INDEX 



389 



Mineral matter or ash, in animal and 

 vegetable substances, 6-7 

 bodies of farm animals, 26, 27-8 

 feedingstuffs, 7-9 



how determined, 8 

 increase in body weight of 



steers, 33 

 manure of farm animals, 325 

 influence on farm animals of 



rations deficient in, 78-80 

 of feed excreted in manure by 



farm animals, 322-3 

 required for fertilizing soil, 320 

 growth, 78-80 

 Mixed feeds, commercial, 223-6 

 Molasses, 227 

 Molasses feeds, 228 

 Mouth, 34 



digestion in, 40-1 

 Muscles, energy used in work of, 

 101-2 



Net energy, see Energy, net 

 Nitrogen as a fertilizer, 320 



in manure of farm animals, 325 

 of feeds excreted in manure by 

 farm animals, 322-3 

 Nitrogen-free extract, absorption of, 

 53 

 composition of, 14-5 

 digestibility of, 64-5 

 digestion of, 52-3 

 in feedingstuffs, 15-6, 52 

 how determined, 15 

 Non-proteins, 11 

 Nutrients, 2-3 



absorption of, 47-50 

 definition of, 2 

 digestible, 74-5 



in feedingstuffs. Appendix 



Tables 29, 30, 31, 35 

 yield of, per acre by various 

 crops, 159 

 digestion of, 40-7, 50-5 

 functions of, in animal body, 76-89 

 gross energy values of, 95 

 net energy values of, 101 

 nitrogenous, influence on digesti- 

 bility of adding to ration, 

 74 



Nutrients, non-nitrogenous, influence 

 of excess of, in ration on 

 digestibility, 73 

 required by farm animals for 

 fattening, 135-7 

 growth, 130-4 

 maintenance, 129-30 

 milk production, 139-49 

 wool production, 149 

 work, 137-9 

 Nutritive ratio, 89-92 



Oat by-products, 202-3 

 Oat clippings, 203 

 Oat dust, 203 

 Oat grass, taU, 253 

 Oat grass hay, 253 

 Oat hay, 254 

 Oat hulls, 202-3 

 Oat middlings, 202 

 Oat pasture, 283 

 Oat shorts, 202 

 Oat straw, 264 

 Oats, 169-74 



composition of, 171 



for breeding stock, 172-3 

 fattening stock, 172 

 growing stock, 171-2 

 milk cows, 173 

 work horses, 174-5 



net energy value of, 171 

 Oil, definition of, 19 

 Oil-bearing seeds, 186-7 



crude fiber in, 17-8 



crude protein in, 12-3 



fat in, 21-3 



mineral matter in, 8 



nitrogen-free extract in, 15-6 



water in, 5-6 

 Oil by-products, 206-15 



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, 5-6 

 Oil cake, see Linseed meal or 



cake 

 OUs, 20 

 Olein, 19 



