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INDEX 



Linseed mash, 298 



oil, 299 



Live weight increase, composi- 

 tion of, 1 6 



Live weights of cattle, 232 

 Locust beans, 76 

 Lucerne, 81, 94 

 Lymphatics, 29 



M 



Magnesia, 17 

 Maintenance, 20 

 Maize, 65, 94 

 bran, 75 

 flaked, 74 

 germ cake, 58 



meal, 74 

 Makbar, 78 

 Malt coombs, 71 



mashes, 298 

 Malting of barley, 70 

 Mangels, 81, 275 

 Manorial residue, 122, 124, 



125, 126 



Manuring, effect of, on compo- 

 sition of plants, 84 

 Margarine, 178 

 Mashes, 298 

 Mastication, 24 



Maturity, effect of, on composi- 

 tion of plants, 86 

 effect of, on digestibility of 



plants, 100 

 Mechanical work, 20 

 Middlings, 66, 68, 69 

 Milk, 17 

 effect of soils and manures, 



179 

 of breed and individuality, 



181 



of period of lactation, 182 

 of age of cow, 1 82 

 of food, 185 



first and last drawn, 183 

 morning and evening, 184 

 production, cost of, 196 



Milk secretion, 172 



selling, 164 



returns from, 198 

 Milking, art of, 194 



machines, 196 



trials, 169 

 Millet, 65 



Milling process, 67 

 Mineral matter, 10, 16 



theory, 5 

 Minerals, 5 

 Moisture, 11 

 Molascuit, 79 

 Molasses, 77, 78 

 Molassine, 79 

 Molastella, 78 

 Mustard, 95 

 Mutton production, 247 



N 



Nitrate of soda, 17 

 Nitrates, 9 

 Nitrogen, 5, 17 

 Nitrogenous matter, 10 

 Nutrient constituents, 10 

 Nutritive values of foods, 45 

 Nutting of foods, 128 



O 



Oat by-products, 72 



dust, 73 



husks, 73 



straw, 80 

 Oatmeal, 72 



gruel, 299 

 Oats, 65, 93 

 Oil, 9, 12 



extraction, 48 

 Oil-cakes, 53, 59 

 Organised ferments, 22 

 Osmosis, 6 

 Ox, 17 

 Oxygen, 7 



