FEEDS AND FEEDING 



Grains, continued 



preparation of, see Feeding stuffs, prepara- 

 tion of 



Grass, 206-17 



beef production on, 527-32 



changes in ripening, 206 



curing into hay, 219-224 



dried compared with fresh, 219 



effects of frequent cutting on yield, 207 



effects of weather in curing, 220 



for silage, 260 



influence of stage of maturity upon, 50-2, 



206 



pasture for pigs, 674 

 time to cut for hay, 207, 208 



Grasses, mixed, 216 



the smaller, 206-17 

 see Hay, also Pasture 



Grazing, effect of undue, 217 



Greasewood, 251 



Green forage, digestibility of, 52 



Grinding grain for calves, 426; cows, 404; farm 

 animals, 270; horses, 297; pigs, 

 607-9; sheep, 543, 552-3; 

 steers, 468, 473-4 



Grinding hay, 270 



Grooming, effects on cows, 354 



Grooming horses, 299 



Ground bone, see Bone meal 



Ground feed, 163 



Ground rock phosphate, see Phosphate, rock 



Growing animals, 76-84, 90-100 



effect of checking growth of, 97-100 

 milk natural food for young, 78 

 roughing through the winter, 148 



Growth of animals, 76-84 



increase in protein and mineral matter 



during, 76-9 

 relation between composition of milk and 



rate of, 79 



mineral matter requirements for, 82-3 

 protein requirements for, 80-2 

 vitamine requirements for, 83 



Guinea grass, 215 



Gullet,.19 



Haecker feeding standard for dairy cows, 131, 



133 



Hairlessness in pigs, etc., 68; see Goitre 

 Hairy vetch, see Vetch, hairy 

 Hay, 206-41 



aids in curing, 222 



aroma of, 220 



brown, 223 



digestibility of, 52 



chaffing or cutting, see Chopping hay 



changes while curing, 219-22 



losses by stacking, 224 



making, 219-24 



measurement, 224 



new made, laxative, 221 



salt or lime for curing, 221 



shrinkage, 224 



spontaneous combustion, 223 



time to cut alfalfa for, 226; clover for, 

 233; grass for, 207, 208 



versus corn silage for dairy cows, 386 



see Grasses, Legumes, Alfalfa, Clover, etc. 

 Hay "equivalents, 112 



Heat, 'amount in coal, pure nutrients, and various 

 feeds, 45 



energy expended in body takes form of, 

 46,57 



loss from body, 58-61 



lost in digestion, 45-50 



lost in warming water drunk, 70 



production in body, 56-8 



regulation in body, 58-9 



requirements for maintenance, 59-61 



see Energy 



Heating water for farm animals, 70 

 Heifers, beef, 514, 516, 520 



versus steers for beef production, 468 

 Heifers, dairy, advantage of home-reared, 423 



Heifers, dairy, continued 



age to breed, 441 



cost of rearing, 441-2 



feed and care of, 439^1 



yield of, compared with cow, 347 

 Hemp seed cake, 373 



Herbivora, feeding concentrates only to, 74 

 Herd's grass, see Timothy 

 Hogs, see Pigs 



Hogging down corn, 628-30; ripe grain, 675 

 Hominy feed, 157 



for cows, 364; pigs, 631; sheep, 553; 



steers, 480 



Honeycomb, or second stomach, 19 

 Hordein, 7 

 Horse bean, 182 



for horses, 309 

 Horse power, definition, 284 

 Horses, 283-336 



(For value of various feeds for horses, 

 see the different feeds; i. e., Corn, 

 Oats, etc.) 



air breathed by, 69 



army, feed and care of, 335 



blanketing, 298 



body temperature of, 57 



care of, hints on, 298-300, 319-36 



carriage, feed, and care of, 334 



chaffing hay for, 296 



clipping, 298 



compared with tractor, 105, 295 



concentrates for, 301-9 



cooked feed for, 296 



cost of horse labor, reducing, 293 



cost of keep, 317-8 



cost of raising, 327-8 



digestibility of food by, 26, 54, 285 



effects of exercise and work on, 285 



efficiency of, as motors, 105, 292-6 



energy expended in carrying load, 289; in 

 ' draft, 289; lifting body, 290; 

 locomotion, 289 



exercise for, 298 



fattening, 333-4 



feed and care of, 319-36 



feed consumed yearly, 317-8 



feed, preparation of, for, 269-72, 296-7 



feeding, supervision of, 300 



feeds for, 301-18 



fitting for shows, 334 



grade, effect on energy expended in work, 

 290 



grinding grain for, 270, 297 



grooming, 299 



hints on feeding, 298-300 



locomotion of, 289 



magnitude of horse industry, 283 



maintenance requirements, 287 



measuring work performed by, 284 



nutrients required by, 290 



power exerted by, of varying weights, 284 



protein requirements of, 287, 290 



rations for, 290, 330-2 



roughage, excess of, injurious, 310 



roughage, necessity of, 74 



roughages for, 310-17 



saddle horse, care and feed of, 334 



salt for, 297 



severe work by, 292 



soaking grain for, 296 



speed influences energy required for work, 

 289 



stables for, 298 



succulent feeds for, 315-7 



sudden changes in feed dangerous, 299 



supervision of feeding, 300 



teeth, care of, 299 



trotting, feed and care of, 334 



versus the tractor, 295 



watering, 297 



weight, variations in, 292 



wintering, 332 



work horse, feed and care of, 330-2 



work performed by, 284 



