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INDEX. 



NAKROW ration, definition of, 361 

 Natanson's method of preparing 



molasses cossettes, 259 

 Nebraska, feeding beet pulps in, 221- 



226 



New Mexico, experiments in, 230 

 New process linseed meal, 361 

 New York, experiments in, 229, 230 

 Nicholson, Prof., on pulp feeding, 223 

 Nitrates, 366 

 Nitrogen-free extract, 366 



crude fibre and fat, 

 relation between 

 digestibility of, 

 351 



digestibility of, as 



determined b y 



water extraction, 



352 



Kjeldahl's method of estimating, 



298 

 Nitrogenous elements of the animal's 



body, 337, 338 



feeding stuffs, classification of, 362 

 substances, transformation of, 3 

 Non-nitrogenous, definition of, 366 



elements of the animal's 



body, 338-340 



Non-sugar, definition of, 367 

 Nutrients, digestible, in stated amounts 

 of the more common feeding stuffs, 

 319 330 



Nutrition and excretion, 362-366 

 Nutritive ratio, 367 



OAT-FLOUR and molasses combina- 

 tion, 268 



Oat straw, digestible nutrients of, 324 

 Oats and peas, digestible nutrients of, 



319 



digestible nutrients of, 324 

 for sheep, 50 

 Ohio experiment station, experiments 



in feeding at the, 83-86 

 Oil cake, use of in feeding, early op- 

 position to, 307 

 meal, 367 



Old process linseed meal, 367 

 Omasom, the, 367 

 Oregon, experiments in, 230 

 Organic matter, definition of, 367 

 Osmose, 367 

 Osmotic action, 367 

 Osteomalacia, 146 

 Ox, absorption of water by an, 149 

 Oxalic acid, 367 



influence of, 112-114 



Oxalic acid, loss of, in drying beet 



leaves, 108 

 Oxen and cows, working, 56, 57 



experimental rations fed to, 204 

 fattening of. with molasses, 249 

 working, feeding of with molasses, 



244-246 



peat-molasses to, 267 

 rations for, 150, 151, 209 

 Oxnard, experiments at, 217, 218 



PALM oil and molasses combina- 

 tions, 278-280 

 and molasses combinations, 



analyses of. 279 

 meal and molasses, forage 



of, 243 

 Paunch, 367 

 Pea meal, 368 

 Peanut shell molasses combination, 



273-275 

 ration of, 274 



shells combined with residuum 

 beet molasses, composition 

 of, 274 



composition of, 273, 274 

 Pearl farm, Mich., experiments at 



the, 227. 228 

 Peas and barley, digestible nutrients 



of, 319 

 oats, digestible nutrients of, 



319 



digestible nutrients of, 324 

 Peat and molasses, superiority of, to 



bran and molasses, 262 

 comparison of bran with, 270 

 composition of, 264 

 digestibility of. 263, 264 

 -molasses combinations, varied, 



266 



combination. Toury, compo- 

 sition of, 265 

 conclusions as to the value of, 



for feeding, 264-266 

 difference in opinion as to the 



value of, for feeding, 264 

 feeding, early experiments 



with, 261, 262 

 of, to horses, 266, 267 

 of, to milch cows, 267 

 possible intestinal com- 

 plications through, 

 262, 263 

 working oxen and cattle 



with, 267 



forage, composition of. 261 

 keeping qualities of, 290 



