INDEX 



Absorption of digested materials, 31 

 Acids, free, influence on digesti- 

 bility, 70 

 Acorns, 211 

 Adulterated butter, 23 

 Age, influence on digestibility of 



feeding stuffs, 65 

 Agricultural sections of United 

 States, characteristic grasses and 

 hay crops, 90 

 Albumen, 22 

 Albumenoids, 10, 11 

 Albumins, 9 



Alcohol-soluble proteins, 10 

 Alfalfa, 114 



changes in composition, 117 



composition, 115 



in different stages of 

 growth, 56 



digestion coefficients, 57 



hay for horses, 284 



losses in haymaking, 59 



silage, 158 



yields of dry matter and diges- 

 tible matter, 57 

 American Fat Stock Show, results 

 obtained with fattening steers,259 

 Amides, 10 

 Amino-acids, 10 

 Amylopsin, 29 

 Amy loses, 14 

 Animal body, components, 21 



feed for poultry, 352 

 Animals, live, composition, 19 

 Annual forage crops, 105 

 Apples, 143 

 Araban,14 



Armsby standards, 52 

 Armsby's energy values, 74 

 Artichokes, composition of, 142 



Jerusalem, 142 

 Artificial butter, 23 



digestion, 35 

 Ash, 7 



materials in animal body, 24 

 Available energy, 41 

 Avenalin, 9 



Baby beef, 269 



Bacon production, feeding for, 314 



Balanced ration, 74 



Barley, 169 



feeds, 183 

 Bean straw, 130 

 Beans, 175 

 Beech nuts, 211 

 Beef calf, the, 225 



cattle, cost of feeding, 262 

 feeding of, 253 

 length of feeding period, 



263 

 literature on feeding, 276 

 rate of increase of, 258 

 rations for, 253 

 returns for feed eaten, 264 

 systems for feeding, 253 

 young and old, average 

 daily gains, 258 

 Cows, influence of liberal feed- 

 ing, 235 

 Production in eastern States, 

 275 

 in southern States, 275 

 scraps, 204 

 Beet molasses, 192 

 pulp, 193 



dried, 194 

 silage, 161, 194 

 Bermuda grass, 102 

 Bile, 29 



Black-strap molasses, 193 

 Bloat, remedy, 118 

 Blood, 21 



corpuscles, 21 

 meal, 204 

 Blue grass, Kentucky, 101 

 Boar, feeding of, 306 

 Body fat, 23 

 Bone meal, 205 

 Breed, influence on digestibility of 



feeding stuffs, 65 

 Brewers' grains, 188 

 Brewery feeds, 188 

 Broiler ration, 355 

 Brush feed, 211 

 Buckwheat, 172 

 bran, 183 

 feeds, 183 

 hulls, 183 

 middlings, 183 

 Buttermilk, 208 

 Butyric acid, 23 



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