Contents xv 



CHAPTER XVHI 



PAGKS 



THE VALUATION OF FEEDING STUFFS 268-279 



Commercial values 269 



Physiological values 272 



Selection of feeding stuffs 273 



Other standards of valuation 277 



CHAPTER XIX 

 THE SELECTION AND COMPOUNDING OF RATIONS 280-294 



CHAPTER XX 



MAINTENANCE RATIONS 295-303 



Maintenance food for bovines 297 



Maintenance food for horses 300 



CHAPTER XXI 



MILK PRODUCTION 304-323 



Milk secretion 306 



Sources of milk solids 307 



The rate of formation of milk solids 308 



The amount and character of the ration for milk production 309 



The sources of protein for milk production 313 



The relation of food to the composition and quality of milk 316 



Effect of food upon the composition of milk 316 



Effect of food upon the flavors of milk and its products . 321 



CHAPTER XXII 



FEEDING GROWING ANIMALS 324-338 



The feeding of calves 328 



The feeding of lambs 331 



Feeding colts 333 



Feeding the dam 334 



Feeding the colt 335 



