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INDEX 



Milk-sugar, 14 

 Millets, 111 

 Milo maize, 110, 173 

 Mineral matter, 7 



substances, influence on digesti- 

 bility, 69 

 Molasses, 192 



beet pulp, 195 

 Mono-saccharides, 14 

 Mules, feeding of, 291 

 Muscular tissues, 22 

 Myosin, 22 

 Myosinogen, 22 



Net energy, 48 

 Nitrogen-free extract, 13, 18 

 Non-ruminants, 26 

 Non-saccharine sorghums, 110 

 Nucleo-proteins, 10 

 Nutritive ratio, 38, 73 



Oat dust, 182 



feeds, 182 



hulls, 182 



shorts, 182 



silage, 161 



straw, composition, 128 

 Oats, 166 



and oat hulls, composition of, 

 166 



digestibility, 167 



new, 167 



Oil, addition to skim milk, for 

 calves, 220 



meals, 195 



composition, 197 

 Old-process linseed meal, swelling 



test for, 196 

 Olein, 11 



Orchard grass, 101 

 Oxyhsemoglobin, 21 



Pacific Coast, grasses of, 91 

 Packing-house feeds, 204 

 Palmitin, 11 

 Pancreas, 29 

 Pancreatic juice, 29 

 Parsnips, 142 



composition of, 142 

 Pasturage, value of, 94 

 Pasture, feeding grain to cows on, 94 



for dairy cows, 243 

 steers, 265 

 swine, 304 



grasses, chemical composition, 93 

 Pastures, 90 



care of, 91 



Peanut, 126 



meal, 203 



straw, 130 

 Peas, 175 



Canada field, 121 

 Pectin bodies, 15 

 Pentosans, 14 

 Pentoses, 14 

 Peptones, 10 

 Phosphate of lime, 24 

 Phytin, 180 

 Pie melons, 141 



Pigs, birth weight and gains made 

 by, 295 



fed for fattening in winter and 

 summer, 312 



feeding of, 306 



intended for breeding purposes, 

 approximate ration for, 308 



relation of weight to feed con- 

 sumed and rate of gain, 296 

 Plains Region, grasses of, 91 

 Plants, composition, 6 

 Poisonous plants, 127 

 Poly-saccharides, 14 

 Potatoes, 137 



dried, 137 

 Preparation of feeds, influence on 



digestibility, 67 

 Prolamins, 10 

 Proprietary feeds, 210 

 Protein, 8 



chemical energy in, 45 



determination, 16 



influence on digestibility, 69 

 Proteins, conjugated, 10 



derived, 10 



modified, 10 



simple, 9 

 Proteose, 10 

 Pumpkins, 141 



Ram, feeding of, 323 



Range and desert plants, 145 



cattle, feeding of, 273 



forage plants, composition of, 

 145 



sheep, fattening of, at different 



ages, 325 

 Rape, 138 

 Rations, calculation of, 70 



for beef cattle, 253 



for dairy cows, 248 



for fattening sheep, 332 



for work horses, 290 

 Red clover, 117 

 Red-dog flour, 181 



