650 



Index. 



Intake of body in respiration and feeding, 



34. 



Intestinal juice, the, 20. 

 Intestines, large, 18. 



length of, of pigs, 542. 



of farm animals, length and capacity 



6f, 19. 



Japan clover, 203. 

 Japan clover hay vs. Bermuda hay for 



cows, 423. 



Japanese millet, 188. 

 June grass, 185. 

 Kaffir corn, value of, in steer droppings, 353. 



for pigs, 565. 



for steers, 352. 



red, yield of, 146. 

 Kentucky blue grass, 185. 

 Kidneys, excretion from, 23. 

 Kiihn's rations, method of compounding, 



115. 



Kiihn's standard maintenance ration, 112. 

 Labor, hard, nitrogen excretion during, 65. 

 Lactation of cow, advance in, and produc- 

 tivity of feed, 407. 



Lamb growing, value of ewe's milk for, 484. 

 Lambing, date of, 517. 

 Lambing time, care of sheep at, 518. 

 Lambs, compared with pigs, 482. 



fat, 521. 



fattening, rations for, 528. 

 "self-feed "for, 490. 



feeding grain to, before weaning, 510. 



feeding milk to, 481. 



feeding of, 530. 



grain for, before weaning, 508. 



shorn, fattening of, 490. 



vs. sheep for fattening, 486. 



water drank by, during fattening, 493. 



weaning of, 519. 



weight at birth, 481. 



winter or Christmas, raising, 529. 



see Sheep. 



Lambs and pigs, relative economy of, 483. 

 Lard, cause of low price of, 609. 

 Large intestine, 18. 

 Leaves and twigs, 219. 

 Legumes, 195. 



fertilizing constituents of, 210. 

 Leguminous plants for green forage and 



hay, 195. 

 Leguminous seeds, 161. 



fertilizing constituents of, 162. 

 Liebig's theory concerning the function of 



protein, 64. 



Light, influence of, on fattening, 61. 

 Linseed meal, 149. 



castor oil seed in, 153. 



fertilizing constituents of, 153. 



vs. cotton-seed meal for cows, 420. 



see Oil meal. 



Low-grade flour, feeding of, 129. 

 Lucern, see Alfalfa. 

 Lymphatic system, the, 21. 

 Lymphatics, the, 21. 



Maintenance food for breeding ewes, 52tj. 

 Maintenance rations, for horses, 282. 



for oxen, 111. 



Kiihn's, 112. 



protein required in, 283. 

 Maize, see Corn. 

 Maize feed vs. corn meal and bran for cows, 



414. 



Malt for stock, 136. 

 Malting, 135. 

 Malt sprouts, 138. 



digestibility of, 27. 



for horses, 301. 

 Mammoth clover, 201. 

 Mangels, 213. 



vs. carrots for pigs, 596. 



vs. grain for pigs, 595. 

 Manure, from the ox, 264. 



produced by farm animals, 269. 



produced, Heiden's method for calcu- 

 lating amount of, 265. 

 Manurial value of feeding stuffs, 263. 

 Manyplies, 16. 

 Mare, food for, "20. 



period of gestation of, 271. 



see Horse. 



Mare's milk, composition of, 273. 

 Mare and foal, investigations concerning,. 



271. 

 Mastication, 12. 



time required by horse for, 13. 

 Mating sheep, 529. 

 Meal feeding, exclusive, 94. 

 Meat scrap, 220. 



for pigs, 575. 



for sheep, 511. 

 Middlings for swine, 610. 



vs. corn fqr pigs, 561. 



see Shorts. " 

 Milch cows, salt for, 411. 



see Cows. 

 Milk, 226. 



changing components of, 441. 



changing ratio of solids to water in, -W; 



cost of production of, 448, 458. 



cow's, for foal feeding, 317. 



effect of feed on quantity of, 437. 



ewe's, composition of, 480. 



feed required for 100 pounds of, 484 

 value of, for lamb growing, 484. 



fat globules of, 403. 



feeding of, to lambs, 481. 



feed in relation to, 437. 



influence of character of rations on,.4o7> 



influence of feed on, 437. 



influence of feed on flavor of, 443. 



influence of feed on, review of, 444. 



influence of pasture on, 439. 



influence of succulent feed on, 439. 



mare's, 273. 



nitrogenous constituents of, 227. 



modifications of, by feeding, 437. 



per cent, of fat in successive portions, 

 of, 403. 



