Index. 



646 



Com, 119. 



a carbonaceous food, 120. 



alone and in combination,for sheep, 509, 



amount passing through steer, 849. 



as human food, 121. 



beef returns per acre, 381. 



composition of, 126. 



composition of the several parts of, 124. 



dry vs. soaked, for sheep, 498. 



for cows, 472. 



for fattening cattle, 381. 



for horses, 297. 



adverse report, 299. 

 , Kloepfer's concluslom, 300. 



for sheep, 497, 522. 



for steers, plain feeding of, recom- 

 mended, 381. 

 for swine, 608. 



gain from a bushel of, with pigs, 581. 

 nitrogen and mineral matter in, 125. 

 preparation of, for feeding, 383. 

 races of, 120. 

 soaked, for steers, 846. 

 time required to pass through steer, 



849. 

 vs. oil cake for pigs, 588. 

 vs. rye or barley for pigs, 591. 

 whole vs. corn and cob meal for cows, 

 413. 

 waste in feeding to cows, 413. 

 Corn and blue-grass pasture for pigs, 677. 

 Com and its by-products, 119. 

 Corn and cob, weight of, Li2. 

 Corn and cob meal, 121. 

 for pigs, 557. 

 for steers, 348. 

 Com by-products, 123. 



for cows, 473. 

 Corn belt, fattening sheep In, 531. 

 Corn cob, 121. 



Corn cob and husks, for steers, 349. 

 Corn cob charcoal, for swine, 615. 

 Corn crop, nutrients of, 167. 



Importance of maturity, 168. 



increase of nutrients during maturity, 



165. 

 Influence of thickness of planting, 164. 

 losses in field-curing, 171. 

 Com fodder, fertilizing constituents of, 177. 

 pulling of, 174. 

 see Fodder com. 

 Corn forage, cutting and shredding, 240. 

 shock, feeding, 172. 

 shocking, 172. 

 stooking, 172. 

 Corn-fed pigs, strengthening bones of, 86. 

 Com meal for cows, 473. 

 only, for cows, 94. 

 only, for pigs, 78, 86. 

 vs. corn for pigs, 566. 

 see Corn. 

 Com plant, changes In protein, 187. 

 distribution of nutrients in, 169. 

 In Georgia, 170. 



Corn plant. Increase of nntrients dartnc 

 maturity, 165. 

 nitrogen-free extract In, 168. 

 nutrients at different stages, 166. 

 southern, time to cut for silage, 254, 



vs. northern, for silage, 253. 

 under Maryland conditions, 170. 

 Com product, a new, 175. 

 Com silage, see Silage corn. 

 Corn smut, 175. 



feeding experiments with, 176. 

 Corn stover, 174. 

 for cows, 477. 

 for sheep, 508. 

 vs. mixed hay and clover hay for oowt, 



425. 

 see Stover. 

 Corn-stalk disease, th« so-called, 176. 

 Correctives for swine, 614. 

 Cost of finished steer, 389. 

 Cotton seed, 154. 



effect of, on butter, 156. 



on steer fat, 156. 

 feeding of, 154. 

 fertility in, 159. 

 for beef production, 361. 

 Cotton seed and its by-products for cowa, 



419, 475. 

 Cotton seed and cotton-seed meal, ration*! 



use of, 158. 

 Cotton-seed cake and meal, 155. 

 Cotton-seed hulls, 158. 

 Cotton-seed meal, for calves, 157. 

 for dairy cows, 156. 

 for horses, 155. 

 for pigs, 157. 



vs. wheat bran for cows, 420. 

 Cotton-seed meal and hulls for steers, 156. 

 Cotton-seed poisoning, 167. 

 Cows, advance In lactation of, and pro- 

 ductivity of feed, 407. 

 amount of water drank by, 410. 

 annual feed consumption of, 459. 

 barley for, 474. 

 brewers' grains for, 474. 

 by-products of com for, 473. 

 care before and after calving, 468. 

 caring for, 464. 

 clover hay for, 476. 

 concerning feeding stuffs for, 472. 

 confinement during heated periods, tn. 

 consumption of dry matter by, 461. 

 cooking feed for, 432. 

 com for, 472. 

 corn meal for, 473. 

 com stover for, 477. 

 corn stover vs. hay for, 425. 

 cotton seed and Its by-products for, 419, 



475. 

 cotton-seed meal vs. bran for, 420. 

 dairy, compared with beef type, 406. 

 rations for, 478. 



test at Columbian Exposition, 448. 

 dairying based on maternity of, 463. 



