INDEX. 



The References are to Pages. 



Absorption of nutrients, 35 

 Acid in gastric juice, 20, 30 



in gluten feed, 134 

 Acorns, 197 



effects on pork, 514 

 Adulteration of feeds, 223 

 Aftermath, 175 



Age, influence on gain of pigs, 502 

 sheep. 451 

 steers, 321 



on milk yield of cows, 380 

 Air, heat carried off by expired, 83 

 required by farm animals, 62 

 Albumin in milk, 377, 379 

 Alfalfa, 177 



yield of different cuttings, 178 

 Alfalfa hay, 180 



for brood sows, 180 

 cows, 180, 414-17 

 heifers, 180 

 horses, 180, 279 

 lambs, 470-2 

 pigs, 180, 549, 559 

 steers, 180, 350-2, 354 

 ground, 181 

 in place of bran for cows, 180. 415 



concentrates for cows, 415-17 

 losses in feeding value, 179 

 loss of leaves in making, 179 

 making, 179 



yield compared with corn crop, 178 

 Alfalfa meal, 181 

 for cows, 415 

 Alfalfa pasture, 181 



for pigs, 181, 545, 546 



sheep, 181 



Alfalfa and corn for pigs, 546 

 Alfalfa silage, 181, 232 

 Alfalfa soilage, 181 

 Alfalmo, 181 

 Alimentary tract, 18 

 Alsike clover, see Clover, alsike 

 Amber cane, 166 

 Amber cane seed, for cows, 147 

 Amids, 6 



digestion, 30 

 in corn crop, 12 

 in various feeds, 56 

 use by animals, 56 

 Amino acids, 28 

 Amylopsin, 23, 24 

 Anabolism, 34 



Animal, not a heat machine, 88 

 Animal body, 14 



composition, 14, 15 

 . dry substance in, 15 

 fat in, 16 



mineral matter in, 14 

 nitrogen and ash in, 17 

 protein in, 16 

 water in, 16 

 Animals, bran for growing, 137 



nutrients stored by young, 71 

 Animals and plants compared, 17 

 Apple, 195 



Apple and corn silage compared, 195 

 Apple pomace, 195 



Apple pomace silage, 232 



for cows, 408 



Armsby's energy value of feeds, 120 

 Artichokes, 192 

 for horses, 281 



pigs, 535 



Ash, bone, for farm animals, 67 

 in bodies of farm animals, 15 

 in corn crop, 11 

 in corn kernel, 132 

 in feeds, how determined, 9 

 in ripening clover, 183 

 grasses, 178 

 retained and voided by farm animals, 



246 



see Mineral matter 

 Ashes, wood, for farm animals, 67 

 Asparagin, 56 



Baby beef, see Beef, baby 

 Bacon, 513 



production, 563 



see Pigs 



Bacteria, action in digestion, 29 

 Bagasse, sorghum, for silage, 231 

 Balanced ration defined, 109. 



see Ration 



Barium salts, cause of loco poisoning, 208 

 Barley, 140 



compared with oats for lambs, 462 

 for calves. 140 

 cows, 394 

 horses, 140, 270 

 lambs, 461, 486 

 pigs, 140, 522, 558 

 steers, 140, 337 

 rolled, 140 



v. bran and shorts for steers, 337 

 Barley and by-products in brewing, 140 

 Barley hay, 169, 170 

 Barley straw, 176 

 Barrows and sows, gain of, 512 

 Beans, castor. 210 



field, for pigs, 528 



sheep, 158 



produce a soft pork, 158 

 horse, 158 



table, see Beans, field 

 velvet, 189 



for cows, 397 

 steers, 341 



Bean straw for fattening lambs, 471 

 Beef, baby, 321, 325, 369 



cost of producing, 375 

 effects of cotton-seed meal on, 152 

 feed consumed in producing, 375 

 see Steers 



Beef calves, feeding, 309 

 Beef cows, see Cows, beef 

 Beef meal, 203 

 Beef production, 315 

 cost of, 374 

 labor cost of. 373 

 Beet, mangel, see Mangel 



sugar, see Sugar beet 

 Beet leaves, 206 



silage from, 206, 232 



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