Index. 



595 



Beet molasses, see Molasses, beet 

 Beet pulp, dried, 205 



for cows, 205, 402 

 lambs, 465 

 sheep, 205 

 steers, 205, 346 

 molasses, for lambs, 405 

 wet, 204 



for cows, 204, 402 

 horses, 275 

 lambs, 204, 468 

 pigs, 533 

 sheep, 491 

 steers, 204. 345 

 Beet pulp silage, 205, 232 



for sheep, 205 

 Beggarweed, 190 

 Bermuda grass, 170 

 Bermuda hay for cows, 414 



horses, 276 

 Bile, 24 



Bloat in cattle, how prevented, 186 

 Blood, dried, 203-4 

 for calves, 204, 307 

 horses, 275 

 pigs, 204, 542 

 sheep, 466 



Blood in body, influence of light on, 69 

 Blood-molasses feed, 206 

 Blood of pigs, influence of corn feeding on 



91-6 

 Blue grass, Kentucky, 166 



v. rape for lambs, 469 

 Body, growth, under scant feeding, 71 

 Body of horse, energy expended in lifting 



259 



Body waste, disposal of, 37 

 Bone, increase of, in young animals, 71 

 Bone ash, for farm animals, 67 



pigs, 98 

 Bone meal, 204 

 for calves, 307 

 colts, 204 

 cows, 204 

 horses, 204 

 pigs, 542 



Bones, brittle because lacking lime, 66 

 of pigs, strength, 93-4 



influenced by corn 



feeding, 92-6 

 influenced by feed, 



94-5 



strengthened by calcium phosphate,67 

 Bran, buckwheat, 146 

 rice, 146 



for cows, 146 



horses, 146 

 wheat, 136 



for calves, 310 

 colts, 291 



cows, 137, 395, 397 

 horses, 137, 271 

 pigs, 137, 558 

 sheep, 478 

 stallions, 137, 291 

 steers, 137 

 the trotter, 293 



laxative effect due to phytin,136 

 phosphorus in, 136 

 phytin in, 136 

 poor in lime, 137 

 uses for stock, 137 

 Bran disease, 137 

 Bread, 136 



for horses, 275 



Breed, value in beef production, 328 

 Breed tests of cows at expositions, 420 

 sheep. 454, 455 

 steers, 328-32 

 swine, 511 



Brewers' grains, dried, 142 



for cows, 142, 404 

 horses, 142, 272 

 pigs, 142 

 pentosans in, 142 

 wet, 141 



for cows, 141 



British feeding trials with sheep, 474 

 steers, 360 

 Brome grass, 168 

 Brome hay for horses, 276 

 Brood mare, care of, 292 

 Brood sow, care of, 554 

 Broom corn seed, 147 

 Buckwheat, 146 



effects on butter, 147 

 for pigs, 524 

 wild, for lambs, 463 

 Buckwheat bran, value of, 146 

 Buckwheat hulls, feeding value, 146 

 Buckwheat meal for calves, 306 

 Buckwheat middlings, feeding value, 146 

 for cows, 147, 398 

 Buffalo Exposition, tests of dairy cows at. 



420 

 Butter, effects of buckwheat on, 147 



cocoanut meal on, 157 

 cotton-seed meal on, 152 

 potatoes on, 192 

 soybeans on, 156 

 Buttermilk, 202 

 for calves, 304 

 pigs, 539 



Cabbage, 195 

 Cacti, 200 



for cows, 200 

 steers, 200 



spineless, 200 

 Caecum, 25 

 Calcium, in blood, 65 



in skeleton, 65 

 see Lime 



Calcium carbonate useful to animals, 67 

 Calcium phosphate, for farm animals, 67 



pigs, 98 

 Calorie, 47 

 calorimeter, 47 



respiration, 49 

 Calorimetry, 47 

 Calves, 302 



advantage of fall-dropped, 313 



barley for, 140, 305 



birth weight, 302 



buckwheat meal for, 306 



buttermilk for, 304 



chalk for, 307 



clover hay for, 186 



cod liver oil for, 306 



compared with lambs and pigs, 302 



corn meal for, 305 



corn silage for steer, 355 



cost of rearing, 308 



cotton-seed meal poisonous to, 152 



cotton-seed oil for. 306 



dairy, birth weight of, 376 



dried blood for, 307 



feed and gain in 1 year, 321 



feed eaten by yearling, 308 



feeding for beef, 309 



feeding on skim milk only, 97-8 



gains made by, 307 



ground bone for, 307 



ground rock phosphate for, 307 



hay tea for. 304 



kafirfor, 148 



kafir meal for. 306 



mineral matter for, 307 



molasses for, 306 



oatmeal for, 305 



