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INDEX 



Fiber, 14, 16-7 



absorption of digestion — prod- 

 ucts of, 48 



digestibilit>- of, 65-6 



digestion of, 43, 47, 53 



how determined in feedingstuffs, 

 17 



in feedingstufTs, 17-8 

 Fibrin, 45, 51 



Field bean, see Bean, Field 

 Field pea, Canada, 183-4 

 Finish in fattening animals, 30S-9 

 Flax by-product, 209 

 Flax feed, 209 

 Flax oil feed, 209-10 

 Flax screenings, 209 

 Flaxseed, 187 



Flaxseed by-product, 206-9 

 Flax straw, 264 

 Flint corn, 160 

 Flour, blood, 219 



red dog, 198-9 

 Foals, rations for, 109 



(For the value of a particular 

 feed for foals, see name of 

 feed) 

 Fodder, corn, 256-7 

 Fodders, 256-62 



crude fiber in, 17-8 



crude protein in, 12-3 



fat in, 22 



mineral matter in, 8 



nitrogen-free extract in, 15-6 



water in, 5 

 Forage, coarse, see Roughage 

 Forage crops, 266-7 

 Frequency of feeding and watering, 

 influence of, on digestibility 

 of ration, 70 

 Frosted corn, 166, 290 

 Fructose, 14, 45, 46, 53 

 Fruit sugar, 14, 45, 46, 53 

 Fuel value of feeds, see Energy 



Gain in farm animals, composition 



of, 30-3 

 Galactose, 45, 46, 53 

 Gallbladder, 38, 45 

 Gasoline engines compared with 



farm animals, 102 



Gastric juice, 41 

 Gastric lipase, 42, 54 

 Gelatine, 45, 51 

 Ciliadin, 87 

 Glucose, 13, 14 



absorption of, 48, 49, 53, 88 

 composition of, 19 

 formed in digestion, 45, 46, 53 

 in animal body, 30, 88 

 manufacture of, 188-90 

 Gluten feed, 190 

 composition of, 190 

 for breeding stock, 191 

 fattening stock, 191 

 growing stock, 190-1 

 milk cows, 191 

 work horses, 191 

 net energy value of, 190 

 Gluten meal, 190 



Glycerin, absorption of, in intestine, 

 49, 54-5 

 in fats, 19 



set free in digestion of fats, 42, 

 45, 54-5 

 in saponification of fats, 20 

 Glycogen, 13 



carbohydrates a source of, 87, 



88 

 crude protein a source of, 81 

 stored in animal body, 30, 88 

 Grade of animal, influence of, on 

 efficiency of rations, 312-3 

 Grain, salvage, 229 

 Grains, 157-87 

 brewers', 200-1 

 distillers', 192-3 

 gross energy value of, 95 

 influence of grinding and soaking, 

 on digestibility, 69-70 

 efficiency of ration, 309-10 

 yeast or vinegar-dried, 231 

 Grape sugar, see Glucose 

 Grasses, 277-86 

 Grass hays, 246-55 

 crude fiber in, 17-8 

 crude protein in, 12-3 

 fat in, 21-2 

 mineral matter in, 8 

 nitrogen-free extract in, 15-6 

 water in, 5 



