CONTENTS. 



Chapter 



I. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 

 VI. 



VII. 

 VIII. 



IX. 

 X. 



XL 



XII. 

 XIII. 

 XIV. 



XV. 

 XVI. 



XVII. 



XVIII. 



XIX. 



XX. 



XXI. 



XXII. 



XXIII. 



XXIV. 



XXV. 



XXVI. 



XXVII. 

 XXVIII. 



Part I. — Plant Growth and Animal Nutrition. 



Page 



The Plant; How it Grows and Elaborates Food for Animals 1 



Composition of the Animal Body — Digestion — Metabolism 14 



Digestibility — Kespiration — Calorimetry — Energy 39 



Nutrition Studies — The Functions of Protein, Carbohydrates, and 



Fat 53 



Nutrition Studies Continued 62 



The Production of Heat and Work 80 



Miscellaneous Studies Bearing on Nutrition Problems 90 



Feeding Standards — Calculating Rations 104 



Part II. — Feeding Stuffs. 



Leading Cereals and By-products 129 



Minor Cereals, Oil-bearing and Leguminous Seeds, and Their 



By-products 145 



The Grasses, Including Indian Corn — Sorghums — The Smaller 



Grasses — Hay-making — Straw 159 



Leguminous Plants for Green Forage and Hay 177 



Miscellaneous Feeding Stuffs 191 



Soilage — The Preparation of Feed — Stock Foods — Feeding StuflPs 



Control 211 



The Ensilage of Fodders 225 



Manurial Value of Feeding Stuffs 241 



Part III. — Feeding Farm Animals. 



Investigations Concerning the Horse 250 



Feeds for the Horse 267 



Feed and Care of the Horse — Eations 287 



Calf Rearing 302 



General Problems in Beef Production 315 



Value of the Various Feeding Stuffs for Fattening Cattle as 



Found by the Experiment Stations — British Feeding Trials- 333 



Counsel in the Feed Lot 363 



The Dairy Cow— Scientific Findings 376 



Station Tests with Feeding Stuffs for Dairy Cows 393 



Public Tests with Pure-bred Dairy Cows — Feed Required by 



Cows— Cost of Producing Milk and Fat 420 



Feed and Care of the Dairy Cow 431 



General Investigations in Care and Management of Sheep 442 



