INDEX 



Abomasum, the, 103. 

 Absorption of food, 116. 

 Accessories, food, 193. 

 Acids, the, 80. 

 fatty, 84. 

 amino, 66. 



limiting factor, 191. 

 Age, influence of, 133. 



relation to meat production, 428. 

 Air, carbon in, 13. 

 Albuminoids, 57. 

 Alimentary canal, parts of, 94. 

 Alfalfa, 227. 

 Amides, 66. 

 Amylopsin, 109. 

 Animal, ash elements, 23. 



bodies, mineral compounds of, 



44. 



fats, food sources, 208. 

 foods, origin of, 9, 266. 

 growth, chemical elements in, 



12. 



heat, a waste product, 184. 

 regulation of, 183. 

 source of, 10. 

 organism, work performed by, 



162. 

 production, adaptability of 



crops to, 273. 

 refuses, 270. 



size of in relation to ration, 301. 

 substance, source of, 10. 

 Animals, cruelty to, 433. 

 elements in, 21. 

 environment and treatment, 



431. 



factors in management of, 425. 

 fattening, experiments with, 



365. 



feeding experiments in, 366. 

 food needs of, 364. 



Animals, fattening, rate of increase, 



363. 

 selection for meat production, 



427. 



young, milk for, 351. 

 Anti-bodies, 85. 

 Argon, 17. 

 Ash compounds, distribution in 



the animal body, 45. 

 distribution in parts of plants, 



42. 



in plants, 39. 



constituents, influence of manu- 

 facturing processes, 43. 

 for egg production, 409. 

 elements in, 21. 

 after ignition, 39. 

 in blood, 46. 



elements in soft tissues, 46. 

 of plants, mineral compounds 



in, 38. 



variation in plants, 40. 

 variations due to species, 40. 

 Assimilation, 87. 



Bacteria, 89. 



intestinal, 110. 



in digestive tract, 92. 

 Barley feed, 250. 



Beef, growth in production of, 363. 

 Beet, sugar-, molasses, 256. 



residues from, 255. 

 Beri-beri, 193. 

 Bile, the, 106. 



function of, 107. 

 Birds, digestive apparatus of, 403. 



food needs of, 399. 



young, rations for, 413. 

 Blood, the, 138. 



ash elements in, 46. 



circulation of, 142. 



DD 



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