INDEX 



381 



Hay crops, changes in chemical com- 

 position, 58 

 composition, 99 



in the stack, measurement of, 

 104 



yields of y 99 

 Haemoglobin, 21 

 Hexoses, 14 



High-producing cows,- value of, 234 

 High-protein feeds, 11 

 Histones, 10 

 Hog motor, 298 

 Hogging-down corn, 305 

 Hogs following steers, 272 

 Hominy chop (feed, or meal), 185 

 Hoppers for dry mash, 345 

 Hordein, 10 

 Horse feeding, literature on, 293 



feeds, 210 

 Horses, alfalfa hay for, 284 



allowance of roughage for, 283 



and ruminants, digestion of co- 

 efficients of hay and straw 

 for, 64 



character of feed required, 278 



concentrates for, 287 



corn for, 287 



digestibility of coarse feeds, 63 



energy requirements of, 280 



fattening for the market, 289 



feeding, 277 



standards, 277 



grain hay for, 286 



hay for, 284 



measurement of work done by, 

 279 



roots for, 286 



silage for, 286 



systems of feeding, 282 



timothy hay for, 284 



watering, 283 



work done by, 277 



working, rations for, 290 

 Hot-house lambs, feeding of, 326 

 Hungarain grass, 111 



Icelandic moss, 211 



Increase of live weight in fattening, 



composition, 20 

 Incrusting substances, 15 

 Indian corn, 105 



chemical composition, 164 

 Indian corn, grain, 164 



field-curing, 108 



fodder, 129 



for horses, 287 



for swine, 303 



losses in curing, 60 



Indian corn, methods harvesting, 108 

 proportion of nutrients in, 



thickness of planting, effect 

 of, 105 



silage, 155 



variation in composition, 54 



yields secured, 106 

 Intestinal juice, 29 

 Invertases, 30 



Japanese cane, 112 

 Jerusalem artichokes, 142 



corn, 173 

 Johnson grass, 102 



Kaoliang, 173 

 Kafir corn, 110, 173 



silage, 158 

 Kale, 140 



Kellner's starch values, 50 

 Kentucky blue grass, 101 

 Keratin, 22, 321 

 Kitchen refuse, 211 

 Kjeldahl method, 17 

 Kohlrabi, 135 



Lacteals, 31 

 Lactose, 14 

 Lambs, early spring, feeding of, 327 



fall, feeding of, 327 



fattening, value of grain feeds 

 for, 330 



feeding of, 324 



hot-house, feeding of, 326 



weight at birth, 322 



winter feeding of, 327 

 Laying ration for poultry, 341 

 Leaves and twigs, 211 

 Lecithin, 23 

 Legume hay, average composition, 



113, 121 

 Legumelin, 9 

 Legumin, 9 

 Leguminous crops, value of, 113 



seeds, chemical composition, 176 

 Leucosin, 9 

 Levulose, 14 

 Lignin, 15 

 Linamarin, 198 

 Linoleic acid, 12 

 Linolenic acid, 12 

 Linseed meal, 195, 348 

 Lipase, 29 

 Lipoids, 23 

 Literature on feeding of beef cattle, 



276 

 calves, 226 



