INDEX 



763 



Horses, continued 



work, factors, influencing, 284-96 



work, types of, 288 

 Hothouse lambs, see Lambs, hot-house 

 Hungarian grass, see Millet 

 Hydrochloric acid in gastric juice, 21 

 Hydrochloric acid, influence on pancreatic se- 

 cretion, 24 



Increase during fattening, composition of, 84-6 



Indian corn plant, see Corn 



Inorganic phosphorus, see Calcium phosphate 



Intestinal secretion, 25 



Intestine, large, digestion in, 25 



Intestine, small, digestion in. 23-5 



Intestines, length and capacity of, 19, 620 



Invertases, 25 



Iodide, potassium, cures goitre, 69 



Iodine in plants, 1 



Iodine, lack of, causes goitre, 68 



Iron in blood, 57, 65 



Iron in plants, 3 



Ivory nut meal, 191 



Japan clover, see Lespedeza 

 Japanese millet, see Millet, Japanese 

 Japanese cane, 215 



for pigs, 676; steers, 505 

 Jerusalem artichoke, see Artichoke 

 Johnson grass, 214 



Johnson grass hay for cows, 383; horses, 311 

 June grass, see Bluegrass 



Kafir, 170-1 



for calves, 426; cows, 366; horses, 305; 

 637; sheep, 557; steers, 



may contain poison, 204, 252 

 Kafir fodder, 203-4 



for beef cows, 511; steers. 493, 517-8 

 Kafir silage, 204 



lor beef cows, 511; dairy cows, 388; 



sheep, 571; steers, 503, 517-9 

 Kafir soilage, 204 

 Kafir stover, 203-4 



for beef cows, 511; steers, 493, 517-8 

 Kale, 249 

 Kaoliang, 170, 171 



for pigs, 638 



Kaoliang fodder and stover, 203-4 

 Kellner's starch values and feeding standard, 120-1 

 Kentucky bluegrass, see Bluegrass 

 Kidneys, elimination of waste thru, 36 

 Kindness, effect of, on digestion, 53, 405 

 Kohlrabi, 248 

 Kudzu vine, 241 



Labor, see Work 



Labor, distribution of in livestock farming, ix 



Lactase, 26 



Lactation, effects of advancing, 348 



Lacteals, 34 



Lambing, date of, 577 



Lambs, see Sheep 



compared with calves and pigs, 587 



fattening, 590-5 



lattening in the cornfield, 593 



fattening in the fall, 593 



fattening in the winter, 594-5 



fattening western lambs, 590 



feed and care of, 583, 586-97 



gains by, 540 



hot-house, 595-7 



orphan, 586 



rations for fattening, 592 



returns from, compared with other farm 

 animals, 90-2 



rich and poor milk for, 79 



spring, 597 



weaning, 588 



weight of, at birth, 584 



winter, 595-7 



Lamb's-quarter seed for pigs, 639 

 Larkspurs, poisoning from, 255 



Leaves and twigs, 250 



Legume hay, importance of, for beef cows, 508, 

 510; brood sows, 686-8; dairy 

 cows, 375; ewes, 581; horses, 

 304, 313; pigs, 680; sheep, 

 550-1, 562-3; steers, 470-2, 

 487-8 

 Legumes for forage, 225-41 



see Alfalfa, Clover, etc. 

 Legumin, 7 

 Leguminous seeds, 179-81, 182 



see Peas, Beans, Soybeans, etc. 

 Leguminous roughage rich in lime, 66, 225 

 Lespedeza, 239 

 Lespedeza hay, 239 



for cows, 381; horses, 315; steers, 492 

 Light, importance of, for farm animals, 75 

 Lime, see Calcium 



Lime phosphate, see Calcium phosphate 

 Linseed cake, see Linseed meal 

 Linseed meal or cake, 177-9 



for beef cows, 509-10; calves, 427, 431; 

 dairy cows, 371; horses, 307; 

 pigs, 655-8; sheep, 559; steers, 

 484 



new and old process, 178 

 Linseed oil meal, see Linseed meal 

 Lipase, 24 

 Liver, 24 

 Live stock and profitable farming, vii-x 



consume feed otherwise wasted, viii 

 employ labor thruout year, ix 

 promote intelligent and progressive agri- 

 culture, ix 



utilize land unsuited for tillage, ix 

 Loco poisoning, 254 

 Lucerne, see Alfalfa 

 Lymph, 33 

 Lymphatics, 33 



Maintenance of farm animals, 56-75 

 Maintenance ration, see Ration, maintenance 

 Maintenance requirements, 56-76 



factors influencing, 59-61 



of dairy cows, 357-8; horses, 287; pigs, 



606 



Maize, see Corn 

 Malt, 164 

 Maltase, 25 

 Malt sugar, 4-5 

 Malt sprouts, 165 



for cows, 369 



Mammoth clover, see Clover, mammoth 

 Mangels, 244 



dangerous to rams or wethers, 244, 567 



for cows, 390-2; pigs, 676; sheep, 566-8; 



steers, 504-6 

 Manure, 273-82 



amount voided by farm animals, 280-1 



barnyard, benefits the soil, 273 



care of, to prevent loss, 282 



composition and value of, 279 



fertilizing constituents recovered in, 274 



influence of feed on, 275 



losses in, 281 



value of 1 ton from farm animals, 279 



see Fertilizers 



Manurial value of feeds, 275-7 

 Manyplies, 19 

 Mare, brood, feed and care of, 319-21 



gestation period of, 320 



see Horse 



Mare's milk, composition and yield of, 323 

 Margin in fattening live stock, 446 

 Marsh gas, or roethan, 23, 29, 45, 47 

 Marsh hay, 216 



for cows, 383; for sheep, 565 

 Mastication, 20 



energy lost in, 46 

 Meadow fescue, 213 

 Meat, marbling of, 84 

 Meat meal ana meat scrap, see Tankage 

 Melons, 249 

 Metabolism, 32-6 



