INDEX. 521 



Resorptiion, 06 



causes of, 69 



course of nutrients after, 71 

 phenomena of, 68 

 Respiration, 80 



apparatus, 111 

 equivalents, 157 

 through skin, 83 

 Reticulum, Q6 

 Rice, 3l]5 



Rickets, cause of, 23 

 Roots, 355, 3(51 



composition of, 361 



effects of, on digestibility of coarse fodder, 283 

 feeding value of, 363 

 general properties of, 355 

 variations in composition of, 362 

 Root crops, tops of, composition of, 321 



digestibility of, 321 

 Rowen, 288, 298 

 Ruminants, stomach of, 56 

 Rumination, 56 



may be suspended, 58 

 Rye, 333 



Sainfoin, 313 

 Saliva, 55 



action of, on food, 56 

 Salivary glands, 55 

 Salt, common, effects of, on digestibility, 287 



protein consumption, 134 

 uses of, 23 

 Salt-hunger, 21 



effects of, 21 

 Salts, essential and accidental, 22 

 Sarkolactio acid, 13 



Saving of virork by concentrated fodder. 228 

 Seradella, 313 



Shearing, effect of, on fattening, 403 

 Sheep, fattening, 399 



best age for, 4 2 



