Index. 



611 



Steers, continued 



cassava roots for, 198, 359 

 clover hay for, 185, 348, 352, 356 

 v. corn stover for, 349 

 v. timothy hay for, 348 

 composition of increase during fattening, 



76 



confinement v. open shed for, 315 

 corn and nitrogenous feeds for, 366 

 corn for, 333, 336, 365 

 corn, shock, for, 163 

 corn silage for, 355, 358, 367 



v. clover hay for, 356 

 v. corn stover for, 356 

 corn stover for, 164, 347 

 cost of fattening, 375 



increases with age, 322 

 increases with length of 



fattening period. 326 

 cotton-belt v. corn-belt ration for, 359 

 cotton seed for, 342 

 cotton-seed hulls for, 152, 354 

 cotton-seed meal for, 151, 342-4 

 cotton-seed meal and legume hay for, 354 

 cowpea hay for, 189, 352, 354 



pasture for, 355 



daily gains of various breeds, 329 

 dressed carcass, per cent yielded by, 329 

 dried beet pulp for, 346 

 dried distillers' grains for steers, 345 

 dry v. soaked corn for, 333 

 ear corn for, 335 



early maturity of various breeds, 329 

 effects of feeding wide and narrow rations, 



90 



emmer for, 338 



fat of, effects of cotton seed on, 152 

 fattening on peavine silage, 233 



ration for, 364 

 feed consumed by .various breeds, 328 



from birth to maturity, 37P 

 feeding corn to, 365 



exclusively on concentrates, 97 

 feeding stuffs for, 333-62 

 finished, cost of, 322, 375 

 finish when fed on silage, 357 

 frequency of feeding, 372 

 gains on grass, 319 



from droppings, by hogs, 336 



1 bu. of corn, 321 

 getting on feed, 365 

 grain feeding on pasture, 320-1 

 grazing on cowpeas and corn, 355 

 grinding corn for, 215, 334 



grain for, 221 

 growing, feeding on maintenance rations. 



101-3 



growth under adverse conditions, 101-3 

 guinea grass for, 171 

 heavy and light feeding of corn, 333 

 importance of legumes for, 366 

 increase during fattening, 76 

 influence of age on daily gain, 321, 323 

 injured by cotton-seed meal, 152 

 judgment of market on breeds, 331 

 kafir for, 339 

 kafir hay for. 351 

 labor cost of fattening, 373 

 length of fattening period, 325 

 linseed oil meal for, 351 

 long v. short feeding, 325 

 loose tallow from various breeds, 330 

 loose v. tied, 316 

 low-grade wheat for, 336-7 

 manure voided from birth to maturity, 375 

 meat meal for, 203 

 millet for, 149, 339 

 milo for, 340 

 molasses, beet, for, 347 

 cane, for, 346 



Steers, continued 



nitrogenous supplements for, 348 

 normal and abnormal growth due to feed, 



101-3 



oats for, 337 

 oil meal for, 155 



pasture v. summer feeding, 319, 320 

 paved feed lots for, 317 

 peanut cake for, 157 

 peavine for, 188 



percentage of dressed carcass of, 323 

 loose tallow to dressed 



weight, 330 



practical rations for, 370 

 preparing for shipment, 374 

 prickly pear for, 200 

 process of fattening, 364 

 proportion of valuable parts in carcass, 



331 

 pure-bred, amount of feed consumed by 



328 



early maturity of, 329 

 feed consumed by for given 



gain, 328 

 quarters for, 315 



rations fed by British feeders, 360 

 returns from compared with dairy cow, 



376-7 

 compared with other farm 



animals, 79 



roughages with cotton-seed meal for, 354 

 rough rice and rice by products for, 341 

 salt for, 373 

 self-feeder for, 316 

 sheds v. confinement for, 315 

 shredded corn stover for, 164 

 shrinkage in shipping, 374 

 silage-fed, finish of, 357 

 silage for, 355-9 



v. roots for, 358 

 soaking corn for, 366 

 soft corn for, 336 

 sorghum hay for, 351 

 spread or margin required in selling, 322, 



370 



sugar beet molasses for, 347 

 summer v. winter feeding, 320 

 sweet potatoes for, 359 

 tied v. loose, 316 

 valueable parts in carcasses of various 



breeds, 331 

 value of quality, 332 

 variation in weight, 327 

 various forms of corn for, 334 



roughages for, 352 

 velvet bean for, 341, 353 

 v. heifers for beef production, 324 

 water drank, 327 



from birth to maturity, 375 

 required by, 373 



weight of fat, at Smithfield Show, 323 

 wet beet pulp for, 345 

 wheat bran for, 337 

 wheat for, 135, 336, 337 

 wheat shorts for, 337 

 wide and narrow ration for, 90 

 wintering yearling, 363 



with grain, 318 

 without grain, 318 

 withholding coarse feed from, 97 

 yield of dressed carcass of, 329 

 Steers and pigs, gain of in feed lot, 323 

 Stock, cooked feed for, 218 



preparing feed for, 220 

 Stock foods, 221 

 for horses, 281 



pigs, 543 

 mulae 



formulae for, 222 

 Stomach, capacity of, 19 

 digestion in, 20 

 of ruminants, 22 



