300 



INDKX 



Rations, computing by energy re- 

 quirements, 179; for animals 

 weighing more or less than 1,000 

 Ibs., 144; for dairy cows, 203; for 

 ewes, 251 ; for fattening cattle, 

 186, 213; for horses, 185, 223; for 

 poultry, 263; for sheep, 232; for 

 swine, 245; how to balance, 142, 

 184; how to improve and reduce 

 the cost of, section on, 152; lay- 

 ing, 266 ; narrow, wide and med- 

 ium, 145, 146. 



Rebates on feeds, 113. 



Red dog flour, 83; for dairy cows, 

 190. 



Red top hay for dairy cows, 193. 



Rennin, 37. 



Requirements, fattening, 141, 207; 

 for dairy cows, 188; for horses, 

 215; for milch cows, 175; for 

 poultry, 255 ; for sheep, 225 ; for 

 swine, 235; for young animals, 

 246; growth, 139; maintenance, 

 137; milk production, 140, 175; 

 work, 140. 



Rescue grass for dairy cows, 193. 



Respiration, 47. 



Respiration apparatus or calorimeter, 



63. 



Rice for poultry, 257. 

 Rice bran, 84, 85, 94- 

 Rice by-products, 84, 85. 

 Rice grits, 84, 85. 

 Rice hulls, 84, 85. 

 Rice meal, 84; for dairy cows, 190; 



for swine, 240. 

 Rice polish, 84, 85, 94; for swine, 



240. 

 Roots and tubers, 70; composition 



of, 71; for dairy cows, 201; for 



ewes, 251 ; for fattening cattle, 

 for horses, 219; for mares, 

 for poultry, 259; for sheep, 



210 

 249 

 231 



for swine, 242. 



Rotation defined, 278 ; simple and 



complex, 279. 



Roughage, amount to feed, 147. 

 Rumination, 41. 

 Russian broom grass for dairy cows, 



193- 



Rutabagas for dairy cows, 201. 



Rye for poultry, 257; pasture for 

 swine, 244. 



Rye meal for dairy cows, 190 ; for 

 swine, 238. 



Saliva, 37, 38. 



Salt, absorption of, 43 ; for dairy 

 cows, 202 ; for fattening cattle, 

 213; for horses, 220; for poultry, 

 260; for sheep, 227. 



Sheep, feed and care of, section on, 

 225; as weed destroyers, 225; 

 feeding period rate or gain, 231 ; 

 feeding racks for, 227; pasture 

 for, 226; rations for, 232; re- 

 quirements for, 225; winter fat- 

 tening quarters for, 227. 



Shelter for dairy cows, 202; for fat- 

 tening cattle, 213. 



Shocked corn for fattening cattle, 

 208; for sheep, 228. 



Silage, 68; composition of, 69; di- 

 gestibility of, 70 ; for dairy cows, 

 195; for ewes, 251; for fatten- 

 ing cattle, 209; for horses, 218; 

 for mares, 249 ; for poultry, 259 ; 

 for sheep, 230; for swine, 243; 

 losses in, 69; weight of, 196. 



Silicon, 5. 



Silo, 68; capacity of, 198; horizontal 

 feeding area of, 199; size of, for 

 herds, 200. 



Skim milk, 88; for calves, 248; for 

 pigs, 253; for poultry, 259; for 

 swine, 241. 



Skin, function of, 49. 



Snapped corn for fattening cattle, 

 208. 



Sodium, 5. 



