608 



Feeds and Feeding. 



Protein, continued 



in ripening clover, 183 



grasses, 178 



in young and mature grass, 172 

 too high in Wolff's rations, 155 

 digestion of, 27 



effects of carbohydrates in sparing, 55, 5G 

 excessive feeding of, 55 

 fats in sparing, 56 

 feeding only, 54 

 feeding carbohydrates with, 55 



fats with, 55 

 gain in by growing ox, 72 

 increase of in young animals, 71 

 liberal supply essential to normal 



growth, 71 

 minimum requirement, 74 



by cows, 75 

 horses, 256 

 steers, 75 



percentage stored in body, 70 

 required for maintenance, 73 

 source of muscular energy, 86 

 stored by calf, 71 

 Protein and fat in body, energy expanded 



in producing, 70 

 Protein metabolism, 36, 37 

 Protein-rich rations, effect on fat in milk, 



383 



Protein supply must be ample, 75 

 Protein tissue, storage of, 70 



waste of, during work, 84 

 Proteoses, 21, 27 

 Protoplasm, plant, 3, 5 

 Prussic acid, plants carrying, 209 

 Ptyalin, 20, "21 



Public tests of dairy cows, 420 

 Pumpkins, 195 



for cows, 195 



pigs, 195, 536 

 Pumpkin seeds, 195 

 Purslane, 197 



Quiet, influence of, 69 



Ram, feed for, 478 



see Sheep 



Rape, dwarf Essex, 195 

 for fattening lambs, 468 



pigs, 548, 559 



v. alfalfa pasture for pigs, 545 

 v. blue grass for lambs, 4(39 

 v. clover pasture for pigs, 547 

 Rations, 109 



balanced, defined, 109 

 calculating, for dairy cows, 112, 122 

 horses, 298 

 steers at rest, 110 

 compounding, for dairy cows, 437 

 digestibility of, affected by carbohydrates 



cooking, 42 

 drying, 42 

 fat, 42 

 fibre, 41 

 salt, 42 

 steaming, 42 

 fed cows on test, 428 

 feeding wide and narrow to steers, 90 

 for dairy cows, by Armsby standard, 122 

 Haecker standard, 116 

 Scandinavian feed unit 



system, 126 

 Wolff-Lehmann stand 



ard, 112 



for dairy cows on test, 428 

 horses, 298 

 fattening steers, 364 

 steers, used in Great Britain, 360 



Rations, continued 



various animals explained, 109-10 

 hints and help^ on calculating, 113 

 influence of scanty, on growth, 71 

 maintenance, defined, 109 



economical, 73 

 for mature animals, 73 

 heat requirements in. 73 

 influence of quiet on, 73 



restlessness on, 



73 

 temperature on, 



74 



protein required in, 73 

 should vary according to 



body surface, 74 

 see Maintenance ration 

 meager, effect of. on growing steers, 101 

 poor, fair, and ideal for dairy cows, 440 

 practical considerations concerning, 114 

 practical, for steers, 370 

 standard, Armsby 's, 119 



Haecker's, 115-116 

 Kellner's, 115, 117 

 Wolff-Lehmann, 105 



notes on, 115 



Rations and feeding standards, general con- 

 clusions, 115 



Red clover, see Clover, red 

 Red-dog flour for pigs, 520 

 Red top grass, 168 

 Rennet, 20, 21 

 Rennin, 20, 21 



Respiration apparatus, description, 43 

 Respiration studies with ox, 43 

 Rice, 145 



damaged, value, 145 

 feeding value, 145 

 red, feeding value, 145 

 returns from sack of, 145 

 Rice bran, feeding value of, 146 

 Rice by-products and rough rice for steers, 341 

 Rice by-products for pigs, 526 

 Rice hulls, dangerous to animals, 146 

 Rice polish, feeding value, 145 

 Roads, draft required on various, 253 

 Rock phosphate, see Phosphate, rock 

 Roots and silage, dry matter in, 228 

 relative cost of, 229 

 yield of, 228 



Roots, 191 

 costly, 193 



for cows, 194, 409, 436 

 horses, 280 

 pigs, 532-4, 560 

 steers, 194 



how fed in Canada and Great Britain, 193 

 influence of feeding on bacon. 192 

 modify carcass of animals. 194 

 relative value of various kinds for pigs, 



534 

 use in steer feeding in Great Britain, 360 



in stock feeding, 193 

 v. concentrates for dairy cows, 410 

 v. corn silage, 194, 228 



for lambs, 466 

 for steers, 358 



value of dry matter in, 193, 228 

 yield of and dry matter in, 191, 228 

 Roughages, 11 



digestibility of, affected by carbohydrates, 



nitrogenous 



matter, 42 



effect of storage on digestibility of. 42 

 for sheep, 488 



losses of energy in digestion of, 52 

 necessity of, for calves. 97 

 cows, 96 



