382 



INDEX. 



Lime, influence of, upon the cellular 



texture, 175 



mixing of, with cossettes, 138 

 phosphate, 361 

 Linseed meal, digestible nutrients of, 



328 



new process, 361 

 old process, 367 

 Liter, the, 361 

 Live stock, rations for, 209 



weight, cost of, per pound, 19 

 Lymph, 361 



MACEKATION of fodder, 69 

 Mackensen dryer, 179, 180 

 Maercker and Morgen. researches of, 



194 

 on early chemical changes during 



siloing, 163 



on feeding all the molasses from 



a given area of land, 294, 295 



Maercker' s method of facilitating cos- 



sette pressing, 137 

 Malt sprouts, digestible nutrients of, 



326, 327 

 Mangels and sugar beets compared, 70- 



74 

 plant food taken 



up by, 73 



silage and beets, comparative feed- 

 ing value of, for cows, 92 

 Manoury method of facilitating cos- 



sette pressing, 137, 138 

 Manure, value of beet tops for, 220, 221 

 Manurial value of droppings, 39 

 Meals, order of, 5 

 Mehay mode of preparing acidulated 



beet leaves, 103, 104 

 Meter, the, 361 

 Methane, 361 



Michigan, cossette drying in, 228, 229 

 State College Experiment Station, 



experiments at the, 226-229 

 Microbes in rotten pulp, 146 



means of destroying, 144, 145 

 Micro-organisms, 361 

 Milch cow feeding, 21-31 



general remarks on, 



21-23 

 cows, calculation of rations for, 



38-45 

 comparison of corn silage and 



roots for, 81, 82 

 composition of one hundred 



rations for, 40 



experiments in feeding of, 

 with liquid molasses, 256 



Milch cows, feeding of, with molasses, 



239-241 



peat-molasses to, 267 

 rations for, 153-155 

 sorts of, 23, 24 



Milk and butter, feeding with the view 



of producing, 147, 148 



influence of feeds upon, 



26-28 

 milking, considerations about, 



24, 25 

 weight of cows, influence of 



water in ration on, 196 

 average daily yield of, with and 



without beets in ration, 86 

 comparative analyses of, when 

 different beet products were fed, 

 203 



cream and butter, comparative 

 value of sugar beets and pota- 

 toes in the production of. 88-90 

 difference in the quantity and 



composition of, 24 

 effect of albumin on, 29 

 elaboration of, from the colos- 

 trum, 28, 29 

 experiments in the fermentation 



of, 241 

 flavor of, 28 

 flow, influence of the temperature 



of water on, 36, 37 

 of, 30, 31 

 from cows fed on fresh or dried 



cossettes, composition of, 202 

 glands, effect of protein on, 29 

 globules, 29 



influence of sugar upon, 314 

 molasses favorable to the produc- 

 tion of, 240, 241 

 production, increase in, by soured 



cossettes, 154 



quantity and quality of, 29 

 relative values of silage and field 

 beets in the production of, 83-88 

 satisfactory secretion of, 29 

 sugars, 29 



theoretical considerations 28-31 

 total produced and gain and loss 

 in weight, by silage and beets, 



85 



true basis for the sale of, 24, 25 

 Mill products, digestible nutrients of, 



324-326 

 Mineral elements, influence of, upon 



the flow of milk, 27, 28 

 substances in dried cossettes, 197 

 Minnesota, experiments in, 230 



