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INDEX 



Intestines, digestion in, 24, 25 



Kelkier, experiments by, to show 

 maintenance diet, 45 

 to show work value of 

 foods, 50 



Lignin, 3 

 Lymphatics, 24 



Maintenance diet, 44 

 food required for, 6 

 rations, 46, 47 

 Maize fed alone, result of, 26, 60 

 Maize-beans mixture, 79, 80 

 Market price of a food— not reli- 

 able index to true value, 33, 

 67, 70 

 Mixing, in the dry state, 84 



Nitrogenous constituents, com- 

 position of, 9 

 function of, 4 

 method of determining, 

 19 

 ratio, for maintenance, 46 

 for work, 52 

 of a food, 38 

 of a mixed food, or 

 ration, 57 

 Nutritive value of a food, ex- 

 amples to explain, 40 



Oats, 60 

 Oxidation, 15 



Pasture grass, composition of 



(cut at various dates), 12, 21 

 Peas, 60 



Protein, effect of too much or 

 too little, 38 

 percentage composition of, 

 10 

 Proteins, composition of, 9 

 digestion of, 24 

 function of, 4 

 heat value of, 35 



Provender mill, essentials of, 83 

 Proximate principles, 3, 9 

 Ptyalin, 13 



Kation, a suitable, conditions 



affecting, 55, 56, 57 

 Kations, comparative cost of 

 various, examples, 69, 70 

 examples of faulty, 63, 64, 



65 

 for different classes of 



horses, examples, 66 

 for maintenance, 46, 47 

 for working horse, 52 



Salts, composition of, 18 

 function of, 3 



Sick horses, feeding, 95-101 



Soaking of food, 86 



Starch, 13 



Starch equivalent of a food, 40 



Starch equivalents of foods. 

 Table III., 42 



Starches, digestion of, 24 



Stomach, digestion in, 24, 25 



Straw, 63 



Substitution, practice of, ex- 

 ample, 103 



Substitutional dieting, examples 

 of saving by, 76, 80 



Sugars, 14, 24 



Surface area of a horse in rela- 

 tion to food requirements, 48 



Table I., Chemical Composition 

 of Foods, 22 

 II., Digestion Coefficients, 



32 

 III., Starch Equivalents, 



42 

 IV., Comparative Cost of 



Foods, 73 

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Urea, 4, 5 



