Index. 



655 



siloing fodders, permanency of method of, 



Size of the body, a factor In feeding, 60. 

 Skim milk, 228. 



centrifugal vs. gravity, for pigs, 584. 



for calves, 835. 



gravity vs. separator, for calv«s, 336. 



separator, for pigs, 571. 



placing a money value on, 572. 



vs. grain for pigs, 586. 



vs. whey for pigs, 585. 

 Skim milk- and whey-fed pork, quality of, 



588. 

 Skin, excretions of, 24. 

 Slaughtering tests of pigs, 589. 

 Slop, feeding grain in form of, to cows, 433. 

 Small grains, the, as hay crops, 192. 

 SmuL-feedlng experiments, 176. 

 Smut on corn, 175. 



Soaked meal vs. dry meal for pigs, 647. 

 Soaking feed, 239. 

 Soiling, advantage of, 231. 



experiments, concerning value of, 231. 



fodder corn for, 172. 



labor involved in, 234. 



partial, 234. 

 Soiling cattle, 231. 

 Soiling crops, 233. 



Soiling crops and pasture compared, 232. 

 Soiling ewes and lambs, 486. 

 Soja bean, 161, 209. 

 Sorghum, 14.5, 189. 



non-saccharine, 14.5. 



saccharine, 145, 147. 



second growth, dangers from, 190. 



yield of, 146. 

 Sorghum hay, 190. 

 Sorghum molasses, 225. 

 8orghum-seed meal for cows, 418. 

 South, the, pork production at, 582. 

 Southern vs. Northern seed corn for silage, 



253. 

 !S.>ws, milk yielded by, 536. 



composition of milk of, 537. 



quantity of milk yielded by, 537. 



vs. barrows in swine feeding, 602. 

 iSows and pigs, feeding of, 605. 

 .Soy bean, 161, 209. 

 :-Spontancous combustion, 200. 

 Spurry, 216. 



Stallion, the, feed and care of, 318. 

 Standard Cattle Co., amount of grain and 

 hay fed to cattle, 399. 



cost of feeding cattle, 400. 



daily feed consumed and gains of steers, 

 399. 



number of cattle marketed and gains, 



Standard rations for dairy cows, 114. 



SUrch, 4, 5. 



Starch production, 124. 



Steaming roughage for cattle, 238. 



Stearin, 6. 



Steer, at rest, rations for, 102. 



Steer, amount of corn passing through, 

 unbroken, 349. 

 amount of feed consumed, 872. 

 balanced ration for, 357. 

 bran for, 383. 

 changes during fattening of; to b« 



avoided, 365. 

 composition of carcass of, 70, 92. 

 composition of Increased growth of, 93. 

 corn and cob meal for, 348. 

 corn, cob and husks for, 349. 

 corn-fed, droppings of, for pigs, 580. 



droppings of, on pasture, 579. 

 cost of feeding increases with age, 388. 

 cost of llnished, 389. 

 cost of gain increases with length of 



fattening period, 369. 

 dressed weight of carcass of, 874. 

 dry matter required for 100 pounds <if 



gain in, 370. 

 ear corn vs. com meal for, 845. 

 early maturity of, 374, 390. 

 efl'ect of age on rate of gain of, 367. 

 effect of silage on carca.ss of, 250. 

 explanation of fattening process, 887. 

 fattening, cost of 100 pounds of gain 

 with, 370. 

 experiments with, 88. 

 fish scrap for, 356. 

 Indian corn for, 381. 

 rations for, 104, 395. 

 rations used at Experiment Sf*^ 



tions, 396. 

 salt for, 387. 



variation in individual weight, 360. 

 water for, 387. 

 water drank by, 359. 

 fed KafQr corn, value of droppings 



from, 353. 

 feed for 100 pounds of gain during fat- 

 tening, .370. 

 frequency of feeding, 392. 

 finished, cost of, -389. 

 gluten meal for, 351. 

 grain-feeding of, on pastures, 886. 

 influence of wide and narrow rations 



on, 88. 

 increase during fattening, 70. 

 Kaffir corn for, 352. 

 low-pressure feeding, 391. 

 molasses for, 356. 

 modern market demands, 390. 

 oil meal for, 351, :584. 

 on pasture, feeding grain to, 358. 

 pasturing of, 358. 

 percentage of loose tallow to dressed 



weight of, 376. 

 preparing corn for feeding, 383. 

 preparing for shipment, 394. 

 proportion of valuable parts in carcass 



of, 377. 

 pure-bred, amount of feed consumed 

 by, 372. 

 less feed with, for given gain, 878, 



