INDEX. 



379 



Fat, formation of, theoretical consider- j Feeding regular, importance of, for 



ations relative to the, 9-12 

 importance of, 4 



influence of the carbohydrates on 

 formation of, 10- 

 12 



temperature of the 

 stable, on the 

 formation of, 10 

 nutrients that supply the greater 



part of, 9 

 Fattening, essentials in, 16, 17 



idea of the progress of, by the 



droppings, 21 

 sheep, 49-51 

 steers, essentials for success in, 



20,21 



successful, requisites for, 17, 18 

 Fatty substances, 357-359 



digestibility of, 348, 349 

 Fay and Frederikson, experiments of, 



Feeding according to records, 34 



advantages of dried cossettes in, 



194 

 and fattening young steers and 



cattle, 9-21 



appliances for sheep, 46 

 beet leaf, 110, 111 



objections to, 111, 112 

 pulps, dangers of, 143, 144 

 beets to cattle, 64-117 



cows and sheep, experi- 

 ments in, in the United 

 States, 79-93 



cattle with sugar beets and resid- 

 uum cossettes, early prejudice 

 in the United States against, 

 210-231 



continued, with cossettes, 148 

 cows, 33-38 

 difficulties in, 33, 34 

 dried cossettes, precautions in, 



200-202 

 early, of beet leaves, and mistakes 



made in, 96 



empirical systems of, 38 

 excessive, 33 



fresh and siloed sugar beet resid- 

 uum, 118-172 

 general, sugar for, 309, 310 

 milch cows, 21-31 

 molasses diluted and combined 



for, 254, 255 

 for, 232-257 

 manner of, 239 

 periods of, 17, 18 



cows, 6 



regularity in, 60 

 sheep, 45-51 

 space, requisite, and other 



tials for sheep, 48, 49 

 standards, 3, 4, 317, 318 

 stuffs, digestive nutrients in stated 

 amounts of the more com- 

 mon, 319-330 

 nitrogenous, classification of, 



362 



sugar beet leaves and tops, 93-117 

 summer, 34 

 time of, 33 

 value of beet tops for, 220 



cossettes, 141 

 water in, 35 



with peat molasses, early experi- 

 ments with, 261, 262 

 seed stalks and seed, 117 

 sugar, 301-316 

 the view of producing milk 



and butter, 147, 148 

 the view to butter production, 



34 



working animals, theoretical con- 

 siderations of, 52-57 

 Feeds and rations, 26 



concentrated, influence of, upon 



digestion, 344, 345 

 influence of, upon butter and 



milk, 26-28 

 purchasing of, 62, 63 

 slightly mildewed or tainted, 



utilization of, 296 

 sprinkled with molasses and 

 heated under pressure, 272, 273 

 varied, 16 

 Fermentation, 359 



in the preparation of rations, 68,69 

 Fertilizer, molasses as a, 296-298 

 Fertilizers, definition of, 359 

 Fibre, digestibility of, 349-352 

 Fibrin, 359 



of the blood, elimination of the, 



283, 284 



Flesh formation, theoretical consider- 

 ations, respecting, 11-14 

 Flour, dark feeding, digestible nutri- 

 ents of, 325 

 low grade, digestible nutrients of, 



325, 326 

 Fodder, blood-molasses, preparation 



of. on the farm, 286 

 coarse, varying digestibility of, 

 when fed* with roots, 348 



