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INDEX 



Roots and tubers, 239. 

 Rumen, the, 100. 

 Rumination, 102. 



Saccharose, 72. 



Saliva, the, 97. 



origin of, 97. 



properties and office of, 97. 

 quantity excreted, 98. 

 Salt, effect of, 129. 



a necessity for fowls, 410. 

 Sap, 31. 

 Season and storage, influence of, 



131. 



Screenings, 247. 

 Secretins, 85, 111. 

 Sheep, fattening, food needs of, 



373. 

 quantity of nutrients for, 



374. 



nature of growth, 372. 

 growing, standards for, 356. 

 maintenance food for, 317. 

 place on the farm, 371. 

 selection of rations for, 376. 

 Silage, acidity of, 230. 



cutting and shredding, 237. 

 crops for, 234. 

 growth of corn for, 236. 

 Silo, changes in, 228. 



cleavage of proteins in, 230. 

 extent of loss in, 231. 

 filling the, 236. 

 importance of losses in, 233. 

 losses in, 229. 

 necessary loss in, 232. 

 rate of filling, 237. 

 Silos, construction of, 235. 

 Skimmed milk, 268. 

 for calves, 351. 

 Sodium, 19. 



Soft tissues, ash elements in, 46. 

 Soiling, conditions favorable to, 



277. 



crops a necessity, 276. 

 area and rotation, 280. 

 selection of, 278. 

 the economy of, 277. 

 Soil moisture, influence of, 33. 



Species, influence of, 133. 



Spongin, 57. 



Stage of growth, influence of. 



127. 



Standards, German, for fattening 

 animals, 367. 



for milk production, 330. 

 Starch, manufacture of, 253. 

 Starches, the, 75. 



rate of digestibility, 120. 

 Steapsin, 108. 

 Steers, fattening, rations for, 



370. 



Stomach, the, 99. 

 Straws, the, 239. 

 Sugar-beet pulp, 255. 

 Sugars, the, 74. 



simple, 70. 



Swine, changes in production, 

 379. 



character of the growth, 379. 



feeding of, 378. 



forage crops for, 386. 



influence of ration on develop- 

 ment, 383. 



Teeth, the, 95. 



Temperature, the critical. 185. 



regulation of, 183. 

 Therm, definition of, 165. 



Urea, elimination of, 147. 



Vitamines, 85, 193. 

 Vitellin, 56. 



Wastes, elimination of, 146. 

 Water, 28. 



content, conditions affecting, 34. 

 measurement of, 29. 

 variation in animal bodies, 



37. 



elimination of, 147. 

 functions of, 152. 

 hygroscopic, 29. 

 in feeding-stuffs, 34. 

 in living plants, 30. 

 in the animal, 36. 

 physiological, 30. 



