INDEX 



38? 



Japan clover, sec Lespedeza 

 Jerusalem artichokes, 299-300 

 Johnson grass, 253 

 Johnson grass hay, 253 

 Johnson grass pasture, 282 

 June grass, see Bluegrass 



Kafir corn, 182, 258-60 



Kafir corn fodder, 258-60 



Kafir corn silage, 294-5 



Kafir corn stover, 262 



Kale, 303-4 



Kellner feeding standard for work 



horses, 138 

 Kentucky bluegrass, 278-80 

 Kinetic energy, 93-4 

 Kohlrabi, 303 

 Kowliang, 182 

 Kowliang fodder, 260 

 Kowliang stover, 262 



Labor, see Work 

 Lactase, 44 



action of, on lactose, 45, 46, 53 

 Lactose, 13, 14 



action of lactase on, 45, 46, 53 

 in milk, 52 

 Lambs 



(For the value of a particular 

 feed for lambs, see name of 

 feed) 

 Bull-Emmett standard for fatten- 

 ing, 136 

 growing, 132-3 

 calculating rations for, 112 

 composition of bodies of, 26 

 concentrates for, 112 

 fat in bodies of, 26, 28 

 grinding grains for, 70, 310 

 mineral matter in bodies of, 26 

 protein in bodies of, 26, 30 



requirements for fattening, 136 

 growth, 132-3 

 rations for, calculating, 112 

 roughages for, 112 

 water in bodies of, 26, 27 

 See also Sheep 

 Lanolin, 20 

 Large intestine, 36-7 

 digestion in, 46-7 



Leaching, influence of, on value of 



manure, 326-7 

 Legumes, 270-7 

 Leguminous hays, 232-46 

 crude fiber in, 17-8 

 crude protein in, 12-3 

 fat in, 22 



mineral matter in, 8 

 nitrogen-free extract in, 16 

 water in, 5 

 Leguminous pastures, 270-7 

 Leguminous seeds, 183-6 

 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 

 Length of fattening period, influence 

 of, on efficiency of rations, 

 317-8 

 Lespedeza hay, 243-4 



pasture, 274 

 Lime, see Calcium 



Lime phosphate, see Calcium phos- 

 phate 

 Linseed cake, see Linseed oil meal 



or cake 

 Linseed meal, see Linseed oil meal 



or cake 

 Linseed oil, 20 



Linseed oil meal or cake, 206-9 

 composition of, 207 

 for breeding stock, 208-9 

 fattening stock, 208 

 growing stock, 208 

 milch cows, 209 

 work horses, 209 

 net energy value of, 207 

 new process, 207 

 old process, 206 

 Lipase, gastric, 42, 54 



pancreatic, 44, 45, 46, 54 

 Liquid manure, influence of loss of, 

 on value of manure, 325-6 

 Liver, 37, 38, 45 



glycogen stored in, 30 



Magnesium, in animal body, 28 

 feedingstuffs, 7 



