770 



FEEDS AND FEEDING 



Water, continued 



in feeds, how determined, 10 



in plants, 1, 10 

 vapor of h 



vapor of lungs, heat carried off by, 58 



wanning for cows, 70; farm animals, 70 

 Watering, time of, for horses, 297 

 Weaning colts, 324; dairy calves, 430; lambs, 



588; pigs, 699 

 Weeds, silage from, 260 

 Weight, body, variations in, of horse, 292; of 



steer, 524 



Wet beet pulp, see Beet pulp, wet 

 Wet brewers' grains, see Brewers' grains, wet 

 Wetting feed, for cows, 404; pigs, 607-10 

 Wethers, see Sheep and Lambs 

 Wheat, 157-8 



by-products of, 158-61 



effect of climate upon, 50 



for cows, 365; horses, 305; pigs, 634; 

 sheep, 555 ; steers, 475 



shrunken and damaged, for stock, 158 

 Wheat bran, 159 



cause of laxative effect, 159 



for calves, 426, 431; colts, 325-7; 



cows, 367, 370, 408, 418-21; 

 ewes, 580; horses, 307, 330; 

 lambs, 587; pigs, 655; sheep, 

 561; sows, 686; stallions, 329; 

 steers, 485 



phosphorus in, 159 



poor in lime, 159 



Wheat bread, stale, feeding to animals, 159 

 Wheat grass, 213 

 Wheat hay, 212, 310 

 Wheat middlings, 160 



for cows, 367; horses, 307; pigs, 653-5 

 Wheat mixed feed, 161 



for cows, 367; pigs, 655 

 Wheat screenings, 161 



for pigs, 639; sheep, 556 

 Wheat shorts, see Wheat middlings 

 Wheat straw, 218 

 Whey, 184 



Whey, for calves, 434; cows, 367; pigs, 642,648 



Whole milk, see Milk, cow's 



Wild grass, see Marsh hay, Prairie hay 



Wild hogs, see Pigs, razorback 



Winter lambs, 595-7 



Wintering stock, see Steers, Sows, etc. 



Wolff -Lehmann feeding standards, 113-4, 118-20, 



Appendix Table IV 

 Woll-Humphrey standard, 132 

 Wood ashes for pigs, 604-5 

 Wool, 110-1, 548-9 



composition of, 110 



influenced by feed, 111 



production, 110-1, 548-9 

 Work, 101-6 



carbon dioxid produced during, 102 



effect on digestibility of feeds, 53, 285 



energy requirements for, 102-4 



factors influencing efficiency, 104 



heat produced thru, 105 



internal, produces heat, 46-50, 103 



measurement of, 284 



nutrients required by horses for, 288-92 



nutritive ratio for, 290 



of the horse, 284-92 



performed by the horse, 284 



protein waste during, 101-2 



relative value of nutrients for producing, 

 102 



severe, by the horse, 292 



source of energy for, 101-3 



types of, performed by the horse, 288 



value of feeds for, 286 



see Energy 



Work animals, nutrient requirements of, 103-5. 

 288-92 



see Horses 



Work horse, see Horses 

 Worms in pigs, 704; sheep, 589 



Yeast grains, 190 

 Yolk in wool, 110 

 Yucca, 251 



