INDEX 



Haie, 58, 104 

 Hay crop, 4, 74, 76 



— composition of, 130, 138, 220 



— digestibility of, 144, 146, 151, 



156 



-— feeding value, 120, 122, 125, 



160, 163, 184, 187 



— manure value, 220 

 Haymaking, 139, 140, 161 

 Heat, animal, 111, 174 



— relations to plants, 5, 16, 86 



— — to soil, 29 

 Heat values of food, 160 



High manuring, effect on crops, 139 



Holderness cow, 237 



Holstein cow, 228, 229, 231, 237 



Hoof, 58 



Horn, 58, 65, 105 



Horse, digestion of, 121, 146, 150 



— labour diet of, 122, 183 



— maintenance diet, 181 



— manure, 211, 214 



— water for, 185 

 Human milk, 170, 172 

 Humates, 23, 36 



Humus, 24, 27, 31, 36, 40, 46 

 Hygroscopicity, 27 



Igneous rocks, 34 

 Increase whilst fattening, 109, 127, 

 172, 188 

 Iron in soils, 24, 27, 45 



Jbbsby cow, 228, 229, 231, 237 



Kainite, 63 

 Keratin, 105 

 Kerry cow, 228 



Laboub diet, 176, 183 



— efiect on digestion, 150 

 Lactose, 115, 227 

 Lamb, 108, 171, 203 

 Lava, 31, 34 

 Leaf litter, 74, 81, 212 

 Leather, 65 

 Leaves, function of, 6 

 Lecithin, 2, 135 



Leguminous crops, 11, 73, 78, 96, 



101 

 Leucine, 115, 181 



I Light, action on plants, 5, 9, 85 

 ! Lignin, 2, 133, 145 

 Lime in foods, 136, 137 



— soil, 34, 35, 38, 41, 46, 48, 



56 

 Limestone, 35, 63 

 Liming, 56, 62 

 Linseed, 171 



— cake, composition, 130, 



134, 220 



— digestibility of, 144 



— feeding value, 122, 155, 



160, 163, 190 



— manure value, 220 

 Litter, 211 



Losses by drainage, 35, 41, 42, 67, 

 86, 91, 99, 100 



— during rotation, 97 



— of heat to animal, 174' 

 Lucerne, 78, 87, 95 



— digestibility of, 144, 146 



— nutritive value, 187 

 Lupins, 101 



Maintenance diets, 158, 178 

 Maize, composition of, 130, 137, 220 



— crop, 72, 76, 94 



— digestibility, 144, 146, 149 

 ~ feeding value, 122, 137, 



155, 160, 163, 184 



— manure value, 220 



— silage, 130, 144, 156, 160, 



163 

 Malt, 16, 114, 131 

 Malt-sprouts, 130, 135, 220 



— — digestibility, 144 



— — feeding value, 155, 160, 



163 



— — manure value, 220 

 Maltose, 7, 114 



Mangel crop, 74, 80, 85, 87, 95 



— manure, 61 



Mangels, composition of, 14, 130, 

 132, 139, 220 



— digestibility, 144, 156 



— feeding value, 160, 163, 



209 



— manure value, 218, 220 

 Manure, adaptation to crops, 82 



— animal, 210 



— application of, 65 



