X TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX. FEEDS AND FEEDING. 



By J. E. Halligan, Chemist in Charge, Louisiana State Ex- 

 periment Station. 



PAGE 

 SECTION LX. THE COMPOSITION OF PLANTS .... 387 



SECTION LXI. THE COMPOSITION OF FARM ANIMALS AND THE 



NUTRITIVE ELEMENTS . . . . . . . 389 



SECTION LXII. PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION AND FOOD ECONOMICS 393 



By Dr. W. H. Dalrymple, Department of Veterinary Science, 



Louisiana State University. 



SECTION LXIII. NATURAL AND COMMERCIAL STOCK FEEDS . 396 

 By J. E. Halligan, Chemist in Charge, Louisiana State Ex- 

 periment Station. 



SECTION LXIV. VEGETABLE OIL, ALCOHOLIC AND BREAKFAST 



FOOD BY-PRODUCTS . . \ ...... 401 



SECTION LXV. OTHER BY-PRODUCTS ...... 404 



SECTION LXVI. COMPOSITION, DIGESTIBILITY, AND NUTRITIVE 



RATIO 407 



SECTION LXVII. FEEDING STANDARDS 411 



SECTION LXVIII. RATIONS 415 



SECTION LXIX. TERMS OF A NUTRITIVE RATIO .... 418 



SECTION LXX. How TO IMPROVE A RATION 420 



SECTION LXXI. How TO REDUCE THE COST OF A RATION . . 422 

 SECTION LXXII. FEEDS FOR FARM ANIMALS .... 425 

 SECTION LXXIII. A FEW REMARKS ABOUT FEED STUFFS . . 430 



CHAPTER X. MISCELLANEOUS. 



SECTION LXXIV. FARM MANAGEMENT 434 



By Prof. Fred W. Card, Late of the Department of Horti- 

 culture, Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Me- 

 chanic Arts. 



SECTION LXXV. FARM MACHINERY 438 



By Prof. L. W. Chase, Department of Farm Mechanics, 

 University of Nebraska. 



