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INDEX 



Gluten, 22. 



Gluten feed and meal, 82; for calves, 

 247 ; for dairy cows, 189 ; for 

 ewes, 251; for fattening cattle, 

 208; for poultry, 258; for sheep, 

 230. 



Glycogen, 43. 



Glycocholic acid, 37. 



Grain on grass for fattening cattle, 

 212. 



Grains, 66. 



Grasses, 66; for poultry, 259; hays 

 of for calves, 249; for dairy 

 cows, 193 ; for ewes, 251 ; for 

 fattening cattle, 211 ; for horses, 

 218; for sheep, 231. 



Grit for poultry, 260. 



Haemoglobin, 45. 



Heart, 47; compartments of, 47. 



Heats of combustion, 62. 



Hog farm, cropping systems for, 

 284. 



Hominy meal, 82; for dairy cows, 

 189. 



Horses," feed and care of, section 

 on, 215 ; rations for, 223 ; require- 

 ments for, 215; system in feed- 

 ing, 220 ; wintering working, 220. 



Hydrochloric acid, 37. 



Hydrogen, 2. 



Hygroscopic water, 9. 



Insalivation, 38. 



Intestinal digestion, 42. 



Intestinal juice, 37. 



Intestines, length of, 40. 



Irish potatoes for dairy cows, 201. 



Iron, 5. 



Italian rye grass for dairy cows, 193. 



Japan clover, see lespedeza. 



Kafir corn for fattening cattle, 211; 

 for horses, 216 ; for poultry, 257 ; 

 for swine, 238. 



Kentucky blue grass for dairy cows, 

 193- 



Kidneys, 48. 



Kindness, 203. 



Lambs, fattening winter, 227; feed- 

 ing of, 250; grain for, 251; hot- 

 house, 228. 



Legumes for dairy cows, 194; for 

 fattening cattle, 211; for horses, 

 218; for. silage, 195; methods of 

 curing, 194. 



Legumin, 22. 



Leguminous plants, 65. 



Lespedeza for dairy cows, 194. 



Lettuce for poultry, 259. 



Lime, for poultry, 260; ratio to phos- 

 phoric acid in feeds, 19. 



Linseed meal, 78, 79; for calves, 

 247 ; for dairy cows, 191 ; for 

 ewes, 251 ; for fattening cattle, 

 210; for horses, 217; for poul- 

 try, 258; for sheep, 230; for 

 swine, 239. 



Liver, 49. 



Live-stock, better labor, 273 ; grow- 

 ing of legumes for, 272; im- 

 portance of raising, 269; market 

 for cheap and coarse feed-stuffs, 

 272 ; mixed husbandry profitable, 

 273 ; reducing freight charges by 

 keeping, 271 ; roots and tubers 

 for, 273. 



Magnesium, 5. 



Malnutrition, 18. 



Mash for poultry, 260. 



Malt sprouts, 80; for dairy cows, 

 191. 



Maltose, 38. 



Manganese, 5. 



Mangels for dairy cows, 201; for 



fattening cattle, 210. 

 Mastication, 38. 

 Meadow fescue grass for dairy cows, 



193- 

 Meat and bone-meal, 88; for poultry, 



259. 

 Meat scrap, 88 ; for poultry, 258. 



