664 



Index. 



Salt, for cows, <7L 

 for 8he«p, 620. 

 for steers, 387. 



Influence of, on protein congumptlon, 

 A'i. 

 Scarlet or crimson clover, 202. 

 Scotch system of veal malting, S43. 

 Self-feed for fattening lambs, 490. 

 Separator stlm milk, for calves, 386. 



placing a money value on, 672. 

 Shearing, frequency of, 513. 



Influence of, on milk yield, 485. 

 Sheep, at American FatrStock Show, 495. 

 alfalfa hay for, 605. 

 attacks of vermin, 521. 

 bran for, 253, 499. 

 breed tests of, 487, 489. 

 care of, at lambing time, 618. 

 comparison of the Mutton breeds and 



the Merinos, 515. 

 compo.sition of, 70. 



corn alone and in combination for, 609. 

 corn for, 497, 522. 

 corn silage vs. roots for, 601. 

 corn stover for, 508. 

 cost of gain, 526. 

 daily gain of, for the various breeds •/, 



494. 

 dipping, .524. 

 dried blood for, 611. 

 dry vs. soaked corn for, 498. 

 English experience with wheat for, 498. 

 exposure vs. confinement of, 492. 

 fattened, weight of, 493. 

 fattening, 514. 

 feed consumed by, 524. 

 feed racks for, 522. 

 feeding, hints on, 526. 

 flsh scrap for, 611. 

 food of, 614. 

 general care of, 514. 

 grinding grain for, 623. 

 Increase during fattening, TO. 

 influence of protein on carcass o^ 511. 

 in the corn belt, 531. 

 investigation.s with, 480. 

 length of feeding period and gains of. 



624. 

 mating of, 629. 

 mature, 521. 

 meat scrap for, 611. 

 millet hay for, 507. 

 on alfalfa hay and i^raln, BS2. 

 oat straw for, 506. 

 oats for, 499, 523. 

 period of gestation, 480. 

 Plains, fattening of, 631. 

 rape for, 502. 



rape, second crop of, for, 505. 

 rape vs. blue^rass pasture for, 604. 

 regularity and quiet for, 526. 

 rate of increase, 525. 

 roughage for, 623. 

 shrinkage of, in shipping, 496. 



Sheep, shrunken wheat, wild bnckwhcat 

 and pigeon-grass seed for, 600. 

 sugar l>eet,s for, 502. 

 turning to pasture, 619. 

 vs. Iambs for fattening, 486. 

 water and salt for, 620. 

 weight of carcass of, 495. 

 Western, fattening on alfalfa hay, 50*. 

 wheat for, 498, 552. 

 wheat screenings for, 500, 523. 

 see Lambs. 

 Shelter, for pigs, 698. 



Influence of. In fattening steers, 861 

 necessity of, for cows, 464, i 



value of, for cows, 411. 

 for pigs, 549. 

 Shephera and flock, 614. 

 Shock com, feeding of, 172. 

 Shorts, 130. 



vs. wheat bran for cows, 417. 

 ses Middlings. 

 Shotes, feeding, 607. 



following .steers, gain of, 347. 

 Shrinkage In shipping of sheep, 498. 

 Silage, 245. 



digestibility of, 248. 



effect of, on quality of milk, 257, 



on carcass of steers, 250. 

 for cows, 477. 

 for farm stock, 258. 

 for steers, 384. 

 from beet pulp, 223. 

 Importance of proper horizontal ar«« 



In feeding, 2G0. 

 •lUlk produced from dry matter in, 24*. 

 •m (he rational use of, 267. 

 relative losses in, and drying, 246. 

 Southern va. Northern seed corn for, 



253. 

 time of cutting Southern corn for, 354. 

 vs. fodder corn for cows, 427. 

 vs. hay for cows, 426. 

 Ys. roots for steers, 355. 

 weight of, at different depths, 259. 

 Silage and beets, relative cost of, 252. 

 Silage and dry fodder corn, relative merits 

 of, 249. 

 space occupied by, 251. 

 Silage and fodder corn, feeding testa with 



249. 

 Silage and roots, dry matter in, 251. 

 Silage, corn and roots, yield of, 250. 

 Silage, com, removing ears from, previous 

 to ensilage, 2.52. 

 corn, vs. roots for sheep, 601. 

 yield of, 250. 

 Silo, capacity of, 260. 



filling and covering, 261. 

 building and filling of, 258. 

 crops for, 25.5. 

 rate of filling, 261. 

 rectangular, 2.)9. 

 Silo construction, 2.')8. 

 Silo losses, character of, 2*7. 



