INDEX 



Aberdeen-Angus, 204 



Abortion, 304 



Absorption of food by plants, 29 



of minerals by plants, 6 

 Acorns, 65 

 Ailments of cattle, 304 



of horses, 294 



of pigs, 309 



of ruminants, general, 300 

 preventions of, 300 



of sheep, 309 

 Albuminoid ratio, 103 

 Albuminoids, 9, 35 

 Albuminous substance, 2 

 Alchemy, 4 

 Aleurone layer, 66, 67 

 Amides, 9, 37 

 Amino-acids, 28 

 Ammonia, 9 

 Amylopsin, 28 

 Animal body, composition of, 13 



Kingdom, i, 2, 3 

 Animals, 2 

 Aniseed, 77 

 Apple pomace, 75 

 Ash constituents, 10, 12, 16, 



39, 82 



Astringent action of foods, 62 

 Atmosphere, 7 



B 



Baby beef production, 208 

 Bacon, effect of foods, 279 



(firm), 281 



pigs, 269 

 311 



Bacon, soft, 280 



tainted, 281 

 Bacon-curing, 286 

 Bacteria, 28 

 Barley, 93 

 by-products, 70 

 straw, 80 

 Bast, 9 



Bean straw, 80 

 Beef cattle, 201, 204 

 Beet sugar molasses, 78 

 Bile, 27 



Bitter milk, 190 

 Black leg in cattle. 308 

 Blood, circulation of, 31 

 Body temperature, 19 

 Bombay cotton cake, 61 

 Bonner, Chas., 4 

 Bony diseases (horses), 297 

 Bran, 66, 69 



mash, 298 ^ 

 Brewers' grains, 71 

 Brown and Duvel, 1 1 

 Buckwheat, 66 

 Bulky foods, 43 

 Butter tests, 171 

 Butter-fat, 177 

 Buttermaking, 164 

 By-products (barley), 70 

 (maize), 73 

 (rice), 75 

 (wheat), 66 



Cabbages, 81 

 Calf, 17 

 meals, 155 



