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INDEX 



Shorthorn cattle, 174 

 Shoulders of horse, 116 

 Shropshire sheep, 189 

 Silo, 158 



advantages of, 158 



disadvantages of, 158 



feeds for, 158 



filling of, 160 



kinds of, 160 

 Sire, in horse breeding, 133 



selection of, 98 



value of, 97 

 Size, as a factor in feeding, 54 



in cows, 145 



of roadster horses, 120 

 Soaking feeds, 90 

 Soil as anchorage, 21 



bacteria, 23 



protection of, 23 



good, 21 



origin of, 17 

 . poor, 21 



washing, 22, 40 

 Souring* of milk, 147 

 Southdown sheep, 190 

 Sow, how obtained, 195 



young or old, 196 

 StalHon, 133 

 Swine, 193 



breeds of, 206 



shelter for, 199 

 , time to breed, 200 



types of, 203 

 Swine-feeding, 211 



problem, nature of, 233 



scientific, 232 



Tamworth swine, 207 



Temperament, 65 



Temperature in soil formation, 19 



Testing milk, 166 



Thirst, 86 



Thoroughbred, 129 



Thumps in pigs, 201 

 Tuberculosis, 161 



in swine, 202 



symptoms of, 164 



test for, 162 

 Turkeys, 226 



feeding of, 227 



housing of, 227 

 Types of horses, 113 



Udder, 141 



Unsoundness in horses, 133 



Urine, dripping of, 80 



Variation, 95 



Variety in ration, 84 



Veal calf, 153 



Ventilation for poultry house, 220 



Vigor and breeding in swine, 204 



Waste feeds, used by farm animals, 

 31 



lands, in food production, 28 

 Water, 77 



action of, in soil formation, 17 



as factor in soil fertility. 19 



as drink, 78 



as solvent, 77 



in cow feeding, 138 



in horse feeding. 111 



in regulating temperature, 80 



in swine feeding, 246 



in transportation, 79 



requirement of, for market pigs, 

 247 

 for breeding pigs, 247 

 Wealth of flesh, 56 

 Weaning pigs, 201 

 Weeds, used by livestock, 28 

 Wind, as affecting different kind of 



farmers, 40 

 Windows, for poultry house, 220 

 Winter feeding, 85 



