Auimal body, composition of dry matter of, 10 

 inorg-anic matters of, 20 

 nitrogenous constituents of, 14 

 non-nitrogenous constituents of, 7 

 casein, 17 



fats, composition of, 12 

 heat, 83, 229 



nutrition, general laws of, 3, 5 

 products as fodder, 349 

 Anterior aorta, 78 

 Aoita, 78 



anterior, 78 

 posterior, 78 

 Aqueous extract as measure of digestibility, 253 

 Arteries, 78 

 Artery, pulmonary, 77 

 Artichokes, 3G1 

 Ash, determination of, in fodders, 50 



digestibility of, 258 

 Asparagin, 35 



a nutrient, 1 03 

 functions of, in plants, 36 

 nearly equivalent to protein, 166 

 nutritive action of, 165 

 Auricles of heart, 77 

 Average composition of nitrogenous constituents of body, 19 



Barley, 334 



digestibility of, 335 

 Best time for cutting clover, 303 



hay, 293 

 Bile, 61 



action of, on food, 62 

 Bilirubin, 62 

 IMliverdin, 62 



Bleeding, influence of, in fattening, 200 

 Blood, 74 



amount of hasmoglobin in, 200 

 coagulation of, 76 

 corpuscles, 74 

 fibrin, 10, 76 



