Index. 



647 



Dried blood, 220. 



for pigs, 78. 



for sheep, 511. 

 Dried brewers' grains, 137. 



for horses, 293. 

 Dried fish, 221. 



Dry matter required for 100 pounds of gain 

 . with steers, 370. 



Dry substance in the animal body, 72. 

 Dutch system of veal making, the, 343. 

 Dynamometer, Wolff's, 274. 

 Ear corn vs. corn meal for steers, 345. 

 Ensilage, see Silage. 

 Ergot, 193. 

 Ether extract, 11. 



potential energy of, 38. 

 Ewes, breeding, food for, 517. 



maintenance food for, in winter, 526. 



care and feed of, 530. 



feed required for 100 pounds of milk, 

 484. 



flushing, 517. 



milking qualities of, 483. 

 Ewe's milk, composition of, 480. 



value of, for lamb growing, 484. 

 Ewes and lambs, soiling of, 486. 

 Exclusive meal feeding, 94. 

 Excrement, amount of, voided by farm 

 animals, 264. 



composition of, 266. 

 Excretions, from the kidneys, 23. 



of the skin, 24. 

 Exercise for cows, 464. 



importance of, in horse management, 

 330. 



value of, for pigs, 549. 



Experiment Stations, findings with dairy 

 herds by, 457. 



trials of pure-bred dairy cows at, 455. 

 Exposure vs. confinement for sheep, 492. 

 Farm animals, amount of excrement 

 voided by, 264. 



calculating rations for, 102. 



comparative fattening qualities of, 74. 



manure produced by, 269. 



nitrogen and ash in carcass of, 77. 



nitrogen and ash retained and voided 



by, 265. 



Farm manure, value of, per ton, 270. 

 Farm stock, silage for, 256. 

 Fat, 11. 



cost of production, 448, 458. 



equivalent of foods for 100 parts of, 37. 



feeding to dairy cows, 431. 



feeding with, 56. 



in milk, formation of, 54. 



in the animal body, 72. 

 formation of, 56. 



influence of, on protein consumption, 

 44. 



potential energy of, 88. 



value of, for fat formation, 59. 

 Fat and carbohydrates, relative effects of, 

 48. 



Fat consumption, influence of water on, 60. 

 Fat formation, from carbohydrates, 51. 

 from protein, 55. 

 method of studying, 33. 

 influence of feeding fat on, 56. 

 influence of feeding protein on, 57. 

 influence of feeding protein and carbo- 

 hydrates on, 58. 

 influence of feeding protein and fat on, 



57. 



Fat nutrition, 25. 

 Fat of cow's milk, 226. 

 Fat of the body, disposition of, 617. 



source of, 50. 

 Fat sickness, 363. 

 Fat, see Butter fat. 

 Fat-Stock Show, sheep at, 495. 

 Fattening and feeds, 75. 

 Fattening, composition of increase during, 



73. 



influence of light on, 61. 

 Fattening of steers, feed for 100 pounds 



gain during, 370. i-" 



Fattening period, cost of gain increases 



with length of, 369. 

 for pigs, length of, 554. 

 Fattening process, concerning the, 61. 

 Fattening qualities, comparative, of dif- 

 ferent farm animals, 74. 

 Fattening sheep, quarters for, 522. 

 Fattening shorn lambs, 490. 

 Fatty acids, feeding of, 50. 

 I Feed, influence of, on animal body, 78, 616. 

 effect of, on composition of butter fat, 



442. 



on milk, a review of, 444. 

 on teeth and skull of pigs, 542. 

 on the body of the pig, 78. 

 on quality of pork, 614. 

 concentrated, necessity of, for cows, 471. 

 cooking, for swine, 236. 

 dry, for cows, 469. 

 for the dairy cow, 471. 

 for live stock, preparation of, 235. 

 influence of cost of, on economy of ra- 

 tions, 446. 



preparation of, for cows, 469. 

 required for 100 pounds gain with pigs, 



551,602. 



requirements for work with horses, 278, 

 soaking of, 239. 



succulent, influence of, on milk, 439. 

 wet, does not necessarily make watery 



milk, 440. 

 Feed and care of the bull, 467. 



of the dairy cow, 463. 

 Feed consumption, annual, by dairy cows, 



459. 



Feed lot, counsel in the, 381. 

 Feed racks for fattening sheep, 522. 

 Feeding, liberal, of cows, 470. 

 exclusively with meal, 94. 

 frequency of, for cows, 468. 

 order of, for cows, 469. 



