xiv Contents 



PAGES 



Silage 212 



Nature of changes in silo 213 



Extent of loss in the silo 215 



Ensiling vs. field- curing 217 



Crops for ensilage 218 



Construction of silos 219 



Filling the silo 220 



The straws 223 



Boots and tubers 224 



Grains and seeds . . 225 



* CHAPTER XVI 



CATTLE FOODS COMMERCIAL! FEEDING STUFFS 227-257 



Classes of commercial by-product feeding stuffs 228 



Wheat offals 228 



Residues from breakfast foods 232 



Brewers' by-products 236 



Residues from starch and glucose manufacture .... 236 



Residues from the manufacture of beet -sugar .... 240 



The oil meals in general 241 



Cottonseed meal 242 



Linseed meal 245 



Chemical distinctions in cattle foods 248 



Coarse foods vs. grains and grain products 249 



Classification according to the proportions of nutrients . 249 



Foods of animal origin 252 



Milk 252 



Dairy by-products , . . 254 



Slaughter-house and other animal refuses 256 



CHAPTER XVII 



THE PRODUCTION OF CATTLE FOODS . 258-267 



Soiling crops 263 



