INDEX. 



357 



Feeding — 



Boussingault's investigations 257, 284, 



327 

 composition, changes in, in pro- 

 cess of fattening . . 279, 351 

 composition, difference of, in 



growing and fattening increase 281 

 composition of animals at differ- 

 ent stages of maturity . . 280 

 composition of oxen, sheep, and 



pigs in process of . . 275, 352 

 composition of carcasses . . 277 

 i, of increase in weight 281 

 „ of offal . . .277 

 ii of the entire animal 278 

 n relation of the min- 

 eral matter and the nitrogen- 

 ous constituents of the body . 275 

 Continental researches . 257, 262 

 economy in, and increased pro- 

 duction 256 



equivalent rations . . . 259 

 Feeding experiments with cattle . 255, 



275 

 Feeding experiments with pigs 269, 288, 



339 

 as to carbon in food, and in 



increase in weight . . 289 

 as to fat in food and in increase 



in weight . . . .288 

 by Weiske and Wildt . . 295 

 conclusions . 271, 274, 289, 294 

 diagrams explained . . . 271 

 increase in weight . . . 270 

 nitrogenous and non-nitrogen- 

 ous substances as 

 substitutes for each 

 other . . .274 

 h relative influence in 



increasing weight . 283 

 M relative proportions 

 of, in composition 

 of animals . 283, 354 

 ,i relative value of 274, 351, 

 354 

 ii results from . . 272 

 pigs compared with cattle and 



sheep 270 



Feeding experiments with sheep 265, 305, 



330 

 fat-formers the regulating factors 268 

 fat in food and in increase in 



weight 307 



food demands for maintenance 



and increase in weight . 267, 352 

 general results . . . 268, 312 

 Wolff's tables re-calculated . 269 

 Feeding — 



fat in animals and foods . . 284 

 fattening qualities of animals . 286 

 Liebig's views . . 260, 284, 337 

 nitrogen in foods . 258, 308, 327 

 produce retained for . 256, 324 



relation to rotation farming . 255 

 Rothamsted experiments . . 261 

 ii points embraced in 263 



summary of researches on . 350 

 Thaer's experiments . . . 257 

 Fertility, accumulated . . 192 



Field experiments — 



list of, Table I. . . 14, 15 



not reported on ... 18 



plan of 14 



Foods — 



and manure .... 324 



and the exercise of force . . 337 



carbon in 289 



classification of 260 

 digestible and indigestible nitro- 

 genous and non -nitrogenous 

 substances in . . 259, 306 



equivalent rations . . . 260 



fat in 284 



feeding value of . 63, 257, 353 

 for maintenance, increase, and 



force 352 



for milk-production . . . 314 

 function of different ingredients 353 

 Liebig on . ■ . . . . 261 

 necessity for mixing ... 67 

 nitrates and value of . . 309 

 nitrogen in . . 258, 308, 327 

 nitrogenous and non -nitrogenous 

 substances as substi- 

 tutes for each other 247 

 ti relative influence of, 



in increasing weight 283 

 n relative feeding value 



of . . 274, 351,354 



nutritive ratio of 273 



Force, feeding for . . . . 337 



Frankland on the source of muscular 



force 343 



Garden soil — 



experiments with clover in . 118 

 nitrogen in . . . .121 



Gilbert, Sir J. Henry — 



joining Sir J. B. Lawes . . 5 

 honours to .... 9 

 portrait of facing 19 



Gramineous crops .... 68 



Hellriegel's researches . . . 138 

 History of Rothamsted Experiment 



Station 1 



Horses, rations for . . . 347, 350 



Improvement in live stock 

 Introductory statement . 



256 

 13 



Jubilee Boulder .... 8 



illustration of . . . facing 8 



Jubilee of Rothamsted Experiments 7 



