380 



INDEX. 



Fodder components, coefficients of di- 

 gestibility for, 342 

 corn, digestible nutrients of, 319 

 green corn vs. sugar beets for 



cattle feed. 76-78 

 maceration of, 69 

 soft leaf, 102 

 Fodders, caloric basis of estimation 



of, 62 



commercial value of, 61 

 constituents of, 2, 3 

 empirical modes of estimation of 



value of, 61 

 mixing cossettes with other, 152, 



153 

 money modes of calculating the 



value of, 61, 62 

 purchase of, 39 

 soiling, digestible nutrients of, 



319 



steaming or cooking of, 65-68 

 Food consumption, influence of water 



upon, 35, 36 



Forage and semi-sugar beets, compar- 

 ative yield of, 75 

 definition of, 359 

 digestible, diluted followed by 

 concentrated molasses for, 255- 

 257 



peat-molasses, composition of, 261 



Forages, molasses, composition of, 251 



France, comparative experiments in, 



between beets and pulp, 69, 70 



composition of peat used in, 264 



possibilities of molasses feeding 



111,^234 



practical comparative experiments 



in feeding molasses in, 248-250 



surface built silos as used in, 170 



Frederiksen's method of preparing a 



blood-molasses feed, 282 

 Friihling and Schultz, results obtained 



by, in pressing cossettes, 124 

 Fuel value, definition of, 359 



GASES, waste, for drying, 176 

 Gastric juice, 359 

 Germany, experiments in feeding with 



molasses in, 250, 251 

 general use of molasses for feeding 



in. 233 



results of beet leaf feeding in, 114 

 siloing of beet leaves in, 101 

 what residuum cossette feeding 



means in, 156 

 Germs, definition of, 359 

 Gestation, definition of, 359 



Gird, Mr., experiments of, 215-217 

 Glucose, 359 



amount of. that disappears in the 



blood, 302 



and rice-flour molasses combina- 

 tion, 272 



Gluten feed, digestible nutrients of, 327 

 meal, digestible nutrients of, 327, 



328 



meals and gluten feeds, 359, 360 

 Glycogen, 360 

 Glycose, 360 



Goats, experiments upon, 31 

 Goessmann, Dr., on sugar beet feed- 

 ing, 80 



Grafton farm, Alma, Mich., experi- 

 ments at the, 226, 227 

 Grain, digestible nutrients of, 323, 324 

 Gram, the, 360 



Grandeau, Prof., experiments of, in 

 feeding horses, 314- 

 316 



experiments of, in feed- 

 ing horses with mo- 

 lasses, 241-243 



Grand Island, Neb., experience of, 222 

 Grass, Hungarian, digestible nutrients 



of. 320 

 Grasses, mixed, and clover, digestible 



nutrients of, 321 

 Green corn and sugar beets, plant foods 



absorbed by, 77 

 fodder vs. sugar beets for cattle 



feed, 76-78 

 Grouven, experiments of*, in siloing 



leaves, 101 



Gullet, definition of the, 360 

 Gums, 360 



Guttmann, A., on molasses feeding, 

 272, 273 



TTADMEESLEBEN, Germany, ex- 

 J--L periments in feeding sheep at, 



207, 208 

 Hay and dried cossettes, comparative 



analysis of, 192 

 straw, digestible nutrients of, 



321-323 



straw and molasses, 275, 276 

 Heat, lost, utilization of, for drying, 



177, 178 



Hectare, the, 360 

 Heifers and bulls, experimental sugar 



rations for, 313, 314 

 Hemoglobin, 370 



jHenneberg and Stohmann's experi- 

 ments, 27 



