500 INDEX. 



Blood plasma, 74, 75 



composition of, 75 



serum, 76 

 sugar in, 13, 76 

 vessels of intestines, C8 

 Body, components of, 5, 365 



materials of, constantly decomposed, 2 

 Body-fat, influence of, on production of fat, 198 

 protected by fat of food, 187 



protein of food, 188 



Bokhara clover, 313 



Bones, proportion of, in body, 6 



Bran, 338 



composition of, 339 



digestibility of, 339 

 Breed, influence of, on digestion, 209 

 Brewers' grains, 339 

 Brown hay, 317, 318 

 Buckwheat, 335 



Butter, influence of fodder on quality of, 430 

 Butter-fat, composition of, 430 

 Bye-fodders, nitrogenous, effect of , on digestibility of coarse fodlcr, 



377 

 Bye -products of the grains, 337 

 from milk, 354 



C vlcuTjATION of rations, 400 



rules for, 473 

 Calves, feeding, 443 



before weaning, 443 

 nutritive ratio, 443 

 substitutes for milk, 445 

 sugar in place of fat, 444 

 food of, after weaning, 440 

 weaning of, 440 

 Capillaries, 78 

 Carbhydrates, 38 



act analogously to fat, 143 



action of pancreatic juice on, 03 



alone do not decrease piotcin consumption, 137 



and fat, difference in action of, 102 



