Index. 
Paragraph. 
The saltbush (A argentea) not fit to ibe used as food for sheep. ... 168 
The comparative availability of the energy in alfalfa, corn fodder 
and saltbush, and its distribution. 171 
The cellulose possesses a high food value generally, but not in the 
saltbush . 174 
DISCUSSION AND RECAPITUDATION. 175-273 
Object of bulletin. 175 
Why urin was not collected. 176 
Reason for recapitulation . 177 
The fodders studied .• •. 178 
Quality of fodders used.179, 180 
Reason for studying saltbush. 181 
Saltbush a good subject for study. 182, 183, 184 
Corn fodder and sorghum give unexpected results. 185 
General method of examination—it is not wholly satisfactory•• 188-189 
Alfalfa a good standard for our work. 190 
General composition and properties of alfalfa hay. 191 
Leguminous and gramineous hays compared.-.192-193 
* The differences of the fodders studied indicated by their nitrogenous 
constituents .. 194, 195, 196 
Proteids of alfalfa deport themselves differently from those of the 
saltbush . 197 
Saltbush a poor fodder though proteids are abundant. 200-201 
Alcoholic extract of the saltbush inferior to that of the alfalfa. . . . 203 
Carbohydrates in alfalfa different from those in saltbush. 204 
Saltbush cellulose inferior to alfalfa cellulose. 206 
Corn fodder, general properties and effects of. 207, 208, 209 ,210 
Alcoholic extract, value and digestibility of. 211 
Sodic hydrate extracts of the three fodders, alfalfa, corn fodder 
and saltbush, compared. 212 
Residue or cellulose has low coefRcient of digestion in the poor 
fodder, saltbush . 213 
Saltbush proteids highly digestible, but its carbohydrates difficultly 
digestible . 214 
Corn fodder and native hay compared. 217 
Timothy hay briefly discussed. 218 
Sorghum fodder poor. 219, 220, 221 
The pentosans, their distribution and digestibility.. 222, 223, 224, 225, 226 
Residue or cellulose has high coefficient of digestion in good 
fodders . 227 
The expression easily digestible explained. 228 
Energy appropriated does not stand in the order of the gain or 
'loss . 229, 230, 231 
The relative fuel values of the various extracts of the different 
fodders . 232, 233, 
The relative results produced by the fodders experimented with.. 
234 
236 
Methoxyl group present in all of the fodders. 237 
