INDEX 



757 



Bile, 25 



Blanketing horses, 298 



Bloat, in ruminants, cause of, 23; 



how prevented, 228, 234, 573 



Blood, circulation of, 33 



Blood meal, or dried blood, 186 



for calves, 427; cows, 375; horses, 309; 

 pigs, 652; sheep, 561 



Blood of pigs, influence of corn feeding on, 93-4 



Bluegrass, Canada, 213 



Bluegrass, Kentucky, 207 



Bluegrass pasture for dairy cows, 393; horses, 315; 

 pigs, 674; sheep, 573, 576; 

 steers, 527-32 



Bluegrass hay for sheep, 565 



Blue joint grass, 216 



Boar, feed and care of, 693 



Body temperature of farm animals, 56-9 



Body waste, disposal of, 29, 36 



Bonavist, 241 



Bone, increase of, in young animals, 76-77, 84 



Bone ash for farm animals, 68; pigs, S3 



Bone meal, 68, 83, 186 



for calves, 428; cows, 362; foals, 325 

 pigs, 602-5 



Bones, weak because of lack of calcium 66,82,93-6 



Bran, see Wheat bran, Rice bran, etc. 



Bran disease, 160 



Bread, 159, 272 



for horses, 159, 272 



Breed, influence of, on digestibility, 54 



Breed, value in beef production, 459-65 



Breed tests of cows, 415-6; sheep, 539; 



steers, 460, 465; swine, 619 



Brewers' grains, dried, 165; for cows, 369; 

 horses, 308; pigs, 165; sheep, 561; 



steers, 486 

 pentosans in, 165 



Brewers' grains, wet, 165 



Brome grass, 210 



Brome hay for horses, 311 



Brood mare, see Mare, brood 



Brood sow, see Sow 



Broom-corn seed, 172 



Buckwheat, 173 



effects on butter and pork, 173 

 for pigs, 639 



Buckwheat bran, value of, 173 



Buckwheat hulls, feeding value, 173 



Buckwheat middlings, feeding value, 173 

 for cows, 369; pigs, 664 



Buckwheat straw, 219 



Bull, beef, feed and care of, 513 



Bull, dairy, feed and care of, 442-4 



Butter, effects of buckwheat on, 173; cocoanut 

 meal on, 181, 373; cottonseed 

 meal on, 176, 369; linseed meal 

 on, 372; potatoes on, 392; soy- 

 beans on, 180, 372 

 yellow color of, caused by carotin 356 



Buttermilk, 184 



for calves, 434; pigs, 642; 644-8 



Buttermilk, dried, 184, 648 



Buttermilk, semi-solid, 184, 647-8 



Cabbage, 247 

 Cacti, 251-2 



for cows, 252; steers, 251-2 



spineless, 252 

 Caecum, 20, 26 

 Calcium, 3, 17, 64-8 



effect of deficiency in ration, 66-7 



feeds low in, and rich in 66-7, 

 Appendix Table VII 



in blood, 64 



in legumes, 66 



in skeleton, 17, 64 



required for growth, 82-3 



required for maintenance, 66-7 



see Mineral matter 



Calcium carbonate utilized by animals, 67-8 

 Calcium phosphate, for farm animals, 67-8; 



pigs, 82-3 

 Calf meals, 436-7 



Calorie, 45 

 Calorimeter, 45 



respiration, 44 

 Calves, beefT 507-8, 511-3, 514-20 



feed and care of, 5 16-20 



wide and narrow rations for, 96 



wintering, 516-20 

 Calves, dairy, 423-42 



(For the value of the various feeds 

 for calves, see the different feeds; 

 i. e., Corn, Oats, etc.) 



advantage of fall-dropped, 438 



birth weight, 438 



calf meals for, 436-7 



concentrates for, 425-8, 431 



cost of rearing, 441-2 



fall vs. spring, 438 



feeding concentrates only, 432 



gains made by, 433 



grinding grain for, 426 



growth of, 433 



hay for, 432 



mineral matter, requirements of, 423, 

 428 



nutrients required by, 423 



percentage of food nutrients stored by, 



precautions in rearing, 437 



protein requirements of, 424 



raising on minimum amount of milk, 

 434-5; skim milk, 429-31; 

 skim milk substitutes, 434, 

 436-7 



returns from, compared with other farm 

 animals, 90-2 



rich and poor milk for, 79 



salt for, 428 



scours, 438 



succulent feeds for, 432 



variety of feeds, effect of, 427 



vitamine requirements of, 423 



water for, 428 



Canada field pea, see Pea, field 

 Cane molasses, see Molassess, cane 

 Cane sugar, 4-5 

 Capillaries, 33 

 Carbohydrates, 4, 40 



absorption of, 34 



a source of muscular energy, 101-3 



determination in feeding stuffs, 11 



digestion of, 26 



effect on digestibility of nutrients, 53 



energy lost in digesting, 47-8 



fat formed from, 87 



formation in plants, 4 



in animal body, 16 



in ripening clover, 233; corn, 12-14; 

 grasses, 206 



what the term embraces, 40 

 Carbonaceous feeds, 42 

 Carbon dioxid, 2 



amount in air, 2 



danger from, in silo filling, 264 



produced by hcrse during work, 102 



the great food of plants, 2 

 Carbonic acid gas, see Carbon dioxid 

 Carcass, see Dressed carcass 

 Carob beans, 182 



for calves, 427 



Carotin causes color of butter, 356 

 Carpet grass, 215 

 Carrots, 245 



for horses, 316 

 Casein in milk, 183, 345 

 Cassava, 247 



for pigs, 680; steers, 505 

 Castor bean, 255 

 Catabolism, 33 



Cattle, see Cows, Steers, Beef production 

 Cellulose, 4-5 



digestion of, 23, 27 



nutritive value of, 23 

 Cereal hay, 212 



for horses, 310 



