XXIV CONTENTS PART THIRD. 



cibarium Tuber brumale Tuber griseum Tuber mos- 

 chatum, . . . . . . . 478 



Algce : Alaria esculenta Chondrus crispus Chondrus mam- 

 millosus Diatomacese Berg-mehl D'Urvillaea utilis 

 Gigartina speciosa Gracilaria lichenoides Gracilaria 

 spinosa Laminaria saccharina Laminaria digitata La- 

 minaria potatorum Nostoc edule Porphyra vulgaris 

 Porphyra laciniata Rhodymenia palmata, . . 479 



PART THIRD. 



APPLICATION OP THE THEORY OP NUTRITION TO PRACTICAL 



USE IN THE FARM, ...... 481 



Effect of falling from a height on the temperature of a body, . 496 

 The production of Carbonic Acid the measure of the total force 



exerted in a living body, . 496 



Total Carbon in the Food nearly a measure of total energy, . 498 

 Grounds of doubt on the foregoing statements, . . . 500 



Application of the foregoing views to the choice of Food for the 



Horse, ........ 506 



Explanation of some difficulties in the foregoing views, . 513 



Observations on Horse-power, . . . . .515 



Proposed dietaries for the Horse tried by the foregoing prin- 

 ciples, ........ 520 



Urea as an index of muscular effort, .... 522 



Heat-giving and Fat-forming principles, . . . 530 



Mineral matters, ...... 534 



Rearing of Horses at the Farm, .... 535 



Application of theory to the Feeding of the Ox, . ' . 547 



Application of theory to Feeding the Cow, . . . 555 



Theory of Feeding the Cow during Gestation, . . . 559 



Remarks on the rearing of Calves, . . . .561 



On Feeding of Sheep, ...... 564 



On Feeding the Pig, ...... 567 



On Feeding Dogs, . . . . . .571 



On Feeding Poultry, . . . . . .572 



The Food of Pigeons, . . . . . .576 



Regularity in the Hours of Meals, . . . .579 



Table of the Chemical Composition of some principal articles 



of Food, . . . . . . .580 



Glossary, ...... 587-614 



