610 



Feeds and Feeding. 



Silage, continued 

 apple pomace, 232 

 as a feeding stuff, 234 

 beet leaves for, 206, 232 

 beet pulp, 205, 232 

 clover, 186, 232 

 corn, 165, 225, 231 



for cows, 234, 406-8, 436 

 ewes, 234 

 horses. 234, 280 

 pigs, 234,551 

 sheep, 234, 466-7 

 steers, 234, 355-9, 367 

 removing ears from corn before en- 

 siling, 230 

 v. apples, 195 



v. clover hay for steers, 356 

 v. corn fodder, 227 



for cows, 226, 406 

 v. corn stover for steers, 356 

 v. hay for cows, 407 

 v. mangels for lambs, 467 

 y. roots, 194 



for lambs, 466 

 steers, 358 



v. shock corn for steers, 355 

 v. sugar beets for cows, 408 

 cost of producing, 235 

 cowpea, 188, 232 



for dairy cows, 232 

 crops suitable for, 232 

 cured corn forage for, 231 

 effects on milk, 233 

 frosted corn for, 230 

 losses in silo, 236 

 makes watery flesh, 234 

 mixed, for cows, 409 

 peavine, 188 



position of, on stock farm, 234 

 prickly pear, 232 

 space occupied by, 235 

 Southern v. Northern corn for, 229 

 steaming, 231 

 studies on, for cows, 409 

 summer, 236 



for cows, 437 

 thistles for, 232 

 v. soilage for cows, 411 

 waste in airtight silo, 236 

 weight of, 238 

 Silage and roots, dry matter in, 228 



relative cost, 229 

 Silo, 237 



capacity of, 239 

 cylindrical, 237 



danger from carbon dioxide in filling, 237 

 economy of various sizes, 239 

 filling, 237 

 proper size. 238 

 rate of filling. 237 

 Skim milk, see Milk, skim 

 Skin, heat carried off by water escaping from. 



lost from, by radiation and conduc 



tion, 83 



Slaughterhouse waste, 203 

 Slop, amount of water in, for swine, 506 



feeding grain in form of, to cows, 434 

 Smut, corn, 210 

 Soaked feed, 218 



for pigs, 218, 505, 507 



see Feeds, soaked 

 Soft pork, see Pork, soft 

 Soilage, 211 



advantages of partial, 212 



alfalfa for, 181 



clover for, 186 



crops for, 213 



defined, 211 



for cows, 437 



Soilage, continued 

 for pigs, 548 

 labor involved in, 212 

 v. pasturage, 211, 214 



for cows, 411 

 v. silage for cows, 411 

 Soiling chart, 213 

 Sorghum, 147 

 Sorghum for forage, 165 

 for silage, 231 

 may contain poison, 209 

 sweet, forage and seed, 147 

 Sorghum hay for horses, 276 

 lambs, 471 

 steers, 351 



Sorghum meal for cows, 395 

 Sorghum seed, 147 



for pigs, 526 

 Sorghum silage, 165 

 Southern grasses, 170 



Southern v. Northern seed for silage corn, 229 

 Sow and litter, care of, 555 

 Sows, care at farrowing, 554 



composition of milk, 497 

 feeding exclusively on skim milk, 97 

 gestation period, 496 

 maintenance requirements, 500 

 milk yield of, 497, 498 

 spayed v. unspayed, 512 

 v. barrows, 512 

 wintering, 509 

 Soybean, 155 

 Soybeans, for cows, 396 



lambs, 156, 464, 487 



pigs, 156, 529, 558 

 fo 



Soybean cake for cows, 401 

 Soybean hay for cows, 415 

 Soybean meal for cows, 396 

 Soybean pasture and corn for pigs, 547 

 Soybean silage for cows, 419 

 Spayed v. unspayed sows, 512 

 Soaylnsr. effects of on cows". 388 

 Speed in relation to feed, 264 

 work, 2(53 

 Speltz, see Emmer 

 Spread in selling steers, 370 

 Spurry, 196 

 Squash for pigs, 536 

 Stallions, feed and care of, 291 

 St. Louis Exposition, tests of dairy cows at, 



420 



Standard rations, see Rations 

 Starch, 4 



absent in flax seed, 154 



action of saliva on, 20 



dissolved by ptyalin, 20 



in corn kernel, 132 



production of, from corn, 133 



saccharified, for calves, 306 

 Starch values. Kellner's. 117 

 Starvation, effects of, 53 

 Steam engine and animal compared, 88 

 I Steaming roughages for cattle, 217 



silage, 231 

 Steapsin, 23 

 Stearin, 5 

 Steer feeding, ability in, 317 



counsel in feed lot, 363-75 

 order and quiet in, 371 

 Steers, 315-75 



advantages of pasture for, 321 



age, influence of on gains, 323 



alfalfa hay for, 180, 350-2 



barley for, 140, 337 



barley v. bran and shorts for, 337 



bran for, 337 



cacti for, 200 



calcium phosphate beneficial to, 67 



calculating ration for, 110-11 



cane molasses for, 346 



