INDEX 
Horses, alfalfa hay for, 284 
allowance of roughage for, 283 
and ruminants, digestion of co- 
efficients of hay and straw for, 
64 
character of feed required, 278 
concentrates for, 287 
corn for, 287 
digestibility of coarse feeds, 63 
energy requirements.of, 280 
fattening for the market, 289 
feeding, 277 ~ 
standards, 277 
grain hay for, 286 
hay for, 284 
measurement of work done by, 
279 
roots for, 286 
silage for, 286 
system of feeding, 282 
timothy hay for, 284 
watering, 283 
work done by, 277 
working, rations for, 290 
Hot-house lambs, feeding of, 326 
Hungarian grass, 111 
Icelandic moss, 211 
Increase of live weight in fattening, 
composition, 20 
Incrusting substances, 15 
Indian corn, 105 
chemical composition, 164 
Indian corn, grain, 164 
field-curing, 108 
fodder, 129 
for horses, 287 
for swine, 303 
losses in curing, 60 
methods of harvesting, 108 
proportion of nutrients in, 
106 
thickness of planting, effect 
of, 105 
silage, 155 
variation in composition, 54 
yields secured, 106 
Intestinal juice, 29 
Invertases, 30 
Japanese cane, 112 
Jerusalem artichokes, 142 
corn, 173 
Johnson grass, 102 
Kaoliang, 173 
Kafir corn, 110, 173 
silage, 158 
381 
Kale, 140 
Kellner’s starch values, 49 
Kentucky blue grass, 101 
Keratin, 22, 321 
Kjeldahl method, 16 
Kohlrabi, 135 
Lacteals, 31 
Lactose, 14 
Lambs, early spring, feeding of, 327 
fall, feeding of, 327 
fattening, value of grain feeds 
for, 330 
feeding of, 324 
hot-house, feeding of, 326 
weight at birth, 322 
‘winter feeding of, 327 
Laying ration for poultry, 341 
Leaves and twigs, 211 
Lecithin, 23 
Legume’ hay, average composition, 
113, 121 
Legumelin, 9 
Legumin, 9 
Leguminous crops, value of, 113 
seeds, chemical composition, 176 
Leucosin, 9 
Levulose, 14 
Lignin, 15 
Linamarin, 198 
Linoleic acid, 11 
Linolenie acid, 11 
Linseed meal, 195, 348 
Literature on feeding of beef cattle, 
276 
Literature on feeding of calves, 226 
dairy cattle, 252 
farm; animals, 226 
goats, 335 
horses, 293 
mules, 293 
poultry, 357 
sheep, 335 
swine, 316 
forage and grain crops, 177 
silos and silage, 162 
spineless cacti, 147 
Lipase, 29 
| Lipoids, 23 
| Live animals, composition, 19 
Low-protein feeds, 10 
| Lymph, 22 
Maintenance rations, 35 
requirements, 34 
for different body weights, 
35 
Malt sprouts, 189 
