INDEX. 



Absorption, 43. 



Adulterants in feeds, in; composi- 

 tion of, 112. 



Agricultural Experiment Stations, 

 293- 



Albuminoids, 22, 24. 



Alfalfa, for calves, 247; for dairy 

 cows, 194; for ewes, 251; for 

 fattening cattle, 211; for horses, 

 218; for poultry, 259; for sheep, 

 226; for swine, 242; cropping 

 systems with, 291 ; meal, 103 ; 

 pasture for sheep, 226; pasture 

 for swine, 244. 



Amides, 22. 



Amylopsin, 37, 43. 



Animals, action of plant on, 2; ash 

 in, 18, 32; carbohydrates in, 27; 

 composition of, section on, 31 ; 

 composition of ash of, 20; com- 

 position of dry matter of, 7, 31 ; 

 distribution of mineral elements 

 in, 8; fats in, 34; food of, I ; pro- 

 tein in, 34 ; statistics on, IV ; 

 water in, 12, 32. 



Apples for poultry, 259. 



Ash, acids and bases of, 13 ; defini- 

 tion and composition of, 13 ; dis- 

 tribution of in plants, 15; ex- 

 amples of 13; functions of, 56; 

 in animals, 18; in plants, 13; 

 salts of, 13; variation of in plant 

 substances, 14. 



Assimilation, 44; definition of, 36. 



Barley, 98; for dairy cows, 190; for 

 fattening cattle, 212; for horses, 

 216; for lambs, 229; for poultry, 

 257; for swine, 238; pasture for 

 swine, 244. 



Bedding for fattening cattle, 213 ; for 



horses, 219; for sheep, 227; for 



swine, 244. 

 Beet pulp, 86; for dairy cows, 192; 



for fattening cattle, 210; for 



sheep, 231. 



Beets for dairy cows, 210. 

 Bermuda grass for dairy cows, 193. 

 Bile, 37- 



Blood, arterial and venous, 45 ; com- 

 position of, 46; functions of, 45; 



physical characters of, 45; pure 



and impure, 47; salts of, 45. 

 Bolus, 39. 

 Bone, composition of, 91 ; fresh cut 



and dry cracked for poultry, 258, 



259; meal, 88. 

 Brewers' grains, 79, 80; for dairy 



cows, 191; for horses, 217; for 



poultry, 267. 

 Buckwheat by-products for dairy 



cows, 190 ; for poultry, 257. 

 Buttermilk, 88; for swine, 241. 

 By-products, alcoholic, 79; animal 



and fish, 87; breakfast food, 80; 



glucose and starch, 82; milk, 88; 



milling, 83; packing house, 88; 



sugar, 85 ; value of, 74 ; vegetable 



oil, 74. 



Cabbage for poultry, 259. 

 Calf, care of, 249; feeding of beef, 



246; feeding of dairy, 248; feed 



after weaning, 247; weaning, 248. 

 Calcium, 4, 18. 

 Calorie, definition of, 61. 

 Calorimeter, 63. 

 Canada blue grass for dairy cows, 



193- 

 Canada field pea for dairy cows, 194 ; 



for swine, 239. 



