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Index. 



Feeding, previous, Influence of, 43. 

 Feeding horses, order of administering 



feeds, 325. 

 Feeding dark flour, 129. 

 Feeding, for beef, 338. 



swine, light vs. heavy, 601. 

 exclusively on com, 78, 86. 

 Feeding standards, conclusions relative to, 

 117. 



explanations of, 97, 108. 



introduction of, in America, 111. 



Wolff-Lehmann, 101. 

 Feeding stuffs, digestibility of, 26. 



fertilizing constituents of, 263. 



for cows, 472. 



manurlal value of, 263. 



money value of diflerent nutrients in, 

 117. 



nutrients of, 97. 



valuation of fertilizing constituent* in, 

 268. 



variation in digestibility of, 26. 

 Feeding tables, explanation of, 108. 

 Feed required in fattening, 75. 

 Feeds, order of administering to horses, 325. 

 Fermentations in the stomach, 20. 

 Fertilizers, commercial, 267. 



essential constituents of, 263. 

 Fertilizing constituents in feeding stuffs, 



valuation of, 268. 

 Field bean, 162. 



Field-curing corn, losses in, 171. 

 Field pea, 161. 



common, vine of, 209. 

 Fish scrap, 221. 



for cows, 431. 



for fattening steers, 356. 



for sheep, 511. 

 flat turnip, 213. 

 Flavor of milk, butter, etc., feed Inflaences 



on, 443. 

 Flax seed, 148. 



for calves, 149, 337. 

 Flax straw, !93. 

 Flesh consumption, 40. 

 Flesh formation, method of studylne, 33. 

 Flesh meal, 220. 

 Flesh production, 35. 



Influence of wide and narrow rations 

 on, 47. 

 Flour, dark, feeding of, 129. 



low-grade, feeding of, 129. 

 Flock, quarters for, 516. 



size of, 515. 



winter care of, 516. 



see Sheep. 

 Foals, 313. 



feeding, cow's milk for, 317. 



feeding before weaning, 314. 



mcrease in weight of, 272. 



Palo Alto system of feeding, 814. 



rearing by hand, 317. 



trotting, weight at birth, 371 



weauine, 816. 



Foals, weight and growth of, ^n. 



see Colt. 

 Fodders, coarse, digestibility of, 29. 



pulling of, 174. 



value of components of, for horses, 271 

 Fodder com and silage, feeding tests with, 



249. 

 Fodder com, cured, 173. 



digestlbUity of, 248. 



for cows, 476. 



for horses, 304. 



for soiling, 172. 



dry, and silage, relative merits of, 249. 



dry, milk produced from dry matter 

 in, 248. 



green, cost of placing in silo, 255. 



vs. timothy hay for cows, 424. 



see Com fodder. 

 Food, the basis of life, 63. 



energy of, not measured by body he:\t, 

 67. 

 Food nutrients, digestibility of, 28. 

 Food requirements for work, 68. 

 Forage, rape, 218. 



coarse, withholding of, from rumi- 

 nants, 94. 

 Force, production of, 63. 

 Formation of body tissues, 40. 

 Fuel value of rations, 115. 

 Gain, cost of, in steers, increa.sM with age, 

 369. 



increases with length of fattening pe- 

 riod, 369. 

 Gastric digestion, 14. 



of ruminants, 16. 

 Gastric fluid, composition of, 15. 

 Glucose, 5. 

 Gluten meal vs. com meal and bran for 



cows, 414. 

 Gluten meal vs. cotton-seed meal for cows, 

 415. 



for steers, 351. 

 Gluten meal and corn vs. wheat for pig*. 



558. 

 Glycogen, 25. 



Grain, feeding, to cows on pasture, 433. 

 In form of slop to cows, 433. 

 to lambs before weaning, 510. 



for lambs before weaning, 508. 



grinding, 243. 



mixed, vs. oats for colts, 300. 



relative merits of, for horses, 303. 



vs. beets for pigs, 595. 



vs. boiled potatoes for pigs, 595. 



vs. blood bread for pigs, 597. 



vs. mangels for pigs, 695. 



vs. rye shorts for pigs, 593. 

 Grain-feeding cows on pasture, 43S. 



steers on pasture, 358. 



residual eflTect of, 435. 

 Grain feeds vs. skim milk for pigs, 686. 



vs. whey for pigs, 587. 

 Grass, changes in, during ripening, 180. 



dry T8. green, 184. 



