INDEX 



The References are to Pages' 



Absorption of nutrients, 29-31 

 Air required by farm animals, 57 

 Alfalfa. 180-5 

 Alfalfa feed, 184 

 Alfalfa bay, 181-3 



for calves, 284; cows, 272-4; ewes, 

 327; horses, 244-5; pigs, 375; 

 poultry, 402; sheep, 342; steers, 

 314 

 Alfalfa meal, 184 



for cows, 274; horses, 245; sheep, 326 

 Alfalfa pasture, 183 



for cows, 274; horses, 246; pigs, 370; 

 sheep, 345 

 Alfalfa silage, 184, 204 

 Alfalfa soilage, 184, 211 

 Alimentary canal, 20 

 Alsike Clover, see Clover, alsike 

 Amids, 10 



in corn crop, 15 



use by animals, 54 

 Amino acids, 10, 30 



absorption of, from intestine, 30 

 Amylase, 25 

 Anabolism, 28 

 Animal, as a machine, 78 



composition of, 18 

 Animal food for poultry, 381 

 Animals and plants compared, 18 

 Apples and Apple pomace, 198 

 Apple pomace silage, 205 

 Artichokes, 196 

 Ash in corn crop at different stages, 14 



in feeds, how determined, 12 



see Mineral matter 

 Ashes, wood, for farm animals, 57, 352 

 Available energy, 41 



Baby beef, 293, 305 

 Bacon production, 359 

 Barley, 128-30 



for cows, 269; horses, 239; pigs, 362, 

 poultry, 397; sheep, 339; steers, 

 310. 



see Cereals 

 Barley by-products, 130-1 

 Barley feed, 131 



Barley hay, pasture, and soilage, 172 

 Barley straw, 176 

 Beans, field, 145 

 Beans, horse, see Horse bean 

 Beans, velvet, see "Velvet bean 

 Bean straw, 176 

 Beef calves, see Calves, beef 

 Beef cattle, see Steers 



raising, 300-4 

 Beef cows, see Cows, beef 

 Beet, see Mangels and Sugar Beets 

 Beet leaves and tops, 194, 205 

 Beet pulp, dried, 150 



for cows, 269; horses, 239; sheep, 339 

 Beet pulp, molasses, 151 

 Beet pulp, wet, 150 



for cows, 279; sheep, 332, 345; 

 steers, 311 

 Beet pulp silage, 150, 205 

 Beggar weed, 192 

 Bermuda grass, 172 

 Bermuda hay for horses, 242 

 Bile, 25 



Bloat, in cattle, 24, 183, 186 

 in sheep, 183 



Blood, circulation of, 28 

 Blood meal, or dried blood, 149 



for calves, 284; horses, 241 

 Bluegrass, Kentucky, 168 

 Bluegrass pasture vs. rape for lambs, 346 

 Bluegrass hay for sheep, 342 

 Boar, feed and care of, 356 

 Bone ash for farm animals, 57, 67 

 Bone, green cut, for poultry, 399 

 Bone meal, 150 



for pigs, 352; poultry, 381 

 Bran, see Wheat bran, Bice bran, etc. 

 Bread, for poultry, 398 

 Brewers' grains, dried, 130 



for cows, 270; horses 240; poultry, 

 400; sheep, 340; steers, 313 

 Brewers' grains, wet, 130 

 Brome grass, 171 . 

 Brome hay for horses, 242 

 Buckwheat and by-products, 137 



for poultry, 398, 400 

 Bull, beef, feed and care of, 301 

 Bull, dairy, feed and care of, 288 

 Butter, effects of feeds on, 255 



yellow color, cause of, 258 

 Buttermilk, 147 



for calves, 286; pigs, 364; poultry, 399 



Cabbage, 198 



for poultry, 401 

 Cacti, 199 

 Caecum, 21, 26 

 Calcium, required by animals, 54-57, 66-7 



see Lime 

 Calorie, 40 

 Calorimeter, 40 



respiration, 40 

 Calves, beef, feed and care of, 301-4 

 Calves, dairy, 280-7 



(For the value of the various 

 feeds for calves, see Corn, Oats, 

 etc.) 



birth weights, 285 



calf meals for, 286 



concentrates for. 283 



feeding ; , minimum amount of milk, 286 



gains made by, 285 



hay for, 284 



raising on skim milk, 280-5 



raising on skim milk substitutes, 286-7 



salt for, 285 



scours, 287 



succulent feeds for, 284 



water for, 285 

 Capillaries, 28 

 Carbohydrates, 8, 37 



a source of muscular energy, 77 



determination in feeding stuffs, 13 



digestion and absorption of, 29 



effect on digestibility of other nutri- 

 ents, 47 



energy lost in digesting, 41-3 

 Carbonaceous feed, 38 

 Carbon dioxid, 6 



- *•; danger from, in silo filling, 207 

 ' Carbonic acid gas, see Carbon dioxid 

 Carrots, 195 



for horses, 246 

 Cassava, 197 

 Castor bean, 201 

 Catabolism, 28 

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