386 



INDEX. 



Rations and feeds, 26 

 appetizing, 60 

 cost of, 63 



distribution of, 60. 61 

 excessively diluted, objections to, 



oV 



experimental, fed to cows, 205, 206 

 fed to horses, 315 

 oxen, 204 

 sheep, 207, 208 

 results of, 205 

 sugar, for bulls and heifers, 



313, 314 

 faulty, 41, 42 

 fed to horses, results of, as to 



work and weight, 315 

 fermentation in the preparation i 



of, 68, 69 



for farm animals, table for com- 

 puting, 319-330 

 live stock, 209 

 milch cows, 153-155 

 mules and horses, 151 

 sheep, 151 



stall-fed animals, G. 7 

 working oxen. 150, 151 

 general, of blood-molasses, 286 

 in general, 57-61 

 molasses, analyses of, 294 

 rules for, proposed by the New j 

 York Agricultural Experiment j 

 Station. 63 



special tables for computing, 41 

 standard. 58, 59 

 basis of, 58, 59 

 variation in, 59 

 suppositions, for dairy cows, com- 

 positions of, 43, 44 

 varied by addition of different beet j 

 products, comparative nutritive 

 values of. 203 



varying molasses for different ani- 

 mals. 253 

 Recticulum. 370 

 Red clover hay, digestible nutrients i 



of, 322 



Rennet or abomasom, 370 

 Residuum, 370 



cossettes, digestibility of, 155 



siloing of. 156-172 

 dried, composition and appearance 



of, 191 



importance of keeping clean, 140 

 mixing of the, with an antiseptic, 



167 



Roots and corn silage for milch cows, 

 comparison of, 81, 85 



Roots and potatoes, value of, for fat- 

 tening lambs, 90, 91 

 tubers, digestible nutrients of, 



320, 321 

 varying digestibility of coarse 



fodder when fed whh, 348 

 Roughage. 370 



combination of, with concentrates, 



22 



Ruminants, definition of, 370 

 Rutabaga and sugar beet, comparative 



analysis of a, 74 



comparison of sugar beets with, 74 

 Rye bran, digestible nutrients of, 326 

 digestible nutrients of, 323 



SACCHAROSE, definition of, 370 

 Saliva, definition of, 370 

 Salt. 37, 38 



beneficial effect of, 27. 28 

 common, combination of, with 



pulps, 144, 145 

 mixing of, with pulp, 147 

 digestibility of, 353 

 importance of. 4 

 in steer feeding, 19, 20 

 Schraeder apparatus for preparing 



blood-molasses fodder, 286 

 Scrub cattle, feeding of, with cos- 

 settes. 8 



Scums, definition of. 371 

 Seed stalks and seed beet, feeding 



with, 117 



Selwig and Lange press, 127-129 

 Semi-sugar beet, 75 

 Serum, definition of, 371 

 Sesame and peanut-molasses combina- 

 tion, composition of. 274, 275 

 Shearing of sheep, influence of, upon 



milk, 46, 47 



Sheep and cows, experiments in feed- 

 ing beets to, in the United 

 States. 79 93 

 characteristics, 47, 48 

 classification of, for fattening, 49 

 comparative increase in weight of, 

 fed with tankard and sugar- 

 beets. 72 

 difference in fodder to be given 



to, 50 



experimental rations fed to, 207 

 experiments in feeding, 82, 83 



of, with beet 



leaves, 115 

 upon, 70 

 with, 195 

 fattening, 49-51 



