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INDEX 



Corn, 43-44 



a grass, 33 



analysis, 23-24 



bran, 54 



carbohydrates in, 14 



crushing, 30 



forage, 28 



for live stoclc, 34 



grinding, 30 



prevention of heating, 27 



roughage, 33 



silage, 48-50 



vitamines in, 16 

 Cornish chickens, 318 

 Corpuscles, red, 21 

 Cotswold sheep, 146-147 

 Cottonseed meal, 57 



protein in, 13 

 Cottonseed poisoning, 58 

 Cotton seeds, vitamines in, 16 

 Cowpeas, 41 



legume, 37 

 Cows, world's record, 271 

 Crossbreeding, 266 

 Crude fiber, 13, 19, 23 



cellulose in, 23 



digestibihty, 25 



in bran, 51 



in feeding stuffs, 22 



in grasses, 14 



in hay, 24 



in oats, 45 



Dairy cattle, 106, 117-127, 244 

 alfalfa for, 38 

 Ayrshire, 106, 122-124 

 barns, 24s 

 bran for, sr 



Brown Swiss, 106, 124-125 

 care, 244-250 

 com for, 43 

 corn silage for, 50 

 cottonseed meal for, 58 

 Dutch Belted, 125-126 

 feeding, 245-246, 247, 248 

 food producers, 67 

 French Canadian, 106, 126-127 

 ground feed for, 30 

 Guernsey, 106, 120-122 

 Haecker's feeding standard, 333-337 

 Holstein, 106 

 Holstein-Friesian, 11 7-1 18 



Dairy cattle — Continued 



Jersey, 118-120 



judging, 177-186 



Kerry, 106, 127 



management of, 244-250 



milk fever, 250 



oats for, 45 



production requirements, 247 



Shetland, 106 



variety in rations, 247-248 



water for, 68 

 Dairying, advantages, 244-245 



cattle, 244 



equipment, 245-246 

 Delaine Merino sheep, 131 

 Delaine sheep, 132-133 

 Devon cattle, 106, 129-130 

 Digestibility, 24-27 



age of animal, 27 



amount of food, 27 



crushing feed, 26 



curing feed, 26 



curing forage, 26 



defined, 24 



drying feed, 26 



drying forage, 26 



effect of cooking, 26 



effect of kindness, 27 



effect of work, 27 



factors influencing, 25-27 



frequency of feeding, 27 



grinding feed, 26 



ground feed, 26 



how determined, 24-25 

 Digestible nutrient, 24 

 Digestion, 17 



age of animal, 27 



chlorine, 21 



kind of animal, 27 



of ox, 20 



of sheep, 20 

 Digestive fluids, 20 

 Digestive tract, 17, 18, 19 



water in, 21 

 Disinfectants, 304-305 

 Donkey, 101-102 



burro, 102 

 Dorset sheep, 131, 141-143 

 Draft horses, judging, 206-221 

 Drying forage, 26 

 Dual purpose cattle, 106, 127-130 



Devon, 106, 129-130 



