604 



Feeds and Feeding. 



Lambs, continued 



mangels v. corn silage for, 467 



millet hay for, 471 



millet seed for, 463 



molasses-beet pulp for, 465 



oats for, 139, 460. 486 



oat straw for, 471 



peas and oats for, 462 



pigeon-grass seed for, 463 



prairie hay for, 472 



rape for, 468 



v. blue grass for, 469 



returns from, compared with other farm 

 animals, 79 



rich and poor milk for, 100 



self-feed for, 450 



shorn, fattening, 449 



sorghum hay for, 471 



soybeans for, 464, 487 



teaching young, to eat, 480 



water drank by fattening, 453 



weaning, 481 



weight of, at birth, 443 



weight of fat, 454 



wet beet pulp for, 468 



wheat for, 460, 486 

 small, for, 463 



wheat screenings for, 464, 486 



wild buckwheat for, 463 



winter, see Lambs, hothouse 

 Lamb's quarter for pigs, 527 

 Lean meat, formed by ox in 1 day, 46 

 Leaves and twigs, 197 

 Legumes, 177 



for silage, 232 



importance in feeding, 177 

 for cows, 436 

 pigs, 560 

 steers, 366 



in place of concentrates for cows, 415-19 



rich in lime, 177 

 Legume hay for cows, 436 

 Legume roughages for pigs, 559 

 Legumin, 6 

 Leguminous plants for green forage and hay, 



Leguminous roughage contains lime in ex- 

 cess of phosphorus, 66 

 Levulose, 4 

 Light, 69 



absence of, favors fattening, 69 

 influence of on blood in body, 69 

 required by farm animals, 69 

 Lime, 65 



effect of deficiency in ration for cow, 65 



low supply, 66 

 feeds low in, 67 



rich in, 67, Appendix Table V 

 in legumes, 177 

 stored by calf, 71 

 withholding from cows, 383 

 see Calcium 



Lime phosphate, see Calcium phosphate 

 Linseed cake, see Linseed meal 

 Linseed meal, 154 

 for calves, 305 

 cows, 399 

 horses, 272 

 pigs, 531 

 sheep, 465 

 steers, 344, 351 

 steers on pasture, 344 

 wethers, 465 

 new process, 154 

 old process, 154 

 value of oil in, 155 

 Linseed oil meal, see Linseed meal 

 Liver, 23 



influence of corn feeding on, 92-6 

 Load, energy expended by horse carrying, 259 



Locomotion of horses, 258 

 Loco poisoning, 208 

 Lucern, see Alfalfa 

 Lymph, 34 

 Lymphatics, 34 



Machine, the animal as a, 88 

 Maintenance of farm animals, 73 

 Maintenance rations, 73 

 for growing steers, 101 

 mature animals, 73 

 various farm animals, Appendix Table 



furnish sufficient heat for body, 74 



protein required in, 74 

 Maintenance requirements, 73 



greater when animal is standing, 73 



of horse, 254 



vary with size and weight, 73 

 Maize, see Corn 

 Malt, 141 



for stock, 141 



manufacture of, 141 

 Maltase, 24 

 Maltose, 4, 24, 141 

 Malt sprouts, 142 



for cows, 404 



Mammoth clover, see Clover, mammoth 

 Mangels, 191 



dangerous to sheep, 192 



for cows, 410 

 pigs, 534 

 sheep, 192, 467 

 steers, 358, 361 



v. corn silage for fattening lambs, 467 

 Manure, 241 



barnyard, benefits the soil, 241 



calculating amount of, 249 



value of 1 ton from farm animals, 249 



voided by steer from birth to maturity, 

 375 



see Excrement and Fertilizers 

 Manurial value of feeds, 241 

 Manyplies, 22 

 Mare, brood, feeding, 292 



gestation period of, 250 

 see Horse 



Mare and foal, investigations concerning, 250 

 Mare's milk, composition of, 251 

 Margin, see Spread 

 Marsh gas, 29, 37 



from fiber, 41 

 Mastication, energy lost in, 51 



see Insalivation 



Meadow foxtail hay for cows, 413 

 Meat, marbling of, 76 

 Meat meal, 203 



for sheep, 466 



see Tankage 



Meat scrap, made into bread, 203 

 Metabolism, 33, 34 

 Middlings, wheat, 137 



for horses, 271 

 , pigs, 558 



uses of, 138 



see Shorts 



Milch cows, see Cows 

 Milk, 201 



affected by drought, 384 



turning to pasture, 384 

 work, 385 



ash in, 202 



bitter, 391 



color of, affected by feed, 391 



composition of, 379 



cow's, for calves, 302 

 foals, 290 

 lambs, 445 

 pigs, 536 



