It has long been known that the ash constituents or the mineral elements of the body bear an important relation to body structure and life processes of animals. However, the amount of data on the composition of the ash of ...

The purpose of the digestion trials, to be discussed in this paper, was to determine the effect of various factors on the ability of the animal to digest its food. The object of these experiments is somewhat different from ...

Abstract taken from three paragraphs of the Introduction to this thesis: A clear understanding of the main principles underlying the nutrition of farm animals has never been more important to the stock farmer than at the ...