigs, 574. 

 Cabbage, 216. 

 Cactus, 217. 

 Calf, composition of, 71. 



rearing, 331, 338. 



dairy, rearing, 339. 



see Calves. 

 Calorie, 38. 

 Calorimeter, 37. 

 Calorimetry, 37. 

 Calves, birth weight of, 334. 



cod liver oil for, 337. 



cotton-seed meal for, 157. 



fall, 342. 



flax seed for, 337. 



feed and care after weaning, 341. 



gravity vs. separator skim milk, 836. 



hay tea for, 341. 



oleomargarine for, 337. 



separator skim milk for, 335. 



skim milk fed, gain from, 333. 



skim rnilk for, 335. 



sugar for, 337. 



veal, feeding, 343. 



wet chaffed hay for, 243. 



whey for, 337, 340. 



withholding coarse food from, 95. 



whole milk for, 334. 

 Calving, influence of time from, on milk 



flow, 407. 

 Cane sugar, 5. 



molasses, 225. 



Carbohydrate nutrition, 25. 

 Carbohydrates, influence on protein con- 

 sumption, 44. 



potential energy of, 38. 



source of fat, 51. 

 Carbohydrates and fat, effects of, 48. 



value of, 59. 



Carbonic acid, excretion of, 66. 

 Carcass, modifications of, 84. 



of farm animals, nitrogen and ash, 77. 

 Carriage horse, feeding of, 322. 

 Carrots, 212. 



for horses, 307. 



vs. mangels for pigs, 596. 

 Castor oil seed in linseed meal, 153. 

 Cattle, dressed weight of, 379. 



Cattle, fattening, feed and management* 

 381. 



range, fattening, 397. 



see Steer. 

 Cellulose, 5. 



Cereals, as forage plants, 191. 

 Chaff, 239. 



Chaffing, advantages of, 240. 

 Charcoal, for pigs, 615. 



cob, how to make, 615. 

 Chewing hay, work perforrr ed in, 29. 

 Chewing oats, work performed in, 29. 

 Christmas-lamb raising, 529. 

 Chyle, 20. 



composition of, 21. 

 Circulatory system, the, 21. 

 Clover, red, 196. 



mammoth, 201. 



alsike, 201. 



crimson or scarlet, 202. 



Japan, 203. 



burr, 203. 



proper time for cutting, 198. 

 Clover plant, development of nutrients, 197* 

 Clover hay, for cows, 476. 



for horses, 303. 



for sheep, 506. 



for swine, 611. 



losses in curing, 199. 



making, methods of, 198. 



spontaneous combustion of, 200. 



use of, 200. 



with meal for pigs, 577. 

 Coarse and concentrated feeds, digestion 



of, 31. 



Coarse fodders, digestibility of, 29. 

 Coarse forage, withholding from rumi- 

 nants, 94. 

 Cocoanut meal, 159. 



for horses, 301. 

 Cod liver oil for calves, 337. 

 Coefficients of digestibility, 98. 

 Colon, 18. 

 Colostrum, 228. 

 Colt, feeding after weaning, 316. 



protein feeds vs. oats for, 300. 



rations for, 331. 



see Foal. 



Columbian Exposition, dairy tests, 448* 

 Commercial fertilizers, 267. 

 Composition of feeding stuffs, 97. 

 Concentrated feeds for dairy cows, 413* 

 Concentrates, 97. 

 Condimental foods, 229. 



notes concerning, 229. 



not recommended, 230. 

 Confinement, of fattening steers, 364. 



vs. exposure, for sheep, 492. 

 Cooked feed, value of, 235. 



function of, 239. 



for cows, 432. 



for horses, 238. 



for swine, 236, 545. 



experiments with, for swine, 515^ 



