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INDEX 



Steeping of potatoes in water, 

 142 



— of lupines in water, 143 

 Storage of cereal grains, 130 



— of meals, etc., 132 



— of roots and tubers, 132 

 Sugar as food for bacteria, 37 



— feeding of, 212 



— from protein, 64 



— beet as food, 175 



leaves, 166 



slices, 207 



Suitableness of food, 232 

 Summer feeding of cows, 344 

 Sunflower-seed cake, 202 

 Swedish clover, 164 



Sweet mashes, 145 



— mash for calves, 145 



Table for calculation of ra- 

 tions, 353 

 Tallow, 1 1 

 Temperature during fasting, 54 



— in hay-stack, 124 



— influence of surroundings, 



153 



— of body, 41 



— of stall, 52, 244, 265 

 Thermic energy, 57 

 Total energy, 57 

 Trypsin, 24 



Tubers, losses during storage 



of, 132 

 Turnips, 176 

 Turnip leaves, 167 



U 

 Unit of energy, 48 

 — of work, 109 

 Urea, 43 



Urine, waste products in, 43 

 Utilisable energy of nutrients, 



48, 109 

 Utilisation of complete foods, 



82 



— of digested nutrients, 41 



— of energy in animal body, 

 109 



Vermicular movements of in- 

 testine, 20 



Vetches, 165 



W 



Waste products, composition 

 of some, 117 



in respiration, 43 



oxidisable, 43 



Water, 1 



— effects of excess of, 10 1, 2^4 



— in feeding-stuffs, 4 



— of vegetation, 101 



— in body, uses of, 99 



— warm drinking, 1 02 

 Watering of animals, 237 

 Weaning calves, 290, 292 



— lambs, 294 



Weather, effect on fodder 



plants, 157 

 Weed seeds in grains, 191 

 Weeds, injurious effects of, 120 

 Wheat, 186 

 Whey, 220 



Wide and narrow rations, 232 

 Winter feeding of cows, 346 

 Wool, influence of food on, 249 



— production of, 247 



Work, effect upon digestion, 34 

 ■ — influence upon milk pro- 

 duction, 314 

 Working animals, feeding of, 

 271 



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