INDEX 



381 



Horses, alfalfa hay for, 284 



allowance of roughage for, 283 



and ruminants, digestion of co- 

 efficients of hay and straw for, 

 64 



character of feed required, 278 



concentrates for, 287 



corn for, 287 



digestibility of coarse feeds, 63 



energy requirements of, 280 



fattening for the market, 289 



feeding, 277 



standards, 277 



grain hay for, 286 



hay for, 284 



measurement of work done by, 

 279 



roots for, 286 



silage for, 286 



system of feeding, 282 



timothy hay for, 284 



watering, 283 



work done by, 277 



working, rations for, 290 

 Hot-house lambs, feeding of, 326 

 Hungarian grass, 111 



Icelandic moss, 211 



Increase of live weight in fattening, 

 composition, 20 



Incrusting substances, 15 



Indian corn, 105 



chemical composition, 164 



Indian corn, grain, 164 

 field-curing, 108 

 fodder, 129 

 for horses, 287 

 for swine, 303 

 losses in curing, 60 

 methods of harvesting, 108 

 proportion of nutrients in, 



106 

 thickness of planting, effect 



of, 105 

 silage, 155 



variation in composition, 54 

 yields secured, 106 



Intestinal juice, 29 



Invertases, 30 



Japanese cane, 112 

 Jerusalem artichokes, 142 



corn, 173 

 Johnson grass, 102 



Kaoliang, 173 

 Kafir corn, 110, 173 

 silage, 158 



Kale, 140 



Kellner's starch values, 49 

 Kentucky blue grass, 101 

 Keratin, 22, 321 

 Kjeldahl method, 16 

 Kohlrabi, 135 



Lacteals, 31 

 Lactose, 14 



Lambs, early spring, feeding of, 327 

 fall, feeding of, 327 

 fattening, value of grain feeds 



for, 330 

 feeding of, 324 

 hot-house, feeding of, 326 

 weight at birth, 322 

 winter feeding of, 327 

 Laying ration for poultry, 341 

 Leaves and twigs, 211 

 Lecithin, 23 

 Legume hay, average composition, 



113, 121 

 Legumelin, 9 

 Legumin, 9 

 Leguminous crops, value of, 113 



seeds, chemical composition, 176 

 Leucosin, 9 

 Levulose, 14 

 Lignin, 15 

 Linamarin, 198 

 Linoleic acid, 11 

 Linolenic acid, 11 

 Linseed meal, 195, 348 

 Literature on feeding of beef cattle, 



276 



Literature on feeding of calves, 226 

 dairy cattle, 252 

 farm animals, 226 

 goats, 335 

 horses, 293 

 mules, 293 

 poultry, 357 

 sheep, 335 

 swine, 316 



forage and grain crops, 177 

 silos and silage, 162 

 spineless cacti, 147 

 Lipase, 29 

 Lipoids, 23 



Live animals, composition, 19 

 Low-protein feeds, 10 

 Lymph, 22 



Maintenance rations, 35 

 requirements, 34 



for different body weights, 



35 

 Malt sprouts, 189 



