INDEX 



299 



Milch cows, standards for, section 



on, 173. 



Milk, by-products of, 88; composi- 

 tion of, 20, 87, 88; for calves, 



248; for colts, 249. 

 Millet hay for dairy cows, 193; for 



horses, 218. 

 Millet seed for poultry, 257; for 



swine, 238. 

 Molasses, beet, cane and sorghum, 



85, 86, 87; for dairy cows, 192; 



for fattening cattle, 211 ; for 



horses, 217; for swine, 241. 

 Molasses feeds, 99; classes of, 100. 

 Nitrogen, 3. 

 Nitrogen free compounds, section on, 



26. 



Nitrogen free extract, 26, 27. 

 Nutrients, table of digestible, 125. 

 Nutrients and their functions, sec- 

 tion on, 56; comparison of, 59; 



how they enter the blood, 47; 



summary of functions of, 58. 

 Nutritive ratio, definition of, 124; 



terms of, 144. 



Oat feeds, 80, 81 ; fortified, 99. 

 Oat hay for horses, 218. 

 Oats for calves, 247; for colts, 250; 



for dairy cows, 191 ; for ewes, 



251; for fattening cattle, 211; 



for horses, 215; for lambs, 229; 



for pigs, 253; for poultry, 257; 



for sheep, 229; for swine, 239. 

 Oats and barley mixed, 98. 

 Oats and peas, and vetch, and peas 



and vetch for dairy cows, 193. 

 Onions for poultry, 259. 

 Orchard grass for dairy cows, 193. 

 Organic acids, 26. 

 Organic matter, definition of, n. 

 Oxy-haemoglobin, 45. 

 Oxygen, 3. 



Oyster shells for poultry, 260. 

 Palatability, 260. 

 Pancreatic juice, 42. 



Pasture for dairy cows, 202 ; for 

 fattening cattle, 212; for poul- 

 try, 259; for sheep, 226; for 

 swine, 244. 



Pea meal for dairy cows, 191. 



Peanut vine for dairy cows, 194. 



Peanuts for swine, 242. 



Peas for ewes, 251; for pigs, 253; 

 for poultry, 257. 



Pepsin, 39. 



Peptones, 37, 39; absorption of, 43. 



Phosphoric acid, ratio to lime in 

 plants, 19. 



Phosphorus, 4, 18. 



Physiological water, 9. 



Pig, feed for, 253. 



Plants, ash of young and mature, 

 17; chemical elements needed by, 

 2; composition of, 6, n; distri- 

 bution of ash in, 15; distribu- 

 tion of mineral elements in, 7, 

 15; dry matter of, n; food of, 

 i ; variation of water in, 9, 10 ; 

 water and dry matter in, 9, 10. 



Plasma, 45. 



Potassium, 4. 



Poultry, feed and care of, section 

 on, 255; standards and rations 

 for, section on, 261. 



Poultry feeds, 102; classes of, 103. 



Prairie grass for dairy cows, 193 ; 

 for fattening cattle, 211. 



Prehension, 37. 



Proprietary feeds, 101. 



Proteids, 22, 43. 



Protein in plants and animals, sec- 

 tion on, 22 ; compounds of, 22 ; 

 examples of, 57 ; functions of, 57. 



Protein concentrates for fattening 

 cattle, 208, 210; for sheep, 230. 



Provender, 99. 



Ptyalin, 37, 38. 



Rape and corn for sheep, 226. 



Rape pasture for sheep, 226; for 

 swine, 244. 



