758 



FEEDS AND FEEDING 



Cereal pasture, 212 



for cows, 212; pigs, 674; sheep, 574 

 Cereal silage and soilage, 212 

 Cereals, 151-73 

 Chaff from the cereals, 218 

 Chaffing hay or straw, see Chopping hay 

 Chalk for farm animals, 68, 83 

 Charcoal for pigs, 604 

 Chopping hay and straw, 270 



for horses, 296; sheep, 544 

 Chlorophyll, function of, in plants, 4 

 Christmas lambs, see Hot-house lambs 

 Chufas, 247 



for pigs, 680 

 Chyle, 34 



Circulative canals of body, 33-4 

 Climate, influence of, on composition of feeds, 50 

 Clipping horses, 298 

 Clover, 231-7 



alsike, 234 



bloat from, how prevented, 234 



bur, 237 



combined with timothy, 232 



crimson, 236 



Japan, see Lespedeza 



mammoth, 234 



Mexican, 250 

 Clover, red, 231-4 



development of nutrients in, 232 



losses in curing, 220 



methods of making hay from, 220-3 



pasture, 234 



silage, 234 



for cows, 388 



soilage, 234 



time to cut, 233 

 Clover, sweet, 235 



pasture, for pigs, 671 

 Clover, white, 235 

 Clover hay, alsike, 234 



for sheep, 563 

 Clover hay, crimson, 236 



dangerous to horses, 236 



for cows, 380 



Clover hay, Japan, see Lespedeza hay 

 Clover hay, red, 233 



for beef cows, 508; beef calves, 517, 



519; dairy calves, 432; dairy 

 cows, 379; ewes, 581; horses, 

 313; pigs, 680, 683; sheep, 550- 

 2, 562-3; sows, 686-8; steers, 

 470-2, 487-8, 489 

 Clover hay, rich in lime, 66, 83 

 Clover hay, sweet, for cows, 380; horses, 315; 



sheep, 563; steers, 492 



Clover pasture for pigs, 664-9, 670; sheep, 573 

 Clover silage, 234, 260 



for cows, 388 



Coarse forage, see Roughage 

 Cocoanut meal or cake, 181 



for cows, 373; horses, 309; pigs, 664 

 Cocoa shells, 191 

 Coefficients of digestibility, 38-40, Appendix Table 



Colic in horses, due to feed, 299, 303, 305 

 Colostrum, 79, 409 

 Colts, daily gains of, 321-3 

 education of, 325 

 see Foals 



Comfrey, prickly, 250 

 Commercial feeds, 192-3 

 Common salt, see Salt 

 Composition of feeding stuffs, 9-12, Appendix 



Table I 



factors influencing, 50-2 

 Concentrates, 12 



adapting amount fed to local conditions, 



148 



compared with roughages, 48 

 feeding animals exclusively on, 74 

 proper amount for dairy cows, 395-401 ; 

 horses, 330-2; pigs, 610-6; 

 sheep, 592; steers, 455-9, 473, 

 501 



Cooked feed, 271 



digestibility of, 53, 271 



for dairy cows, 404; pigs, 271, 609-10; 



horses, 296 



Corn, Indian, 151-5, 195-203 

 by-products of, 155-7 

 composition of, 154 

 dent, characteristics of, 152 

 ear, for cows, 364; horses, 303; pigs, 

 607-9, 626; sheep, 552-3; 

 steers, 473-4 



ear, shrinkage in drying, 153 

 effects of thick planting on, 196 

 feeding exclusively to pigs, 92-6 

 field feeding to pigs, 628-30; sheep, 593 

 flint, characteristics of, 152 

 for calves, 426; cows, 363-4; horses 

 302-4; pigs, 623-30; sheep,' 

 550-3; steers, 470-4 

 grades of, 153 



grinding, see Corn, preparation of 

 heavy vs. light feeding to pigs, 610-6; 

 sheep, 592; steers, 455-9, 473, 

 501 



hogging down, 628-30 

 lacks protein and mineral matter, 92-6, 



152 



lambing down, 593 

 loses palatability after grinding, 155 

 preparation of, for calves, 426; cows, 364; 

 horses, 303; pigs, 607-9; 

 sheep, 552-3; steers, 473-4 

 races of, 152 



shelled, for calves, 426; horses, 303; 

 pigs, 607-9; sheep, 552-3; 

 steers, 470-4 



soaked, for pigs, 608-10; steers, 473 

 soft, 154 



for pigs, 628; steers, 474 

 sweet, characteristics of, 152 

 water in green and dry, 153 

 weight per bushel, 153 

 yellow compared with white, 152 

 yellow, low in fat-soluble vitamine, 72, 



152 



yellow versus white for swine, 626-8 

 see Corn crop and Corn plant 

 Corn-and-cob meal, 155 



for cows, 364; horses, 303; pigs, 628; 



sheep, 552-3; steers, 473-4 

 Corn bran, 157 

 Corn chop, see Corn meal 

 Corn cobs, weight and composition of, 153 

 Corn crop, changes in composition during ripen- 

 ing, 12-4 

 distribution of nutrients in ears and 



stover, 197 



losses in field curing, 198 

 proportion of ears and stover, 197 

 yield of nutrients in 1 acre, 12-4 

 Corn feed-meal, 155, 628 

 Corn fodder, 195, 198-9, 201-2 



for cows, 382, 385; horses, 311; sheep, 



565; steers, 492, 501 

 green, for soilage, 202 

 pulling fodder, 202 

 shocking of stocking, 198, 201 

 shredding, 202 

 versus corn silage for cows, 385-6 



steers, 501 



Corn fodder silage, 200 



Corn forage, see Corn fodder and Corn stover 

 Corn germ meal, 157 



for cows, 368; pigs, 662 

 Corn gluten feed, see Gluten feed 

 Corn gluten meal, see Gluten meal 

 Corn kernel, parts and composition, 154 

 Corn meal, 155 



for calves, 426; cows, 364; horses, 303; 

 pigs, 607-9; sheep, 552; 

 steers, 473-4 



Corn oil cake meal, see Corn germ meal 

 Corn plant, 12 



distribution of nutrients, 197 



