INDEX 



359 



Indian corn, grain, 164 



field-curing, 108 



fodder, 129 



for horses, 287 



for swine, 303 



losses in curing, 60 



methods of harvesting, 108 



proportion of nutrients in, 

 106 



thickness of planting, effect 

 of, 105 



silage, 155 



variation in composition, 54 



yields secured, 106 

 Intestinal juice, 29 

 Invertases, 30 



Japanese cane, 112 

 Jerusalem artichokes, 142 



corn, 173 

 Johnson grass, 102 



Kaoliang, 173 

 Kafir corn, 110, 173 



silage, 158 

 Kale, 140 



Kellner's starch values, 49 

 Kentucky blue grass, 101 

 Keratin, 22, 321 

 Kjeldahl method, 16 

 Kohlrabi, 135 



Lacteals, 31 



Lactose, 14 



Lambs, early spring, feeding of, 327 



fall, feeding of, 327 



fattening, value of grain feeds 

 for, 330 



feeding of, 324 



hot-house, feeding of, 326 



weight at birth, 322 



winter feeding of, 327 

 Leaves and twigs, 211 

 Lecithin, 23 

 Legume hay, average composition, 



113, 121 

 Legumelin, 9 

 Legumin, 9 

 Leguminous crops, value of, 113 



seeds, chemical composition, 176 

 Leucosin, 9 

 Levulose, 14 

 Lignin, 15 

 Linamarin, 197 

 Linoleic acid, 11 

 Linolenic acid, 11 

 Linseed meal, 195 



Literature on feeding of beef cattle, 

 276 



Literature on feeding of calves, 226 



dairy cattle, 252 



farm animals, 226 



goats, 335 



horses, 293 



mules, 293 



sheep, 335 



swine, 316 



forage and grain crops, 177 

 silos and silage, 162 

 spineless cacti, 147 

 Lipase, 29 

 Lipoids, 23 



Live animals, composition, 19 

 Low-protein feeds, 10 

 Lymph, 22 



Maintenance rations, 35 

 requirements, 34 



for different body weights, 



35 



Malt sprouts, 189 

 Maltose, 14 

 Mangels, 133 

 Manurial value of feeding stuffs, 86, 



351 



Mare, feeding of, 281 

 Market hay, 103 



grades, 103 

 Marsh hay, 103 

 Maysin, 9 

 Meat meal, 204 

 Metabolism, 33 

 Milch goats, 333 

 Milk, albumen, 22 

 colostrum, 205 

 composition, 206 



with variations, 228 

 fat, 23 

 production, factors influencing. 



229 



influence of age of cows, 230 

 breed, 229 



condition of cows, 231 

 excitement, 232 

 feeding, 233 

 frequency of milking, 



232 

 grooming and exercise, 



233 



individuality, 230 

 stage of lactation 



period, 231 

 season of year, 233 

 temperature and 



weather, 232 

 requirements for, 39 

 whole, for calves, 217 



