INDEX 



467 



Drying crops, conditions of, 220. 

 Drying fodders, effect of, 125, 221. 



Eggs, composition of, 407. 



Egg production, ash constituents 



for, 409. 



Elements, distribution of, 27. 

 Energy, chief source of, 183. 

 determination of 165. 



metabolizable, 168. 

 distribution of losses of, 169. 

 expended in feed consumption, 



177. 



how originated, 163. 

 in cattle foods, 166. 

 loss from food, 167. 

 loss in gases, 168. 

 maintenance, distribution of, 



312. 



measurement of, 165. 

 metabolizable, 167. 

 estimates of, 171. 

 in feeding-stuffs, 172. 

 in fodders and grains, 173. 

 nature of, 163. 

 net, 174. 



calculation of, 178. 

 necessary to work, 163. 

 uses of, 151. 



requirements by growing ani- 

 mals, 349. 



stored by plants, 10. 

 transformation of, 164. 

 values, as basis of valuation, 285. 

 calculation of, 212. 

 net, computation of, 179. 

 determination of, 211. 

 with different rations, 175. 

 Enzyms, 85. 

 action of, 92. 

 in pancreatic juice, 108, 

 Ether-extracts, 84. 

 Esophageal groove, 99. 

 Ewes, feeding of, 354. 

 Extractives, 67. 



Fat, milk-, 83. 

 Fats and oils, 80. 



functions of, 161. 



Fats, digestibility of, 121. 

 from carbohydrates, 161. 

 in grains and seeds, 81. 

 milk-, food sources of, 321. 

 nature and kinds of, 82. 

 Fat soluble A, 194. 

 Fattening animals, rate of increase 



363. 



Fatty acids, 84. 

 Feces, constituents of, 118. 

 Feeding and watering, influence of 



frequency, 130. 

 experiments as basis of feed 



value, 290. 



conclusions from, 203. 

 with fattening animals, 366. 

 practical, 203. 



practice, conclusions from, 202. 

 standards, 294. 

 American, 329. 

 Grouven's, 327. 

 Kuhn's, 328. 



the Wolff-Lehmann, 328. 

 Wolff's, 328. 

 Woll's, 329. 



stuffs, classification of, 265. 

 commercial by-product, 242. 

 commercial values of, 282. 

 home supply of, 304. 

 misleading terms for, 264. 

 physiological values of, 284. 

 selection of, 286. 

 valuation of, 281. 

 valuation by method of least 



squares, 283. 

 Feeds, classification of, 264. 



digestibility of various, 287. 

 Fermentation, intestinal, 110. 



results of, 91. 

 Ferments, 88. 

 action of, 91. 

 conditions of growth, 80. 

 definition of, 89. 

 organized, 89 



structure and distribution of, 89 

 unorganized, 92. 

 Fertility and legumes, 276. 

 Fibrinogen, 55. 

 Fibroin, 57. 



