ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Composition of Feeding Stuffs (Colored Chart) ; . . Frontispiece 



1. Water in Common Feeding Stuffs, in Per Cent 7 



2. Mineral Matter in a Ton of Common Feeds, in Pounds 8 



3. Fats in Common Feeding Stuffs, in Per Cent 12 



4. Fiber in Plant Materials, in Per Cent 15 



5. View of a Chemical Laboratory for Analysis of Feeding Stuffs and 



Other Agricultural Products 17 



6. Composition of Live Animals Less Contents of Stomach and Intes- 



tines, in Per Cent 20 



7. The Digestive Apparatus of Ruminants 27 



8. Digestible Components and Nutritive Ratios of Common Feeds, in 



Per Cent 36 



9. A View of the Respiration Calorimeter at the Pennsylvania Experi- 



ment Station 40 



10. Manurial Value of Feeding Stuffs ~ 89 



11. Shade Trees and a Running Stream in the Pasture Make for the 



Health and Comfort of Farm Animals 92 



12. Indian Corn Grown for the Silo or for Soiling 95 



13. The Relative Expense of Producing and Feeding Soiling Crops is 



Considerably Greater than in the Case of Silage 98 



14. A Field of Dwarf Black-hull Kafir Corn 110 



15. A Soybean Nitrogen Factory 114 



16. Alfalfa will Furnish an Abundance of Green Feed Throughout the 



Growing Season 115 



17. Curing and Harvesting Alfalfa 116 



18. Crimson Clover 120 



19. Sweet Clover is an Excellent Soil Builder 122 



20. A South Carolina Vetch Field 123 



21. A Field of Soybeans 125 



22. Half-sugar Mangels 134 



23. Rutabagas (Bloomsdale), a Good Type for Stock Feeding 135 



24. Carrots for Stock Feeding 136 



25. Pigs on Rape 139 



26. Spineless Cactus Yields Large Crops of a Very Watery Feed under 



Favorable Conditions 146 



27. Stave Silos 149 



28. A Good Concrete Silo 152 



29. A California Dairy Barn with Concrete Silos 153 



30. A "Re-saw" Silo Being Filled with Alfalfa 154 



31. Battery of Four Cement Silos on a California Cattle Ranch 155 



32. Com and Soybeans Grown for Silage 160 



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