378 



INDEX. 



Cows, feeding of, 33-38 



with blood-molasses, 284 



importance of regular feeding of, 6 



influence of water in ration on 

 milk and weight of, 196 



kind treatment of, 32, 33 



nutritive ratio for, 30 



pregnant,, miscarriage of, 247 



rations for, 209 



trial of, 32 

 Crude fibre, 340 



Crumner dryer for beet leaves, 106 

 Cubic meter, 341 



DAIRY cows,. California, composi- 

 tions of rations fed to, 42 

 composition of one hun- 

 dred rations for, 40 

 compositions of supposi- 

 tions rations for, 43, 44 

 farms, value of beet pulp on, 147 

 mistake in starting a, 38 

 Dairying based on maternity of the- 



cow, 23 



successful, essentials for, 31-33 

 Defecation, 341 



Definitions and technical considera- 

 tions, 331-372 

 Desiccation, 341 



Diffusion battery, preparation of mo- 

 lasses cossettes in, 259 

 eossettes, composition of, 120, 121 



water in, 149 

 definition of, 356 

 hot, facilitation of pressing by, 



175, 176 

 pulp, experiments in feeding 



with, 152 



utilization, American exper- 

 ience in, 210 



what it consists in, 119, 120 

 Diffusors, Pfeiffer's compressed air 



mode for employing the, 176 

 Digestibility, 341-353 



and nutritive relations, coefficient 



of, 334-336 

 coefficient of, 263 

 factors governing, 341-344 

 of ash, 353 



of carbohydrates, 346-348 

 of crude cellulose in clover, 351 



protein, 345, 346 

 of fatty substances, 348, 319 

 of fibre, 349, 352 

 of nitrogen-free extract as deter- 

 mined by water ex- 

 traction, 352. 



Digestibility of nitrogen-free extract, 

 crude fibre and fat, relation 

 between, 351 



of phosphoric acid, 352, 353 

 of salt, 353 

 varying, of coarse fodder when 



fed with roots, 348 

 Digestion, 353-356 



influence of concentrated feeds 



upon, 344 r 345 



Digestive nutrients in stated amounts 

 of the more common feeding stuffs, 

 319-330 



Dogs, experiments upon, 12 

 Dried cossettes, 356. 



residuum cossettes, 173-209 

 Dripping and straining of cossettes, 



121, 122 



Droppings, manurial value of, 39 

 Dryer. Buttner and Meyer, 181-187 

 " Mackensen, 179, 180 

 priae for a, 173 

 steam, 189-191 

 Thiesen, 191 

 Dryers, objectionable features of, 187, 



188 



Drying beet leaves, 104, 105 

 plant, cost of a, 188, 189 

 utilization of lost heat for, 177 

 waste gases for, 176 

 Dry matter, definition of, 357 



EISBEN, rations for milch cows, 

 recommended by, 153-155 

 Emmerling's method of estimating the 

 nutritive value of a forage made 

 with molasses, 300 

 Energy, definition of, 357 

 Ether extract, 357 

 Excretion and nutrition, 362-366 

 Experiments, comparative, 69-79 



in feeding beets to cows and sheep 

 in the United States, 79-93 



FARM animals, table for computing 

 rations for, 319-330 

 conveyance of cossettes to, 140 

 molasses combinations made at 



the, 292, 293 



preparation of blood-molasses fod- 

 der on the, 286 

 Farms, American, question of labor 



on, 34, 35 



Fat and protein, less proportion be- 

 tween, 349 



starch, factor between, 54 

 equivalents for 100 parts of, 53 



