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Dent corn. 160 

 Dextrin. 14 



Dietrich's feeding standard for grow- 

 ing pigs. 133 

 market hogs, 137 

 Digestibility, 56-75 

 coefficients of, 56-66 

 definition. 56 

 how determined, 56-63 

 indirect method of calculating, 

 60-3 

 errors in, 62-3 

 not exact, 59-60 

 of crude fiber, 65-6 

 crude protein, 64 

 fat, 66 

 feeds that cannot be fed alone, 



how determined. 60-3 

 mineral matter, 63-4 

 nitrogen-free extract. 64-5 

 influence of addition of nitrogenous 

 nutrients to ration on, 74 

 age of animal on, 67 

 amounts of feed on, 72-3 

 breed of animal on, 67 

 condition of animal on, 67 

 cooking of feeds on, 69 

 curing of feeds on, 71 

 excess of non-nitrogenous nu- 

 trients in ration on. 73 

 fermenting of feeds on, 69 

 frequency of feeding and water- 

 ing animals on, 70 

 grinding feed on, 69-70 

 individuality of animals on, 68 

 palatability of ration on, 68-9 

 patent stock feeds on. 70-1 

 preparation of feeds on, 69-70 

 proportion of different nutri- 

 ents in ration on, 73-4 

 salton, 71 



soaking of feeds on, 69 

 species of animal on, 67-8 

 stage of growth of plant on, 



71-2 

 storage of feeds on, 72 

 sweating of feeds on, 69 

 work of animal on, 67-8 

 of crude fiber, 65 (1 

 crude protein, 64 



Digestibility, of fat. 66 



feedingstuffs. 56-66, Appendix 



Tables 29, 30, 31. 35 

 mineral matter, 63-4 

 nitrogen-free extract, 64 5 

 relation of, to efficiency of ration, 

 307 

 value of manure, 323 

 Digestible nutrients, in feedingstuffs, 

 74-5, Appendix Tables 29, 

 30, 31, 35 

 j-ield of, per acre by grains and 

 seeds, 159 

 Digestion, 40-7 



energy expended in, 99-100 

 in large intestine, 46-7 

 mouth, 40-1 

 small intestine. 44-6 

 stomach. 41-4 

 of crude fiber, 53-4 

 fat, 54-5 



mineral matter, 51 

 nitrogen-free extract, 52-3 

 nutrients, 40-55 

 protein, 51-2 

 organs of, 34-8 

 work involved in, 99-100 

 Digestion coefficients, 56-66 

 definition. 56 

 how determined. 56-63 

 indirect method of ctdculating, 

 60-3 

 errors in, 62-3 

 not exact, 59-60 

 of crude fiber, 65-6 

 crude protein, 64 

 fat, 66 

 feeds that cannot be fed alone, 



how determined, 60-3 

 feedingstuffs, 56-66 

 mineral matter, 63-4 

 nitrogen-free extract, 64-5 

 Digestion experiments, methods of 



conducting, 56-8 

 Digestive system of farm animals, 



34-8 

 Distillers' grains, 192-3 

 Distillers' slop. 192 

 Dried beet pulp. 228 9 

 Dried blood, 218-9 



