514 INDEX. 



Legumes, non-protein in, 318 

 pods of, 327 

 straw of, o26 



composition and digestibility of, 326 

 uses of, 344 

 Legumin, 28 

 Leucin, 63 



Lieberkuhn's glands, 64 

 Lignin, 39 

 Linseed cake, 347 



digestibility of, 347 

 Liver, 61 



glycogenic function of, 89 

 LiYe-weight, composition of gain of, by lambs, 455 



increase of, in fattening, 9, 176 

 uncertain indications of, 115 

 variations of, 117 

 Lobules, ultimate, of lungs, 81 

 Lucerne, 307 



digestibility of, 307 

 Lungs, 80 



exchange of gases in, 81 

 ultimate lobules of, 81 

 Lung vesicles, 81 

 Lupines, 310, 843 



alkaloids of, 35, 810, 843 

 poisonous effects of, 811 

 Lymph, 68 



Maintenance, feeding for, 374 



lambs for, 448 

 oxen for, 374 

 sheep for, 383 

 Maize, 335 



average composition of American, 330 

 range of composition of American, 336 

 digestibility of, 337 

 cob, 328 

 fodder, 315 



composition of, 315 

 digestibility of, 316 



