INDEX 
Absorption of digested materials, 31 
Acids, free, influence on digestibility, 
69 
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 
growth, 56 
digestion coefficients, 57 
hay for horses, 284 
losses in haymaking, 59 
silage, 158 5 
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 
Amyloses, 14 
Animal body, components, 21 
feed for poultry, 352 
Animals, live, composition, 19 
Annual forage crops, 105 
Apples, 143 
Araban, 14 
Armsby standards, 38 
Armsby’s energy values, 74 
Artichokes, composition of, 142 
Jerusalem, 142 
Artificial butter, 23 
digestion, 41 
stages of 
materials in animal body, 24 
Available energy, 48 
Avenalin, 9 
Baby beef, 269 
Bacon production, feeding for, 314 
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, 236 
Production in eastern States, 
274 
in southern States, 274 
scraps, 204 
Beet molasses, 192 
pulp, 193 
dried, 194 
silage, 161, 194 
Bermuda grass, 102 
Bile, 29 
Black-strap molasses, 193 
Blood, 21 
corpuscles, 21 
meal, 204 
Blue grass, Kentucky, 101 
Boar, feeding of, 305 
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 
Cabbage, 138 
Cacti, spineless, 146 
Calf feeding, 215 
literature on, 226 
standards, 215 
meals, composition of, 222 
scours, remedies for, 220 
Calorie, 45 
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