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INDEX 



Barley, 176-9 



composition, 176 



for breeding stock, 179 

 fattening stock, 178 

 growing stock, 177-8 

 milk cows, 179 

 work horses, 179 



net energy value, 176 



vs. corn for pork and bacon pro- 

 duction, 176 



See also Cereals, Feedingstuflfs 

 Barley by-products, 199 202 

 Barley hay, 254-5 

 Barley pasture, 284 

 Barley straw, 264 

 lieans, field, 186 



velvet, see Velvet bean 

 Beef cattle, see Steers 

 Beef production as influenced by 



grade of animal, 312-3 

 Beet, mangel, see Mangels 



sugar, see Sugar beet 

 Beet molasses, see Molasses 

 Beet pulp, 228-9 

 Beet pulp silage, 295 

 Beet tops, 304 

 Beggar weed hay, 244 

 Beggar weed pasture, 274 

 Bermuda grass, 250, 253 

 Bermuda hay, 250, 253 

 Bermuda pasture, 282 

 Bile, 38, 44, 45-6, 54 

 Bloat in farm animals, 43 



how prevented, 271, 302 

 Blood flour, 219 



Blood meal or dried blood, 218-9 

 Bluegrass pasture, Canada, 281 



Kentucky, 278-80 

 Body temperature of farm animals, 



103-5 

 Body weight of farm animals, 

 composition of increase in, 

 30-3 

 Bomb calorimeter, 93-5, 97 

 Bone meal, raw, 219-20 



steamed, 220 

 Bones of farm animals, influenced by 

 feed, 78, 79-80, 83, 84-6 



mineral matter in, 27, 28, 77 



water in, 27 



Bran, see names of kinds of bran as 



Wheat bran 

 Breed or type of animal, influence of, 

 on digestibility of feeding- 

 stuffs, 67 

 efficiency of gains, 312-3 

 value of manure, 324 



value in beef production, 312-3 

 Breeding stock, alfalfa hay for, 240 



alfalfa straw for, 264-5 



barley for, 179 



barley straw for, 264 



Canada field peas for, 184 



carrots for, 298 



corn for, 164-5 



corn silage for, 292-3 



corn stover for, 261 



cottonseed meal or cake for, 212 



gluten feed for, 191 



Kentucky bluegrass for, 278 



linseed meal or cake for, -208-9 



mangels for, 298 



oats for, 172-3 



oat straw for, 264 



red clover hay for, 236-7 



rye for, 175 



rye pasture for, 283 



timothy hay for, 247 



wheat bran for, 196 



wheat for, 169 



wheat middlings for, 198 

 Brewers' grains, 199-201 

 Brome grass, 253 

 Brome hay, 253 

 Brome pasture, 282-3 

 Broom corn fodder, 260 

 Buckwheat by-products, 205 

 Bull and Emmett standard of protein 

 requirements for lambs, 132-3 

 Butter, influence of coconut meal or 

 cake on, 215 



cottonseed meal or cake on, 212 



gluten feed on, 191 



linseed meal or cake on, 209 



rye on, 173 



soybeans on, 185 

 Buttermilk, 229 



Cabbage, 302 

 Caecum, 36 



