INDEX 



385 



Grass pastures, 277-86 

 crude fiber in, 18 

 crude protein in, 12-3 

 fat in, 21-2 

 mineral matter in, 8 

 nitrogen-free extract in, 15-6 

 water in, 5 

 Grinding feed, influence of, on digest- 

 ibility, 69-70 

 efficiency of ration, 309-10 

 Gross energy, 93-5 

 Ground rock phosphate for pigs, 79 

 Growth, of animals, composition of 

 increase during, 30-3 

 mineral requirements for, 78-80 

 protein requirements for, 80-7 

 requirements for, 130-4 

 of plants, influence of stage of, 

 on digestibility, 71-2 

 Gullet, 34, 41 



Haecker feeding standard for dairy 

 cows, 140-2, 148 

 growing fattening cattle, 131-2 

 Hair\' vetch, 245-6, 277 

 Hansson feeding standard for dairy 



cows, 151-2 

 Hay, measurement of, 115-7 

 Hay bales, estimating weights of, 



115-7 

 Hays, 232-55 



crude fiber in, 12-3 



crude protein in, 12-3 



digestion by different species of 



animals, 67 

 fat in, 21-2 

 grass, 246-55 

 gross energy of, 95 

 leguminous, 232-46 

 losses in curing, 72 

 mineral matter in, 8 

 nitrogen-free extract in, 15-6 

 water in, 5 

 Hay stacks, estimating cubic con- 

 tents of, 115-7 

 Heat, a form of energy, 92 



controlling loss of, from body, 



104-5 

 equalization of, in body, 103-5 

 escape of, from body, 103-4 



2c 



Heat, how produced in body, 103-5 

 losses from body, 99-100, 102, 



103-4 

 lost in digestion, 99-100, 102 

 measurement of, 93 

 of body, increased by work, 102 

 of combustion, 93-5 

 production of, in body, 103-5 

 Heating water for farm animals, 104 

 Henry-Morrison feeding standards, 



124, Appendix Table 33 

 Herd's grass, see Timothy 

 Hogs 



(For the value of a particular 



feed for hogs, see name of 



feed) 

 composition of bodies of, 26 

 concentrates for, 111-2 

 cooking feed for, 310 

 Dietrich's feeding standard for 



fattening, 137 

 digestible nutrients in feeding stuffs 



for. Appendix Table 30 

 digestion experiments with, 58 

 digestion harness for, 57 

 digestion of roughages by, 67, 312 

 fat in bodies of, 26, 28 

 fertilizing elements in manure of, 



325 

 grinding grain for, 309-10 

 influence of patent stock foods on 



digestibility of rations for, 



71 

 preparation of feeds on efficiency 



of rations for, 309-10 

 large intestines of, 37 



digestion in, 46-7 

 maintenance requirements of, 130 

 manure excreted by, per year, 321 

 mastication by, 41 

 mineral matter in bodies of, 26, 28 

 products of, per 100 lbs, digestible 



organic matter, 311 

 protein in bodies of, 26, 30 

 relation of weights of, to efficiency 



of gains, 314 

 requirements for fattening, 137 

 roughages for, 111-2 

 self-feeders for, 153-5 

 shelter for, 105 



