CONTENTS 



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PA6B 



Introduction .......•• xvii 



The Chemical Composition of Feedingstuffs . . 1 



The Chemical Composition of Farm Animals . . 25 



The Digestion of the Nutrients 34 



The Digestibility of Feedingstuffs .... 56 



Functions of the Feed Nutrients in the Animal Body 76 

 Energy in Feedingstuffs and its Uses in the Animal 



Body 92 



The Compounding of Rations 107 



The Feed Requirements of Farm Animals . . . 119 



Grains and Seeds 1^' 



The Cereal By-products 188 



The Oil By-products 206 



The Packinghouse By-products 216 



Miscellaneous Concentrates 221 



The Hays 232 



Fodders and Stovers 256 



The Straws 263 



Pasture or Forage, and Soiling Crops . . . 266 



Silage 287 



Miscellaneous Roughages 296 



The Efficiency of Rations 305 



The Fertilizing Values of Feedingstuffs . . .320 



The Valuation of Feedingstuffs 330 



Appendix ^^^ 



