INDEX 



Absorption of food, 119. 



Acids, 83; action on albuminoids, 65; 

 action on carbohydrates, 86; fatty, 

 90; influence on digestion, 139. 



Age, influence on production, 411. 



Air, carbon in, 13; hydrogen in, 15; 

 nitrogen in, 16; oxygen in, 14. 



Albuminoids, 57; action of acids and 

 alkalies on, 65; action of heat on, 64; 

 action of ferments on, 63, 65; com- 

 parative energy values of, 173; com- 

 pounds among, 57; energy of, 162; 

 modified, 62. 



Albumins, 58; in milk, meat, eggs, 58; 

 in plants, 59; properties of, 58; where 

 found, 58. 



Alfalfa, as soiling crop, 266; produc- 

 tivity of, 261. 



Alkalies, action on albuminoids, 65. 



Amides, 69; value of, 179. 



Animal, globulins in, 60; water in, 38. 



Animal body, distribution of ash com- 

 pounds in, 49. 



Aramal heat, source of, 9. 



Animal life, relation of oxygen to, 14; 

 relation of plant to, 7; relation to 

 man, 1. 



Animal meal, 256. 



Animals, composition of bodies, 93 ; 

 mineral compounds in, 48; problems 

 in feeding, 3; proportions of elements 

 in, 22; selection of, 411; treatment 

 of, 416. 



Ash, compounds of, 41; compounds in 

 different species, 44 ; distribution 

 compounds of in plants, 45; in ani- 

 mal, 49; elements of, 30; influence of 



manufacturing processes on, 47; in 

 plants, 43; variations in species, 43. 

 Assimilation, definitions of, 99. 



Beef, feeding for production of, 339. 



Beet sugar, residues from manufacture 

 of, 240. 



Bile, 115; function of, 116. 



Blood, 142; corpuscles in, 143; mineral 

 compounds of, 50. 



Bone, formation of, 152. 



Bovines, maintenance food for, 297; 

 maintenance rations for, 299. 



Butter-milk, 254, 255; as food for swine, 

 363. 



Breakfast foods, residues from, 232. 



Breed, influence on digestion, 138; in- 

 fluence on production, 409, 411. 



Brewer's grains, 236; residues, 236. 



Butter, effect of foods on, 319. 



Calcium, sources of, 20 ; in nutrition, 20. 



Calf, growth of, 324; metabolism of, 

 324. 



Calorie, definition of, 161. 



Calorimeter, 162; respiration form, 201. 



Calves, composition of, 403; feeding of, 

 328; production with. 404, 405; skim- 

 milk for, 329. 



Capillaries, blood, 119. 



Carbohydrates, 75; action of acids on, 

 86; action of ferments, 86; animal, 84; 

 characteristics of, 85; energy of, 162; 

 elements in, 30; functions of , 155 ; in- 

 fluence of excess of, 135; relative en- 

 ergy values of, 172; variations in di- 

 gestibility, 123. 



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