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Index. 



Steer, value of, 378. 



roots for, 351, 384. 



salt for, 387. 



silage for, 384. 



silage vs. roots for, 355. 



soaked corn for, 346. 



time required for corn to pass through, 

 349. 



turning to pasture, 385. 



water drank during fattening, 359. 



water for, 387. 



wheat bran for, 351. 



wheat meal for, 350. 



withholding coarse feed from, 95. 

 Steer fat, effect of cotton seed on, 156, 

 Steer fattening, difficulties of, 345. 



influence of shelter and confinement, 



36*. 

 Steer feeding, by Standard Cattle Co., 399. 



close attention required, 393. 



cost of gain increases with age, 369. 



demands of modern market, 390. 



factors in, 364. 



feed lot for, 391. 



feed racks for, 392. 



low-pressure, 391. 



trials, results of, 345. 



what Southern Stations have found, 

 361. 



see Ox and Cattle. 

 Stomachs of farm animals, capacity of, 



14, 19. 

 Stover, 174. 



for horses, 304. 



results of shredding, 241. 



see Corn stover. 

 Straw, 193. 



cut, 239. 



for horses, 304. 

 Sugar, 225. 



for calves, 337. 

 Sugar beet, 213. 



for sheep, 502. 



leaves, 217. 



pulp, 222. 

 Sunflower-seed cake, 160. 



vs. grain for pigs, 588 

 Support, food of, tor pigs, 550. 

 Swede turnip, 213. 

 Swedish clover, see Alsike. 

 Swelling process, with linseed meal, 159. 

 Swine, administration of feeds to, 612. 



barley for, 610. 



bran for, 610. 



breed tests of, 543, 603. 



breeding stock, management of, 604. 



clover hay for, 611. 



confinement for, 613. 



cooking feed for, 236, 545. 



corn-cob charcoal for, 615. 



correctives for, 614. 



dairy by-products for, 611. 



feed for, 608. 



feeding corn to, 608. 



Swine, light vs. heavy feeding of, 601. 



management of, 604. 



middlings for, 610. 



need of variety in feeding stuffs for, 613. 



pasture for, 612. 



peas for, 611. 



period of gestation, 535. 



pure-bred, tests with, 543. 



wheat for, 609. 



see Pigs. 

 Tallow, in carcass of steers, relation of, to 



dressed weight, 376. 

 Teosinte, 189. 



Thigh bones of pigs, strength of, 83. 

 Timothy, or Herd's grass, 186. 



yield of hay and nutrients from, 181. 

 Timothy hay, for cows, 476. 



for horses, 303. 



vs. meadow foxtail hay for cows, 423. 

 Trotter, feeding the, 320. 

 Turnips vs. whey for pigs, 596. 

 Upland prairie hay vs. timothy hay for 



cows, 422. 



Urine, composition of, 23, 24. 

 Valuations of nutrients in feeding stuffs, 



117. 

 Veal, essentials in feeding for, 343. 



feeding for, 313. 



production of, on pastures, 338. 

 Veal making, a Scotch system of, 343. 



the Dutch system of, 343. 

 Vermin on sheep, 521. 

 Villi, 20. 

 Waste products in respiration and feeding, 



35. 

 Water, 9. 



drank by fattening lambs, 493. 

 by horses, 286, 289. 

 by pigs, 599. 



effect of addition of, to feed for pigs, 

 599. 



effect of, on fat consumption, 60. 



for cows, 470. 



for sheep, 520. 



influence of, on protein consumption, 

 49. 



in the animal body, 72. 



warm vs. cold for cows, 411. 

 Water extracts, 32. 

 Weaning lambs, 519. 

 Weight, of horses, variation in, 291. 



loss of, in horses during work, 286, 290. 



of pigs, gain and feed consumed by, 551. 

 Wheat, for feeding, 127. 



for horses, 294. 



for pigs, 559. 



for sheep, 498, 522. 



English experience with, 498. 



for swine, 609. 



sheaf, for pigs, 560. 



damaged, 128. 



shrunken, for sheep, 500. 

 Wheat and bran vs. oats for horses, 296. 

 Wheat and corn meal for pigs, 559. 



