388 



INDEX. 



Steers, fattened, preparations for ship- 

 ping, 19, 20 



feeding and fattening of, with beet 

 residuum in western States, 

 14 



of, with molasses, 244-246 

 kinds of, to feed, 18, 19 

 rations for, 209 



relative value of sugar beets for, 91 

 young, and cattle feeding and 



fattening, 9-21 

 Stimulants, 371 

 Stohmann's experiments, 13 

 Straw and hay, digestible nutrients of, 



321-323 

 molasses combination, 276, 



277 



mixing cossettes with, 166 

 Stutzer, analysis of siloed beet leaves 



by, 99 



Sucrose, 371, 372 



Sugar and molasses, comparison be- 

 tween, 312 

 beet and rutabaga, comparative 



analysis of a, 74 

 cossettes, value of, 139, 140 

 leaves and tops, composition 



of, 94, 95 

 feeding of, 93- 



117 

 digestible nutrients of, 



329 

 pulp, digestible nutrients of, 



lead in, 214 



residuum, advantages of, 17 

 cossettes, early appreci- 

 ation of the value of, 

 118 

 fresh and siloed, feeding 



of, 118-172 

 beets and green corn, plant foods 



absorbed by, 77 

 mangels compared, 70- 



74 



potatoes, comparative 

 value of, in the pro- 

 duction of milk, cream 

 and butter, 88-90 

 residuum, early preju- 

 dice in the United 

 States against feeding 

 cattle with, 210-231 

 tankard compared, 71 

 compared with rutabagas, 74 

 more profitable than clover 

 hay for cattle feeding, 79 



Sugar beets, relative value of, for steers 



and sheep, 91 

 combinations, special, 312 

 destruction of, in the blood, 301, 



302 



effect of, on animals, 309 

 feeding, advantages of, to the 



breeder, 303 

 digestive complications due 



to, 310 



early arguments for, 304 

 economic considerations of, 



312, 313 



European, difficulties to con- 

 tend with in, 315 

 experiments in, 305, 306 

 horses with, 314-316 

 of, to calves, 310, 311 



cattle in the early part 

 of last century, 303-309 

 pigs, 311, 312 



practical suggestions in early 

 discussions on , 306- 

 309 



tests of, upon men, 302 

 with, 301-316 



for general feeding, 309, 310 

 for pigs, opinions respecting, 312 

 influence of. upon milk, 314 

 left in the residuum, 121 

 making, profitable, utilization of 

 molasses one of the essentials 

 of, 234 

 manufacturer, main object of the, 



120 

 rations, experimental, for bulls 



and heifers, 313, 314 

 Sugars, 372 



Sulphuric acid, anhydrous, 332 

 Summer feeding, 34 

 Surface siloing, 167-171 

 Swine, feeding of, with molasses, 250 



TABLE for computing rations for 

 farm animals, 319-330 

 Tables for computing rations, 41 

 Tankard and sugar beets, comparative 

 increase in 

 weight of 

 sheep fed 

 with, 72 

 comparison of, 



71 



Thiesen dryer, 191 

 Timothy, digestible nutrients of, 321 

 Toury peat-molasses combination, com- 

 position of, 265 



