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Index. 



Oows, Danish pxporiTDcnts with, 443. 



distillery grains, dried, vs. oata for, 421. 



drlnklugat will, 411. 



dry feed for, 409. 



effect of age on productivity of feed, 406. 



effect of grooming, 412. 



exercise for, 46-1. 



fall and spring, 4ff7. 



feeding exclusively with meal, 94. 



feeding fat to, 431. 



feeding grain in form of slop to, 433. 



feeding potassium chlorid to, 432. 



flsh scrap for, 431. 



fodder corn for, 476. 



fodder com vs. timothy hay for, 424. 



frequency in feeding of, 468. 



gluten feed vs. corn meal and bran for, 



414. 

 gluten meal vs. cotton-seed meal for, 



415. 

 heavy feeders the most profitable, 403. 

 Influence of work on quality of milk, 



412. 

 Japan clover hay vs. Bermuda hay for, 



423. 

 large vs. small, 405. 

 linseed meal vs. cotton-seed meal for, 



420. 

 liberal and meager rations for, 437. 

 liberal feeding of, 470. 

 maize feed vs. com meal and bran for, 



414. 

 milk of, and its by-products, 226. 

 milk and skim milk for, 430. 

 millet hay for, 476. 

 necessity of shelter for, 464. 

 oats for, 473. 



oats, ground, vs. wheat bran for, 418. 

 oil cake vs. grain for, 421. 

 on pasture, feeding grain to, 4S8. 

 order of feeding, 469. 

 potAtoes for, 430. 

 preparation of feed for, 469. 

 rape for, 428. 

 record for one year of, at Cornell Bt«r 



tion, 460. 

 regularity and kindness in handling, 



465. 

 relation of concentrates and roughage 



for, 471. 

 relation of water drank to milk yield, 



410. 

 residual effect of grain feeding, 435. 

 Elobert.s' system of caring for, 465. 

 roots for, 477. 



roots vs. concentrated feeds for, 420. 

 rye for, 474. 

 •alt for, 471. 



shorts vs. wheat bran for, 417. 

 tilage for, 477. 



illage vs. fodder com for, 427. 

 illage vs. hay for, 426. 

 •orghum-seed meal for, 418. 

 timothy hay for, 476. 



Cows, timothy hay vs. meadow foxtail hay 

 for, 423. 



upland prairie hay vs. timothy hay for, 

 422. 



value of shelter for, 411. 



warm vs. cold water for, 411. 



water for, 470. 



wheat bran and middlings for, 473. 



wheat bran vs. mixed grain for, 417. 



wheat meal vs. corn meal for, 415. 



wheat meal vs. mixed grain for, 416. 



whey for, 430. 



whole corn vs. corn and cob meal, 418. 



wide and narrow rations for, 445. 



see Dairy cow. 

 Cowpea, 162, 209. 

 Cowpeas for pigs, 5ff7. 

 Crimson clover, 202. 



overripe, dangerous to horses, 202. 

 Crops for the silo, 255. 

 Crude fiber, 10. 



Dairy by-products for swine, 611. 

 Daily calf, rearing, 339. 

 Dairy cow, American rations for the, 114. 



calculating ration for, 106. 



care and management of, 403. 



cotton-seed meal for, 156. 



economy of, 401. 



feed for, 471. 



feed and care of, 4G3. 



inveslications concerning, 401. 



period of gestation, 401. 



pure-bred, public tests of, 448. 



tests at Experiment Stations, 455. 



ratio of milk yield to body weight, 403. 



relation of live weight to yield of, ¥A. 



rations for, 478. 



standard rations for, 114. 



yield of products, 402. 



see Cow. 

 Dairy herds, Station findings with, 467. 

 Danish experiments in cow feeding, 442. 

 Danish pig-feeding experiments, 583. 



slaughtering tests, 584. 

 DegluUUon, 14. 

 DiastJs^e, 4. 

 Digestible matter for one pound of growth, 



91. 

 Digestible nutrients, total, 99. 

 Digestibility, depression in, 31. 



not affected by fat, 31. 



not affected by salt, 31. 



of coarse and concentrated feeds com- 

 bined, 31. 



of feeds by various animals, 30. 



of fodder, affected by weather, 30. 



of fodder, not affected by drying, 80. 



of nutrients, 28. 

 Digestion, artificial, 31. 

 Digestion coefUcients, 98. 

 Digestion trial, with sheep, 26. 



with ox in respiration apparatus, 34. 

 Dipping fattening sheep, 524. 

 Distillery grAlu8,dried,V8. oats for cowfi,421. 



