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INDEX 



Starch, factory feeds, 190 

 values, 49 



critique of, 50 



Steaming feed, influence on digesti- 

 bility, 67 

 Steapsin, 29 

 Stearin, 11 



Steer feeding, concentrates for, 266 

 literature on, 276 

 pasture for, 265 

 silage for, 265 

 use of self-feeder, 268 

 Steers, digestibility of hay and 



straw by, 63 



fattening, composition of in- 

 crease, 257 



feed required for 100 pounds 

 gains in winter and summer, 

 264 



followed by hogs, 272 

 range, feeding of, 273 

 rations for, 275 

 relation of age to weight and 



daily gain, 260 



two-year-old, fattening of, 271 

 Stock feeds, concentrated, 212 

 tonics, 212 



home-made, 213 

 Stomach worms, in sheep, 324 

 Storage, influence on chemical com- 

 position of feeding stuffs, 61 

 Stover, 129 



Straw, buckwheat, 130 

 cereal, 128 

 legume, 130 

 millet, 130 

 Succulent feeds for calves, 222 



for dairy cows, 244 

 Sudan grass, 111 

 Sucrose, 14 

 Sugar, 14 



beets, 136 

 cane, 14 



factory feeds, 192 

 malt, "14 



manufacture, 192 

 milk, 14 



Summer silage, 97 

 Sweet cassava, 143 



potato, 143 



Swine, cooking feed, 298 

 dairy products for, 302 

 fattening, 309 



composition of increase, 295 

 rations for, 310 



Swine, feed requirements, 294 



feeding of, 294 



for fat and for lean, 300 

 literature on, 316 

 self-feeders for, 312 



feeds, 210, 299 



grinding grain for, 298 



Indian corn for, 299 



pastures for, 304 



preparation of feed for, 297 



soaking feed for, 298 



standards for, 294 



Tankage, 204 

 Teosinte, 112 

 Therm, 45 

 Timothy, 100 



region, grasses of, 90 

 Tuberin, 9 

 Turnips, 136 

 Trypsin, 29 



Urea, 22 

 Uric acid, 22 



Veal calf, the, 225 

 Velvet bean, 125 

 Vetches, 123 

 Vicilin, 9 

 Villi, 31 



Water, 6 



for calves, 222 



for goats, 334 

 Watering horses, 283 

 Weed seeds in feeds, 171 

 Weende method, 17 

 Western lambs, feeding of, 329 

 Wheat, 170 



berry, anatomical structure, 179 



bran, 180 



feeds, adulterated, 181 



middlings, 181 



shorts, 181 

 Whey, 208 



for swine, 303 

 White middlings, 181 

 Woodgum, 14 



Wolff-Lehmann standards, 37 

 Wool production, 321 

 Work done by horses, measurement 

 of, 279 



horses, rations for, 290 



Xanthine, 22 

 Xylan, 14 



Yearling steers, fattening of, 271 



