INDEX 



399 



Digestion, defective, 33 



— effect of work upon, 34 



— extent of, 3 1 



— influence of quantity of food 

 upon, 35 



— influence of mixing of food 

 upon, 36 



— influence of species of ani- 

 mal, 32 



— of one-sided rations, 36 



— processes of, 2 1 

 Digestive power of different 



breeds, 32 



individuals, 33 



Distillery grains, 215 



— waste or slump, 2 1 5 

 Dried blood, 223 



— brewers' grains, 2 1 5 



— slumps, 217 



Drought, effect on plants, 157 

 Dry matter, 4 



Drying of samples of food- 

 stuffs, 4 

 Durability of food-stuffs, 120 

 Dynamic energy, 57 



Earth-nut cake and meal, 197 

 Energy from fat, 107 



nitrogen-free nutrients, 



106 



isolated nutrients, no 



protein, 104, 106 



starch, 107, 273 



— metabolism, 48 



— required for performance of 

 work, in 



— sources of, 104 



— total, no 



— units of, 48 



— used in mastication and 

 digestion, 57, 87 



Ensilage {see Silage) 

 Enzymes in digestive juices, 21 



— properties of, 22 

 Epithelial cells in mammary 



gland, 307 

 Ether extract, 12 



Excretion of waste products, 43 

 Exercise, benefits of, 298, 344 



Fasting metabolism, 51 



Fat, amount to be fed, 257, 272 



— determination of increase 

 in body, 46 



— from cane sugar, 80 



— from carbohydrates, 77 



— from crude fibre, 80 



— from protein, 64, 82 



— heat value of, 70 



— in food, 257 



— influence on digestibility of 

 food, 38 



— influenced by food, 258 



— in fasting, 54 

 Fats and oils, 10 



carbohydrates, 77 



Fattening of grown animals, 



254 

 ruminants, 261 



— ration, 256 

 Feeding, insufficient, 55 



— loaves, manufacture of, 148 



— of draught oxen, 273 



— of horses, 275 



— standards, 392 

 Feeding-stuffs, full-value, 90 

 Field beans, 188, 281 



Fish meal, 222 



Flavour of milk, 176, 346 



Flesh, composition of, 46 



— increase of, 44 



Flour mills, by-products from, 



190 

 Fodder damaged by fumes, 118 



fungi, 118 



moulds, 119 



— frozen, 119 



— mastication of green, 88 



— plants, influence of variety, 



154 

 of soil and manuring, 



155 

 Food, extra required for fat 

 animals, 267 



