INDEX 



383 



Pigs, relation of weight to feed con- 

 sumed and rate of gain, 296 

 Plains Region, grasses of, 91 

 Plants, composition, 6 

 Poisonous plants, 127 

 Poly-saccharides, 14 

 Potatoes, 137 



dried, 137 



Poultry, animal feeds for, 347 

 broiler ration, 355 

 bulk of feed, 342 

 charcoal, 351 

 chick ration, 354 

 composition of green feeds, 352 



animal feeds, 352 

 crate-fattening, 357 

 digestibility of animal feeds, 



352 

 digestive system, 336 



tract, 337 



examples of rations, 353 

 farm colony house, 340 

 fattening, 340 

 crate, 356 

 feed, bulk of, 342 

 cost of, 343 

 cottonseed meal, 348 

 dry mash, 345 



hoppers, 345 

 flavor of, 343 

 grain to mash ratio, 342 

 green feeds, 348 

 how much to feed, 343 

 linseed meal, 348 

 suitability of, 342 

 soybean meal, 348 

 variety in, 342 

 wet mash, 346 

 wet versus dry mash, 344 

 feeding, 336 



standards, 339 

 versus breeding, 346 

 growth, 340 



hoppers for dry mash, 345 

 house, interior of modern, 343 

 how much to feed, 343 

 laying, ration for, 341 

 literature, 357 



nutritive ratio standard, 339 

 salt, 351 

 Preparation of feeds, influence on 



digestibility, 67 

 Proprietary feeds, 210 

 Protamlnes, 10 

 Protein, 8 



chemical energy in, 45 



determination, 16 



influence on digestibility, 69 



Proteins, conjugated, 10 



derived, 10 



modified, 10 



simple, 9 

 Proteose, 10 

 Pumpkins, 141 



Ram, feeding of, 323 



Range and desert plants, 145 



cattle, feeding of, 273 



forage plants, composition of, 

 145 



sheep, fattening of, at different 



ages, 325 

 Rape, 138 

 Rations, calculation of, 71 



for beef cattle, 253 



for dairy cows, 248 



for fattening sheep, 332 



for work horses, 290 

 Red-clover, 117 

 Red-dog flour, 181 

 Red-top, 101 



Remedies for calf scours, 220 

 Rennet stomachs, 217 

 Respiration apparatus, 43 



calorimeter, 47 

 Rice, 174 



bran, 187 



by-products, 186 



composition, 186 



hulls, 186 



test for, 187 



meal, 186 



polish, 186, 187 

 Ricin, 9 

 Rocky Mountain States, grasses of, 



91 



Rolling feeds, influence on digesti- 

 bility, 67 

 Root crops, 131 

 Roots, value of, 132 



and silage, relative yields, 131 



and tubers, 131 



for horses, 286 

 Roughage for calves, 221 



for dairy cows, 245 



for dairy heifer, 243 



for horses, 283 

 Ruminants, 26 

 Rutabaga, 135 

 Rye, 169 



feeds, 183 



Sage brush, 145 

 Saliva, 28 



Salt, common, importance of, 24 

 for calves, -222 



