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INDEX 



Cattle, see Steers, Beef production, Cows 

 Cellulose, 8 



digestion of, 24, 30 

 Cereal hay and pasture, 172 

 Cereal hay for horses, 242 

 Cereal pasture, 172 



for pigs, 373 ; sheep, 346 

 Cereals, 117-37 



for silage and soilage. 172 

 Chaff from the cereals, 176 

 Chaffing forage, 46 



for horses, 225 

 Charcoal for pigs, 352; for poultry, 382 

 Chickens, see Poultry 

 Chufas, 197 

 Chyle, 29 

 Clover, 185-9 



alsike, 187 



bloat from, how prevented, 186 



bur, 189 



crimson, 188 



Japan, see Lespedeza 



mammoth, 187 



red, 185-7 



for pasture, soilage and silage, 186 



sweet, 187 



white, 187 

 Clover hay, red, 186 



for calves, 284; cows, 274; ewes, 327; 

 horses, 244; pigs, 374; poultry, 

 402; sheep, 342; steers, 314 



sweet, 187 



for sheep, 342 ; steers, 314 

 Clover pasture, for pigs, 371; poultry, 402; 



sheep, 345 

 Cocoanut meal or cake, 143 



for cows, 272 

 Cocoa shells, 153 

 Coefficients of digestibility, 34-6; Appendix 



Table II 

 Colts, see Foals 

 Concentrates, 14 



feeding animals exclusively on, 60 



proper amount to feed stock, 88, 112 ; 

 dairy cows, 259, 261; horses, 224, 

 228; pigs, 359, 369; sheep, 330-2; 

 steers, 295 

 Cooking feed, 46 



for pigs, 350; horses, 226 

 Corn, Indian, 117-21 



by-products of, 120-2 



changes in, during ripening, 14-6 



composition of, 120 



effects of thick planting on. 158 



feeding exclusively to pigs, 71-3 



for cows, 267-9; horses, 237-9; pigs, 

 361-2; poultry, 396; sheep, 336-8; 

 steers, 308-10 



nutrients in ears and stover, 158 



races of, 118 



shrinkage of ear corn, 119 



soft, 119 



see Corn crop 

 Corn-and-cob meal, 120; see Corn, Indian 

 Corn bran, 122 

 Corn chop, see Corn meal 

 Corn cobs, weight and composition of, 120 

 Corn feed-meal, 120 

 Corn fodder, 157, 160 



for cows, 275 ; horses, 242 ; sheep, 

 342; steers, 314 



shredding, 163 

 Corn fodder or stover silage, 161 

 Corn gluten feed, see Gluten feed 

 Corn meal, 119 

 Corn silage, see Silage, corn 

 Corn soilage, 163 

 Cornstalk disease, 200 



Corn stover, 157, 163 



for cows, 275; horses, 242; sheep, 342; 

 steers, 314 



shredded, 163 

 Corn stover silage, 161 

 Correctives for pigs, 352 

 Cotton seed, 137 

 Cottonseed cake, 138 



cold-pressed, 139 

 Cottonseed hulls, 140 



for cows, 276; steers, 316 

 Cottonseed meal, 138-40 



for beef cows, 301; dairy cows, 270; 

 horses, 241; pigs, 139, 368; poul 

 try, 400; sheep, 340; steers, 312, 

 317 

 Cowpea, 144, 189 



for horses, 241 ; pigs, 368 ; poultry. 

 400; steers, 313 

 Cowpea hay, 189 



for cows, 275; sheep, 342; steers, 314 

 Cowpea pasture, 189 



for pigs, 373; sheep, 346 

 Cowpea silage, 189 

 Cows, beef, feed and care of, 300 

 Cows, dairy, 247-79 



(For the value of various feeds 

 for cows, see Corn, Clover hay, 

 etc.) 



advanced registry, 251 



as producers of human food, 247 



calculating rations for, 107-11, 260 



care before and after calving, 263-4 



comfort, importance of, 262 



composition of milk of various breeds, 

 252 



concentrate allowance for, 259-60 



cost of keep, 264-5 



dairy vs. beef type, 247-9 



dehorning, 258 



drying off, 263 



effects of advancing lactation. 253; age, 

 253; drought, 256; exercise, 256; 

 feed on richness and yield of milk, 

 254-6 ; temperature, 256 ; turning 

 to pasture, 256 



feed and care of, 247-66 



feeding as individuals, 260 



feeding concentrates on pasture, 261 



feeds for, 267-79 



feeds required by. for one year, 264 



frequency of feeding, 263 



freshening in fall vs. spring, 264 



gestation period, 264 



good and poor producers, 249-50 



grooming, 256 



herd records, 250-2 



kindness in care of, 257 



liberal and meager feeding, 255-6 



milk, see Milk, cow's 



milking machines, 257 



milking three times daily, 258 



official tests, 251 



order of feeding, 263 



palatable feed, importance of, 262 



pasture, supplementing short, 261 



preparation of feed for, 263 ■ 



ration for, should be well balanced, 261 



regularity in care of, 257 



rest, importance of, 263 



salt for, 263 



shelter for, 262 



substituting legume hay for concen- 

 trates, 272-4 



water for, 262 

 Cow-testing associations, 251 

 Crimson clover, see Clover, crimson 

 Crude protein, see Protein, crude 



