INDEX 



767 



Ruminants, continued 



digestibility of food by, 54 



digestion of food by, 23 

 Russian thistle, 251 

 Rutabagas, 245 



for cows, 391; horses, 316; lambs, 566-7; 



steers, 505 

 Rye, 166 



effect on dairy products, 166, 365 



for cows, 365; horses, 305; pigs, 636 

 Rye bran, 166 

 Rye feed, 166 



Rye grass, English, 213; Italian, 213 

 Rye hay, 212 

 Rye middlings, 166 

 Rye pasture, 212 



for cows, 212; pigs, 675; sheep, 574 

 Rye silage, 212 



for cows, 390 

 Rye straw, 218 



Sagebrush, 250 



Saliva, action on food, 21 



secretion of, 20 

 Salt, common, 68 



effect of, on digestibility, 54 

 for beef cows, 508; dairy cows, 68, 403; 

 calves, 428; horses, 297; 

 pigs, 603; sheep, 546; sows, 692; 

 steers, 523 

 in blood, 64 



need of, by farm animals, 68 

 withholding, from cows, 68 

 Saltbush, 250 

 Salvage grain, 191 

 Sawdust, hydrolized, 250 



for cows, 384 



Scandinavian feed unit system, 131 

 Scarlet clover, see Crimson clover 

 Scours in calves, 438 

 Screenings, see Wheat screenings 

 Self-feeding calves, 428; pigs, 613-6; sheep, 544; 



steers, 459 



Separator skim milk, see Skim milk 

 Serradella, 240 



Serum albumin and globulin, 35 

 Sesame oil cake, 309 

 Shallu, 170, 172 

 Shallu fodder and stover, 203 

 Sheep, 537-98 



(For the value of different feeds for 

 sheep, see the various feeds; i.e., 

 Corn, Clover hay, etc.) 

 age, influence of, on gains, 540 

 air required by, 69 

 body temperature of, 57 

 breeding studies of, 584 

 breed tests of, 539 

 building up the farm flock, 540 

 care and management of, 577-598 

 chopping hay for, 544 

 composition of body, 16 

 concentrates for, 550-62 

 cost of gains by, 592 

 cost of keeping, 582 

 cross breeding, 539 

 daily gain of, 540 



danger from feeding mangels, 245, 566 

 dipping, 591 



dressed carcass, per cent yielded by, 548 

 exercise for, 543 

 fattening, 590-5 



different ages, 540 



in Great Britain, 567 



in the corn belt, 595 



in the corn field, 593 



in the East, 595 



in the fall, 593 



in the West, 594-5 



length of feeding period, 592 



proportion of concentrates for, 



592 



rations for, 550-76, 592 

 feeding, hints on, 590-5 



Sheep, continued 



feed racks for, 545 



feeds for, 550^76 



flock, proper size of, 538' 



general problems in sheep husbandry, 



gestation period, 577 



grinding grain for, 543; hay for, 544 



increase during fattening, 84 



mineral matter for, 546 



mutton and Merino, compared, 538 



place on the farm, 537 



regularity and quiet for, 591 



returns compared with other farm ani- 

 mals, 90-2 



roughages for, 562-76 



salt required by, 546 



self-feeding, 544 



shearing before fattening, 549 



shelter for, 541-3 



shrinkage in shipping, 548 



size of the flock, 538 



slaughter tests, 547 



stomach worms, 589 



succulent feeds for, 566-76 



turning to pasture, 588 



types of, 538 



water required by, 545 



weight of fattened, 546-8 



winter quarters for, 541-3 



wool production, see Wool, 



see Ewes and Lambs 

 Shelter, for cows, 403; farm animals, 60-1; 



horses, 298; pigs, 617; sheep, 

 542, 579; steers, 466-7; sows, 



Shipstuff , see Wheat mixed feed 

 Shock corn, see Corn fodder 

 Shorts, see Wheat middlings 

 Shotes, see Pigs 

 Shredding corn forage, 202 



see Corn forage 



Shrinkage in shipping sheep, 548; steers, 498 

 Silage, 256-66 



advantages of, 197-9, 259" 

 alfalfa, 230 



amounts to feed various animals, 262 

 apple pomace, 260 

 as a feeding stuff, 261 

 beet leaves and tops for, 260 

 clover, 234, 260 

 Silage, corn, 197-200 



for dairy calves, 432; beef cows, 509-10; 

 dairy cows, 384-7; ewes, 582; 

 horses, 316; pigs, 680; sheep, 

 567-71; sows, 690; steers, 495- 

 502; 517-9 

 removing ears from corn before ensiling, 



200-1, 387-8, 501-2 

 versus corn fodder, 199, 385 

 versus hay for cows, 386 

 versus roots, 243 



for cows, 390-2; lambs, 567; 



steers, 505 



versus shock corn for steers, 501 

 corn stover, 200-1 



see Corn stover silage 

 Silage, cost of producing, 260 

 cowpea, 238, 260 

 crops suitable for, 259 

 cured corn forage for, 200 

 digestibility of, 53 

 effects on milk, 385 

 frosted corn for, 200 

 importance of, on stock farm, 261 

 losses in silo, 198 

 pea-vine, 237 



preservation, manner of, 256 

 prickly pear, 260 

 sorghums for, 204 

 space occupied by, 259, 264 

 spoiled, dangerous, 254 

 steaming, 257 

 eummer, 262 



for cows, 262, 385 



