Index 



447 



of, 272; popular valuation, 277; rela- 

 tion to digestive processes, 121; selec- 

 tion of, 273; valuation by cow, 279; 

 valuation by experiments, 278; valua- 

 tions of, 268; variations, water in, 37; 

 water in, 36; water in air di-y, 37; 

 water in green, 36. 



Feeds, ash in, 47. 



Fermentations, in alimentary canal, 118. 



Ferments, 99; action on carbohydrates, 

 80; coagulating, 63; of digestion, 65; 

 organized, 100; unorganized, 100,103. 



Fibrinogen, 61. 



Fish offals, 256. 



Fodders, dried, 205; green, 205. 



Food, absorption of, 119; digestion of, 

 98; distribution of, 142; influences on 

 flavor of milk, 321; relation to growth, 

 324; relation to milk, 316; relation to 

 production, 194, 400; units of value, 

 401; use of, 142, 147. 



Foods, of animal origin, 252. 



Forage crops, 204; for fattening sheep, 

 3.J7; influence of stage of growth on 

 composition, 209; influence of stage of 

 growth on yield, 208; harvesting of, 

 207. 



Fowls, composition of bodies of, 387, 

 403; digestive apparatus of, 383; feed- 

 ing of, 379; production with, 404, 405. 



Fruit sugar, 83. 



Gases, of digestion, 164. 



Gastric juice, 112. 



Gelatinoids, 68. 



Germ oil meal, 240. 



Globulins, 59; in animal, 60; in seeds, 



59; properties of, 59. 

 Glucose manufacture, residues from, 



236. 

 Gluten, energj' of, 175; productive value 



of, 177. 

 Gluten feed, 239. 

 Gluten meal, 239. 

 Glycogen, 84; formation of, 150. 

 Grains (and seeds), 225. 



Grape sugar, 82. 



Grasses, 204. 



Grinding grains, influence ou digestion, 



133. 

 Growing animals, feeding of, 324. 

 Growth, relation to food, 325; sustained 



by plant, 8. 

 Gums, energy value of, 173; digestibility 



of, 124; vegetable, 78. 



Hay, water in, 37. 



Heart, the, 144. 



Heat, body, regulation of, 168 ; effect 

 on albuminoids, 64; effect on cai'bo- 

 hydrates, 86. 



Hens, laying, rations for, 393. 



Hogs, fattening, growth of, 358. 



Horses, influence of speed on work of, 

 370; maintenance food for, 300; main- 

 tenance rations for, 302 : work per- 

 formed by, 368; working, feeding of, 

 367; working, foods for, 376; work- 

 ing, food needs of, 371 ; working, 

 rations for, 377 ; working, source of 

 rations, 374. 



Hydrochloric acid, in stomach, 112. 



Hydrogen, 15; in air, 15; in water, 15; 

 source to animal, 16. 



Intestinal juice, function of, 118. 

 Intestines, the, 114. 

 Investigation, methods of, 192. 

 Iron, compounds of, 20; in nutrition, 20. 



Keratin, 69. 



Knowledge, sources of, 186. 



Lact-albumin, 59. 



Lacteals, 119. 



Lambs, fattening, experiments with, 



353 ; feeding of, 331. 

 Laws of nutrition, 182. 

 Legumes, 204. 

 Le%Tilose, 83. 

 Lime, in animal, 48 ; for poultry, 390 ; 



in plants, 45. 



