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INDEX 



Hogs — Continued 



small intestines of, 36 

 stomach of, 34-5 



total dry substance and digestible 

 nutrients in feedingstuffs 

 for, Appendix Table 30 

 water in bodies of, 26, 27 

 See also Pigs 

 Hominy chop, 193 

 Hominy feed, 193 

 Hominy meal, 193 

 Honeycomb, see Reticulum 

 Horses 



(For the value of a particular food 



for horses, see name of feed) 



ash of feed excreted in manure by, 



323 

 caecum of, 36-7 

 calculating rations for, 109-10, 



121-3 

 chaffing hay for, 310 

 concentrates for, 109-10 

 digestible nutrients in feeding- 

 stuffs for, Appendix Table 29 

 digestion of roughages by, 67, 



138-9 

 digestive tract of, 39 

 fertilizing elements in manure of. 



325 

 grade of, as affecting efficiency of 



rations, 313 

 grinding grains for, 69-70, 309, 310 

 Kellner feeding standard for work- 

 ing, 138 

 large intestines of, 36-7 



digestion in, 46-7 

 Uver of, 38 



maintenance requirements of, 130 

 manure, amount excreted per 

 year by, 321 

 ash of feed excreted in, 323 

 fertilizing elements in, 325 

 influence of exposure and fer- 

 mentation on, 326 

 nitrogen of feed excreted in, 323 

 mastication by, 41 

 nitrogen of feed excreted in manure 



by, 323 

 net energy of feed recovered in 

 work by, 305 



Horses — Continued 



rations for, calculating, 109-10, 



121-3 

 requirements of, for growth, 134 

 maintenance, 130 

 work, 138-9 

 roughages for, 109-10 



digestion of, 67, 138-9 

 saliva secreted by, 40 

 Savage feeding standard for 



growth, 134 

 self-feeders for, 156 

 shelter for, 105, 319 

 small intestines of, 36 

 stomach of, 34-5 



total dry substance and digest- 

 ible nutrients in feeding- 

 stuffs for, Appendix Tabic 29 

 type of, as affecting efficiency of 



rations, 313 

 work of, as affecting digestibility 

 of rations, 68 

 net energy value of feeds recov- 

 ered in, 305 

 requirements for, 137-9 

 Hungarian grass, see Millet 

 Hvdrochloric acid in gastric juice, 



41-2 

 Hydrogen sulphide formed in large 

 intestine, 47, 52 



weight of farm 

 composition of. 



influence 



Increase in body 



animals, 



30-3 

 Indian corn, see Corn 

 Individuality of animals, 

 of, on digestibility, 68 

 Indol, 47, 52 



Inorganic compounds, 2-3 

 Inorganic phosphate, see Calcium 



phosphate 

 Intestinal juice, 44, 46 

 Intestine, large, 36-7 



digestion in, 46-7 

 Intestine, small, 36 

 digestion in, 44-6 

 Invertin, see Sucrase 

 Iron a feedingstuffs, 7 

 Italian rye grass, 253-4 

 Italian rye grass hay, 253-4 



