INDEX. 



377 



Cossettes, digestibility of, 155. 199, 200 

 nitrogenous s u b - 



stances of, 165 

 dried, actual economy of, 209 



advantages of, in feeding, 194 



handling, 197 



and hay , comparative analysis 



of, 192 



molasses, analyses of 

 combinations of, 

 260 



mixture of, 259,260 



superiority of, to 



pressed cossettes 



and molasses. 260 



average composition of, 191 



profit from the use of, 



208 

 change in, during keeping, 



198,199 



conservation of, 198 

 mineral substances in, 197, 



198 

 more hygienic than the 



siloed, 196, 197 

 objections to using, 173, 174 

 precautions in feeding, 200- 



202 



quantity of, to be fed, 202 

 residuum, 173-209 

 dripping and straining of, 121, 122 

 drying of, by waste gases, 176 

 early appreciation of the value of, 



118 

 chemical changes in, during 



siloing, 163 



excessive pressure of, 122 

 experiments in feeding different 



kinds of, 202-208 

 feeding scrub cattle with , 8 



value of, 141 



filling silos with, 159, 160 

 fresh and dried, analysis of, 188 

 mixed with molasses 

 for cattle feeding, 

 258. 259 

 dried and siloed, relative 



digestibility of, 199 

 or dried, composition of milk 



from cows fed on, 202 

 frozen, feeding of. 150 

 in cattle feeding, 142 

 Klusemann press for. 124-127 

 lactic fermentation of. 161, 162 

 Lallouette press for, 134-136 

 liming of, before drying, 175 

 limit of pressing of, 174, 175 



Cossettes, losses in, during pressing, 



123,124 

 mixing of lime with, 138 



with an antiseptic. 167 

 lime or alkaline 



salts, 137 

 other fodders, 152, 



153 



straw, 166 

 pressed, 370 

 Selwig and Lange press for, 127- 



siloed and dried, comparison be- 

 tween, 192-194 

 siloing of, 156-172 

 silos for reducing, 156-159 

 sour, 371 



diseases due to, 145 

 soured, increase in milk produc- 

 tion by. 154 



steam drying of, 189-191 

 surface soiling of, 167-171 

 temperature of, in being dried, 184 

 transformation of, during siloing, 



160-167 

 the nitrogenous 

 substances of, 

 162 

 utilization of lost heat for drving, 



177, 178 



value of, 139, 140 

 what feeding of, means in Ger- 

 many, 156 

 Cotton seed meal, 340 



advantages of, 26 

 digestible nutrients of, 



328 



Cow, breed and kind of, 32 

 calving, needs of the, 25 

 dairying based on maternity of 



the, 23 



ease and comfort for the, 32 

 secondary importance of the, 1 

 yield of milk from a, 23 

 Cows, American, requirements of. as 

 compared with European, 40, 41 

 'and sheep, experiments in feed- 

 ing beets to, in the United 

 States, 79-93 

 oxen, working. 56, 57 

 comparative feeding value of 

 silage, beets and mangels for, 92 

 constant attention to, 32 

 experimental ration fed to, 205, 20(5 

 experiments in feeding of, with 



beet leaves, 115 

 upon, 69. 70 



