INDEX. 



The references are to pages. 



^ Abomasnm, 18. 

 : Absorption, 20. 

 i Acorn, 219. 

 Age, effect of on gain of steers, 807. 

 Age of cow, effect of on productiylty of 



feed, 406. 

 Albuminoids, 6. 

 Alfalfa or lucern, 203. 



compared with com, 2M. 



for pasture, 208. 



in eastern United States, 207. 



Iowa experience with, 204. 



losses in hay making, 206. 



manner of growth, 207. 



yield of, 203. 

 Alfalfa crop, nutrients in, 205. 

 Alfalfa hay, 208, 



damage from rain, 206. 



fattening Western sheep on, 506. 



for sheep, 505. 



and grain for fattening sheep, 532. 

 Alsike clover, 201. 

 American Fat Stock Show, slaughter tests, 



380. 

 American ration for dairy cows, 114. 

 Amides, 7. 



influence on protein consumption, 48. 

 Animal body, dry substance in, 72. 



fat in, 72. 



influence of feed on, 78. 



nitrogenous substance in, 72. 



water in, 72. 

 Animal carcass, modification by roots, 214, 

 Animal nutrition, 40. 

 Artichoke, 214. 



for horses, 307. 



for pigs, 571. 

 Artificial digestion, 81. 



trials, 288. 

 ? ABh, 7, 10. 



retained and voided by farm animals, 

 26,5. 

 Ashes, for pigs fed on com, 86. 



for swine, 614. 

 Asparagin, a nutrient, 48. 



influence on protein consampUon, 48. 

 Balanced ration, for steers, 357. 

 Ball-feeding show pigs, 613. 

 Barley, characteristics of, 133. 



fertilizing constituents of, 188. 



for cows, 474. 



for horses, 293. 



for awine, 562, 610. 



Barley vs. centrifngal «kim milk for pic«, 



586. 



vs. Indian corn for pigs, 591. 



vs. rye for pigs, 588. 

 Barley and its by-products In brewing, 138. 

 Barley and pea«, 191. 

 Barrows vs. sows in swine feeding, 603. 

 Beef, feeding for, 338. 



production, cotton seed for, 861. 



making, at the South, 361. 

 value of breed in, 372. 



returns per acre of corn, 381. 



see Steer feeding. 

 Beef and dairy cows compared, 40S. 

 Beet molasses, 224. 



potash in, 225. 

 Beet pulp, means of utilizing, 223. 



silage from, 223. 

 Beets of different sugar content vs. gr&im 



for pigs, 59.5. 

 Beets and silage, relative cost, 252. 

 Beets, see Roots. 

 Bile, 17. 

 Blood, the, 22. 



plasma, composition of, 22. 



venous, composition of, 22. 



dried, feeding pigs on, 78. 

 for sheep, 511. 

 Blood bread vs. grain for pigs, 687. 

 Body fat, source of, 50. 

 Body heat not a measure of th« energy of 



food, 67. 

 Body tissues, formation of, 40. 

 Body waste, the, 41. 



Bone and muscle development, limits, dC 

 Bone meal for corn-fed pigs, 86. 

 Bones, strength of pig's, 83. 

 Bran for sheep, 499, 623. 



for steers, 383. 



for swine, 610. 



vs. oats for horses, 295. 

 Bran and shorts vs. bran for horses, 2K, 



see Wheat bran. 

 Breed, value of, in beef making, 372. 

 Breed tests with pigs, 543, 60S. 



with cows, 455. 



with steers, 373, 375. 



with sheep, 487-89. 

 Brewers' grains, 136. 



for cows, 474. 



dried, 137. 



for horses, 293. 



wet, 137. 



