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INDEX 



Sudan grass, 249-50 

 Sudan grass hay, 250 

 Sugar-beet pulp, see Beet pulp 

 Sugar beets, 298 

 Sugars, 13, 14 



absorption of, 48, 53 

 Sulphur, in animal body, 28 



feedingstufTs, 7 

 Sunflower-seed cake, 215 

 Sweating of feeds, influence of, on 



digestibility, 69 

 Swedes, 299 



Swedish clover, see Clover, alsike 

 Sweet clover, see Clover, sweet 

 vSweet sorghum, see Sorghum, sweet 

 Swine, see Hogs and Pigs 



Tall oat grass, 253 



Tall oat grass hay, 253 



Tankage, 216-8 



Teeth, 37 



Temperament of animal, influence 

 of, on efficiency of rations, 

 316 



Temperature, influence of, on effi- 

 ciency of rations, 319 



Therm, 93 



Timothy grass, 280-1 



Timothy hay, 246-8 



Timothy pasture, 280-1 



Timothy straw, 264 



Tin-plate by-product, 230 



Tongue, 37 



Tonic, prescription for, 222-3 



Treatment of animal, influence of, 

 on efficiency of rations, 

 316-7 



Trypsin, 44-5, 51, 52 



Turnips, 299 



Type of animal, influence of, on 

 efficiency of rations, 312-3 



Urine, amounts voided by farm 

 animals per year, 321 

 fertilizing elements in, 322, 325 

 influence of loss of, on value of 



manure, 325 

 mineral matter of feeds excreted 

 in, by dairy cows, 322 

 Utilization of energy, coefficient of, 

 102-3 



Valuation of feedingstuffs, 330-3 



Van Norman feeding standard for 

 dairy cows, 128-9 



Vegetable meal, 230-1 



Velvet bean hay, 244 



Velvet bean pasture, 274 



Vetch, common and hairy, for hay, 

 245-6 

 for pasture, 277 . 



Villi, 47-9 



Vinegar-dried grains, 231 



Vital processes, energy consumed in, 

 98-9 



Vitamines, 22-4 



Voluntary muscles, energy con- 

 sumed in work of, 101-2 



Water, absorption of, 49, 50 

 composition of, 3 

 function of, in plants, 4 



in animal body, 77 

 how excreted from animal body, 77 

 in bodies of farm animals, 26-7 

 function, 77 

 feedingstuffs, 4-6 

 how determined, 5 

 nutritive value, 9 

 warming for farm animals, 104 

 Watering farm animals, influence of 

 frequency on digestibility, 70 

 Waxes, 20 



Weight, body, composition of in- 

 crease in, 30^3 

 Western wheat grass, 254 

 Western wheat grass hay, 254 

 W^et beet pulp, 228 

 Wet brewers' grains, 199-201 

 Wethers, see Sheep 

 Wetting feeds, influence of, on di- 

 gestibility, 69 

 efficiency of rations, 310 

 Wheat. 166-9 



composition of, 167 

 for breeding stock, 169 

 fattening stock, 168-9 

 growing stock, 167-8 

 milk cows, 169 

 work horses, 169 

 kinds of, 167 

 net energy value of, 167 



