INDEX 



383 



Pasture, grasses, chemical composi- 

 tion, 93 

 Pastures, 90 

 care of, 91 

 swine, 304 

 Peanut, 126 



meal, 203 

 Peas, 175 



Canada field, 121 

 Pea straw, 130 

 Pectin bodies, 15 

 Pentosans, 14 

 Pentoses,14 

 Peptones, 10 

 Phosphate of lime, 25 

 Phytin, 180 

 Pie melons, 141 

 Pig clubs, 316 

 Pigs, birth weight and gains made 



by, 295 

 fed for fattening in winter and 



summer, 313 

 feeding of, 307 

 intended for breeding purposes, 



approximate ration for, 309 

 relation of weight to feed con- 

 sumed and rate of gain, 296 

 Plains Region, grasses of, 91 

 Plants, composition, 6 

 Poisoning by sorghum forage, 110 

 Poisonous plants, 127 

 Poly-saccharides, 14 

 Potassium and iron, 25 

 Potatoes, 137 



dried, 137 



Poultry, animal feeds for, 347 

 broiler ration, 355 

 bulk of feed, 342 

 charcoal, 351 

 chick ration, 354 

 composition of green feeds, 352 



animal feeds, 352 

 crate-fattening, 357 

 digestibility of animal feeds, 



352 

 digestive system, 336 



tract, 337 



examples of rations, 353 

 farm colony house, 340 

 fattening, 340 

 crate, 356 

 feed, bulk of, 342 

 cost of, 343 

 cottonseed meal, 348 

 dry mash, 345 



hoppers, 345 

 flavor of, 343 

 grain to mash ratio, 342 



Poultry feed, green feeds, 348 

 how much to feed, 343 

 linseed meal, 348 

 suitability of, 342 

 soybean meal, 348 

 variety in, 342 

 wet mash, 346 

 wet versus dry mash, 344 

 feeding, 336 



standards, 339 

 versus breeding, 346 

 growth, 340 



hoppers for dry mash, 345 

 house, interior of modern, 343 

 how much to feed, 343 

 laying, ration for, 341 

 literature, 358 



nutritive ratio standard, 339 

 salt, 351 



Prairie hay, 102 

 Preparation of feeds, influence on 



digestibility, 67 

 Prickly comfrey, 212 

 Prickly pear, 146 

 Proprietary feeds, 210 

 Protamines, 10 

 Protein, 8 



chemical energy in, 38 

 determination, 16 

 functions of, 46 

 influence on digestibility, 69 

 Proteins, conjugated, 10 

 derived, 10-- 

 modified, 10 

 simple, 9 

 Proteose, 10 



Prussic acid in feeds, 110, 127 

 Pumpkins, 141 



Ram, feeding of, 323 



Range and desert plants, 145 



cattle, feeding of, 273 



forage plants, composition of, 

 145 



sheep, fattening of, at different 



ages, 325 

 Rape, 138 

 Rations, calculations of, 71 



for beef cattle, 253 



for dairy cows, 248 



for fattening sheep, 332 



for work horses, 290 

 Red-clover, 117 

 Red-dog flour, 181 

 Red-top, 101 



Remedies for calf scours, 220 

 Rennet stomachs, 217 

 Respiration apparatus, 39 



