382 
Maltose, 14 
Mangels, 133 
Manurial value of feeding stuffs, 86, 
373 
Mare, feeding of, 281 
Market hay, grades, 103 
Marsh hay, 103 
Maysin, 9 
Meat meal, 204 
Melons, 141 
Metabolism, 33 
Milch goats, 333 
Milk, albumen, 22 
colostrum, 205 
composition, 206 
with variations, 228 
fat, 23 
production, factors influencing, 
229 
influence of age of cows, 230 
. breed, 229 
condition of cows, 231 
excitement, 232 
feeding, 233 
frequency of milking, 
232 
grooming and exercise, 
233 
individuality, 230 
stage of lactation 
period, 231 
season of year, 233 
temperature and 
weather, 232 
requirements for, 39 
whole, for calves, 217 
Milk-sugar, 14 
Millets, 111 
Milo maize, 110, 173 
Mineral matter, 7 
substances, influence on digesti- | 
bility, 69 
Molasses, 192 
- beet pulp, 195 
Mono-saccharides, 14 
Motor, hog, 298 
Mules, feeding of, 291 
Muscular tissues, 22 
Myosin, 22 
Myosinogen, 22 
Net energy, 48 
Nitrogen-free extract, 13, 18 
Non-ruminants, 26 
Non-saccharine sorghums, 110 
Nucleo-proteins, 10 
Nutritive ratio, 38, 73, 339 
INDEX 
Oat dust, 182 
feeds, 182 
hulls, 182 
shorts, 182 
silage, 161 
straw, composition, 128 
Oats, 166 
and oat hulls, composition of, 
166 
digestibility, 167 
new, 167 
Oil, addition to skim milk, for 
calves, 220 
meals, 195 
composition, 197 
Old-process linseed meal, swelling 
test for, 196 
Olein, 11 
Orchard grass, 101 
Oxyhemoglobin, 21 
Pacific Coast, grasses of, 91 
Packing-house feeds, 204 
Palmitin, 11 
Pancreas, 29 
Pancreatic juice, 29 
Parsnips, 142 
composition of, 142 
Pasturage, value of, 94 
Pasture, feeding grain to cows on, 94 
for dairy cows, 243 
steers, 265 
swine, 304 
grasses, chemical composition, 
93 
Pastures, 90 
care of, 91 
swine, 304 
Peanut, 126 
meal, 203 
straw, 130 
Peas, 175 
, Canada field, 121 
Pectin bodies, 15 
Pentosans, 14 
Pentoses, 14 
Peptones, 10 
Phosphate of lime, 24 
Phytin, 180 
Pie melons, 141 
Pigs, birth weight and gains made 
by, 295 
fed for fattening in winter and 
summer, 312 
feeding of, 306 
intended for breeding purposes, 
approximate ration for, 308 
