INDEX 



The References are to Pages 



Abomasum, 19 



Absorption of nutrients, 



Acid, effect of, on digestibility of feed, 54 



Acid in gastric juice, 21, 28 



Acorns, 190 



effects on pork, 190 

 Adulteration of feeds, 191-3 

 Aftermath, 221 



Age, influence on digestibility, 54 

 Age, influence on gain of pigs, 599-601 ; sheep, 540; 



steers, 448-52 



Age influence on milk yield of cows, 347 

 Age to breed ewes, 577; heifers, 441, 520; 



mares, 320; sows, 701 

 Air required by farm animals, 69 

 Albumin in milk, 79, 345, 347 

 Alfalfa, 225-31 



compared with other forages, 226 



types of, 230 

 Alfalfa feed, 230 

 Alfalfa hay, 225-8 



cut at various stages, 51, 226 



for beef cows, 508, 510; beef calves, 517; 

 brood sows, 686-8; 

 dairy calves, 432; 

 dairy cows, 375-9; 

 dairy heifers, 439-40; 

 ewes, 581; horses, 313-5; 

 pigs, 680-3, 686-8; 

 sheep, 550-2, 562-3; 

 steers, 470-2, 487-92, 517 



ground, see Alfalfa meal 



in place of concentrates for cows, 377-9 



losses of feeding value in hay-making, 220 



making, 220-3 



stage to cut, 226, 490 



value of different cuttings, 227, 377 



yield compared with corn crop, 226 

 Alfalfa meal, 230 



for cows, 230, 379; horses, 315; 

 pigs, 682-3; sheep, 544 

 Alfalfa pasture, 228 



for cows, 394; horses, 228; pigs, 664-70; 



sheep, 228, 574 

 Alfalfa silage, 230, 260 

 Alfalfa soilage, 229, 268 

 Alfalmo, 231, 306 

 Alimentary tract, 19 

 Alsike clover, see Clover, alsike 

 Amids, 7 



digestion of, 29 



in corn crop, 13 



in various feeds, 4 



use by animals, 63-4 

 Amino acids, 8, 28 



absorption of, from intestine, 35 

 Amylase, or amylopsin, 24 

 Anabolism, 33 

 Animal, as a machine, 105-6 



composition of, 15-8 

 Animals, checking growth of, 97-100 



nutrients stored by young, 77 

 Animals and plants compared, 17 

 Apples, 249 



for pigs, 250 

 Apple pomace, 249 

 Apple pomace silage, 260 



for cows, 389 

 Armsby's net energy values for feeds, 46-50, 121-3, 



Appendix Table VI 

 Armsby's feeding standards, 121-8 



Artichokes, 246 



for horses, 316; piga, 678 

 Ash, see Mineral matter 

 Ashes, wood, for pigs, 604-5 

 Assimilation of food, energy lost in, 46-8 

 Available energy, 45 



Baby beef, 532-4 

 Bacon hogs, 618-20 



see Pigs 



Bacon production, 621-2 

 Bacteria, action in digestion, 23, 28 

 Bagasse, sorghum, for silage, 205, 260 

 Balanced ration, 18 



see Ration 

 Barley, 163 



for calves, 426; cows, 365; horses, 304; 

 pigs, 632-4; sheep, 554; 

 steers, 474 



see Cereals 



Barley and by-products in brewing, 164-6 

 Barley bran, 166 

 Barley feed, 166 

 Barley hay, 212, 310 

 Barley pasture and soilage, 212 

 Barley straw, 218 

 Barrows and sows, gains of, 620 

 Beans, castor, 255 

 Beans, field, 182 



for horses, 309; pigs, 659; sheep, 182 

 Beans, horse, see Horse bean 

 Beans, hyacinth, 24 

 Beans, moth, 240 

 Beans, table, see Beans, field 

 Beans, velvet, see Velvet bean 

 Bean straw, 218, 564 

 Beef, baby, 532-4 



cost of producing, 534 

 Beef calves, see Calves, beef 

 Beef cattle, 445-536 



fattening calves, 450-2, 532-4; 

 yearlings, 450-2, 534; 

 2-yr.-olds, 450-2, 535 



raising, 507-20 



summer care of, 507, 516 



wintering, 508-13, 516-9 



see Steers 



Beef cows, see Cows, beef 

 Beef production, 445- 536 



cost of, 5113, 534, 535-6 



methods of, 527-35 

 Beet, mangel, see Mangel 



sugar, see Sugar beet 

 Beet leaves, see Beet tops and leaves 

 Beet molasses, see Molasses, beet 

 Beet pulp, dried, 187 



for cows, 366; horses, 306; sheep, 558; 



steers, 479 

 Beet pulp, molasses, 188 



for cows, 367; sheep, 558 

 Beet pulp, wet, 186 



for cows, 392; horses, 317; pigs, 677; 



sheep, 572; steers, 477-8 

 Beet pulp silage, 187, 260 

 Beet tops and leaves, 188 



for steers, 478 



silage from, 188, 478 

 Beggar weed, 240 

 Bermuda grass, 213 



Bermuda hay for cows, 383; horses, 311 

 Big neck, see Goitre 



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