Feeds and feeding : a handbook for the student and stockman /
Frank B. Morrison ; assisted by Elsie B. Morrison and Spencer H. Morrison.
- 22nd edition
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Morrison Pub. Co., c1956.
- 1165 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents Introduction. Live Stock and Profitable Farming
Part I. — Plant Growth and Animal Nutrition I. The Plant; how it grows and Elaborates Food for Animals II. Composition of the Animal Body — Digestion— Metabolism III. Measuring the Usefulness of Feeds IV. Maintenance of Farm Animals V. Growth and Fattening VI. Production of Work, Milk, and Wool VII. Feeding Standards — Calculating Rations VIII. Economy in Feeding Live Stock
Part II. — Feeding Stuffs IX. Leading Cereals and their By-products X. Minor Cereals, OU-bearing and Leguminous Seeds, and there By- products XI. Miscellaneous Concentrates — Feeding Stuffs Control — Condimental Foods XII. Indian Com and the Sorghums for Forage XIII. The Smaller Grasses — Straw — Hay-making XIV. Leguminous Plants for Forage XV. Roots, Tubers, and Miscellaneous Forages XVI. Silage — Soilage — The Preparation of Feed XVII. Manurial Value of Feeding Stuffs
Part III. — Feeding Farm Animals XVIII. Factors Influencing the Work of the Horse XIX. Feeds for the Horse XX. Feeding and Caring for the Horse XXI. General Problems in Dairy Husbandry XXII. Feeds for the Dairy Cow XXIII. Records of Production of Dairy Cows — Feed Required by Cow and Cost of Producing Milk and Fat XXIV. Feed and Care of the Dairy Cow XXV. Raising Dairy Cattle XXVI. General Problems in Beef Production XXVII. Feeds for Fattening Cattle XXVIII. Raising Beef Cattle XXIX. Counsel in the Feed Lot XXX. General Problems in Sheep Husbandry XXXI. Feeds for Sheep