INDEX 



765 



Para grass, 215 

 Parsnips, 245 



for horses, 316 

 Pasteurizing dairy by-products to avoid disease, 



184, 430, 642 



Pasturage vs. soilage for cows, 263, 392 

 Pasture, abuse of, 216 



fattening cattle on, 527-32 

 for beef cattle, 527-32; dairy cows, 393, 

 406; horses, 315; pigs, 664-76; 

 sheep, 573-6 



midsummer shortage of, 216 

 Paunch, 19 



see Stomach 

 Pea-cannery refuse, see Pea-vine silage and 



Pea- vine waste 

 Pea meal, see Pea, field 

 Peanut, 180, 240 

 Peanut feed, 181 



for cows, 374; pigs, 661; steers, 487 

 Peanut hulls, 181 

 Peanut meal or cake, 180 



for cows, 374; horses, 309; pigs, 661; 



sheep, 561; steers, 486 

 Peanut oil feed, see Peanut feed 

 Peanut oil meal, see Peanut meal 

 Peanuts for pigs, 661, 679 

 Peanut vine hay, 240 

 Pea, field. 181, 237 



for horses, 309; sheep, 560, 564; pigs, 



658, 672 

 hay, 237 



for cows, 381; horses, 315; 



sheep, 564 



Pea pasture for pigs, 672 

 Pea straw, 219 



for sheep, 564 

 Pea, Tangier, 240 

 Pea- vine silage, 237 



fattening sheep on, 572 

 for cows, 388 



Pea-vine waste, from canneries, 237 

 Pentosans, 4, 6 



a source of body fat, 88 



digestion of, 23, 27 



in dried brewers' grains, 165; flax seed, 



177 



Pentose, 4, 6 

 Pepsin, 21-2 

 Peptones, 22, 27 



Phosphate, calcium, for farm animals, 68, 82 

 Phosphate, ground rock, for calves, 428; cows, 

 362; farm animals, 68, 82; 

 foals, 325; pigs, 82, 602-5 

 Phosphoric acid in feeds as a fertilizer, 



273-4 



Phosphoric acid in fresh manure, 279 

 Phosphoric acid voided by farm animals, 



274, 280-1 

 Phosphorus, 3, 8, 17 



effect of low supply, 66, 82 

 feeds low in, and rich in, 67, 83, 



Appendix Table VII 

 in bran, 160 



inorganic, for animals, 67 

 required for maintenance, 64-8; growth, 



82-3 



stored by calf, 77 

 Pigeon-grass seed for pigs, 639 

 Pigs, 599-708 



(For value of various feeds for pigs 

 see different feeds; i.e., Corn, 

 Clover hay, etc.) 



age, influence of, on gains, 599-601 

 air breathed by, 69 

 bacon production, 621-2 

 barrows vs. sows, 620 

 birth weight of, 694 

 body of, composition, 16 

 body temperature of, 57 

 bone for, ground, 68, 82, 603-5 

 breed tests, 619 



composition of increase during fatten- 

 ing, 84 



Pigs, continued 



concentrates for, 623-664 



cooking feed for, 271, 609-10 



correctives of mineral nature for, 

 602-6 



digestibility of food by, 54 



dressed carcass, per cent yielded by, 

 620 



economy of meat production by, 90-2 

 599-601 



exercise for, 618, 692 



fall pigs, raising, 702 



fattening, 700 



fattening period, effect of lengthen- 

 ing, 599-601 



feed eaten daily, 599-601 



feed for 100 Ibs. of gain, 599-601 



feeds for, 623-83 



feeding corn exclusively, 92-6, 623-5 



following steers, 523 



forage crops for, 664-76 



free choice method of self-feeding, 615 



gains from birth to maturity, 599-601, 

 700 



grain, amount to feed on pasture, 610-5 



grinding grain for, 270, 607-9 



ground rock phosphate for, 82, 603-5 



hairless, 68, 605 T 7 



hog cholera vaccination, 705 



hogging down corn, 628-30 



hogging down ripe grain, 675 



influence of feed on body, 92-6 



influence of length of fattening period on 

 gains, 599-601 



intestines, length of, 620 



lice, 704 



limited vs. full feeding, 610-3 



maintenance requirements of, 606 



milk only for, 74 



milk, rich and poor, for, 79 



mineral matter requirements of, 66-9, 

 82, 602-6 



mineral supplements for, 603-6, 616 



number in latter, 694 



nutrient requirements of, 601-7 



orphans, 704 



phosphorus-poor rations, effect of, 82 



pork from, see Pork 



preparation of feed for, 269-72, 607-10 



protein requirements of, 602 



razorback, 620 



returns from, compared with other farm 

 animals, 90-2 



rickets, 73, 606 



roughage for, 664-83 



salt required by, 603, 692 



sanitation and disease prevention, 

 704 



self-feeding, 613-6 



shelter for, 617, 692 



soaking feed for, 272, 610 



soft pork from, see Pork, soft 



sows, see Sows 



stock foods for, 616 



strength of bones affected by feed, 

 82, 93-6, 602 



stubble fields, gleaning, 676 



succulent feeds for, 664-80 



suckling pigs, 697 



summer vs. winter feeding, 616 



tuberculosis, from tuberculous steers 

 or infected milk, 184, 642 



types of, 618 



vitamine requirements of, 606-7 



water required by, 616, 692 



weight at birth, 694 



wetting feed for, 610 



winter care and feed of, 703 



worms in pigs, 704-5 



see Swine, and Sows 

 Plants and animals compared, 17 

 Plants, carbon dioxid, food for, 2 



composition, at different stages of maturi- 

 ty, 12-14, 50-2, 206, 208, 232 



