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INDEX 



Silage, corn for, 289-94 

 composition of, 290 

 for beef cattle, 292-3 

 dairy cows, 291-2 

 hogs, 294 

 horses, 293-4 

 sheep, 293 

 influence of fermentation on, 



290-1 

 net energy value of, 290 

 yield per acre, 290 

 cowpeas for, 294 

 crude fiber in, 18 

 crude protein in, 12-3 

 fat in, 22 

 feterita for, 294-5 

 kafir corn for, 294-5 

 mUo maize for, 294-5 

 mineral matter in, 8 

 nitrogen-free extract in, 15-6 

 soft corn for, 290 

 sorghum bagasse for, 295 

 soybeans for, 294 

 sweet sorghum for, 294-5 

 water in, 5 

 Silo, 287-9 



capacity of, 118 

 requisites of a good, 287-S 

 Skatol, 47, 52 

 Skim milk, 82, 229 

 Skin, loss of heat from, by evapora- 

 ation from, 103-4 

 conduction and radiation from, 

 103-4 

 Slaughter-house by-products, 210-20 

 Slender wheat grass, 254 

 Slender wheat grass hay, 254 

 Small intestine, 36 



digestion in, 44-6 

 Soaking feed, influence of, on di- 

 gestibility of feedingstuffs, 

 69 

 efficiency of rations, 310 

 Soap, how made, 20 

 Sodium, in animal body, 28 



feedingstuffs, 8 

 Soft corn, 166 



for silage, 290 

 Soilage, 267-86 



advantages of, 268-9 



Soilage, crops for, 267-86 



definition, 267 



disadvantages of, 268-9 



grasses for, 277-86 



legumes for, 270-7 

 Sorgho, see Sorghum, sweet 

 Sorghum, sweet, 179-82 

 Sorghum bagasse silage, 295 

 Sorghum fodder, sweet, 258 

 Sorghum hay, 249 

 Sorghum pasture, 281-2 

 Sorghum silage, sweet, 294-5 

 Sorghum stover, 262 

 Sorghums, grain, 179-82 



sweet. 179-82 

 Sows, see Hogs and Pigs 

 Soybean, 185 

 Soybean cake, 214 

 Soybean hay, 245 

 Soybean meal, 214 

 Soybean pasture, 277 

 Soybean silage, 294 

 Soybean straw, 264 

 Species of animal, influence of, on 

 digestibility, 66-7 



efficiency of rations, 310-2 



value of manure, 324-5 

 Spelt, 179 

 Sperm oil, 20 



Stacks, hay, estimating cubic con- 

 tents of, 115-7 

 Stage of growth of plant, influence 



of, on digestibility, 71-2 

 Stallion, see Horses 

 Standards of feeding, see Feeding 



standards 

 Starch, 13, 14 



action of pancreatic amylase on, 45 

 ptyalin on, 40, 52-3 



manufactured from corn, 188-9 

 Steam engine and animal compared, 



96, 100 

 Steapsin, see Pancreatic lipase 

 Stearin, 19 



Steers, addition of nitrogenous nu- 

 trients to ration as affecting 

 digestibility, 74 



age of, as affecting digestibility 

 of rations, 67 

 efficiency of rations, 314-5 



