INDEX 



Numbers refer to pages. 



Abomasum, 35-G 



digestion in, 42-4 

 Absorption of nutrients, 47-55 



work of, 99-100 

 Acid in gastric juice, 41-2 

 Adulteration of feeds, 223-6 

 Age of animal, influence on digesti- 

 bility, 67 



efficiency of gains, 313-5 



fat content of body, 28-9 



protein content of body, 29-30 



value of manure, 3. 24 



water content of body, 27 

 Alfalfa hay, 237-41 



composition, 239 



digestibility of protein of, 64 

 . compared with clover, 237, 239 



curing, 239 



feeding value, 239 



for breeding stock, 240 

 fattening stock, 240 

 growing stock, 239-40 

 milk cows, 241 

 work horses, 241 



ground, see Alfalfa meal 



net energy value, 239 

 Alfalfa meal, 300-1 

 Alfalfa pasture, 272-3 

 Alfalfa silage, 294 

 Alfalfa soilage, 267-8, 269, 272 

 Alfalfa straw, 264-5 

 Alimentary tract, 34 

 Alsike clover, see Clover, alsike 

 Amides, 11 



Amino acids, absorption of, from in- 

 testine, 48, 51 



definition, 10 



end products of oxidation of, 81 



function of, in animal body, 81-2 



Amino acids, influence on animals of 

 rations deficient in, 11, 82-7 

 in large intestine, 47, 52 

 small intestine, 45, 46, 51 

 absorption, 48, 51 

 Amount of feed, how determined in 

 compounding rations, 112 

 influence of, on digestibility of 

 feedingstuffs, 72-3 

 efficiency of grains, 307-9 

 Amylase, pancreatic, 44, 45, 53 



salivary, 39, 40, 41, 52-3 

 Amylopsin, see Amylase, pancreatic 

 Animals, see Farm animals 

 Apple pomace, 304 

 Armsby's energy values for feeding- 

 stuffs, Appendix Table 30 

 feeding standards, 124-8, 148, 149, 



Appendix Table 34 

 standard for dairy cows compared 

 with other standards, 148 

 Van Norman modification of, 

 128-9 

 values for dry substance, digest- 

 ible protein and energy in 

 feeding stuffs. Appendix 

 Table 31 

 Artichokes, 299-300 

 Ash, see Mineral matter 

 Assimilation, see Absorption 

 Available energy, see Metabolizable 

 energy 



Bacteria, action in digestion, 46-7, 52, 



53-4 

 Bagasse, sorghum, for silage, 295 

 Balanced ration, 119 



See also Ration 

 Bales of hay, weights of, 115 



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