INDEX 



87 



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Dairy heifers, pastures for 74 



Dallis grass 8,11,19,21,64,86 



Diseases of livestock, precautions against 46-47, 



50, 52, 55, 59, 63, 65, 67, 74-75 



Drainage 30 



Dual-purpose cattle: 



Breeding practices on pasture 67 



Fetds supplementing pasturage 66-67 



Supplementary pastures 65-66 



East Central States, plant mixtures adapted 



to ---- 18 



Establishment of pastures 3-24 



Ewes, "flushing" for lamb production 76 



Fattening: 



CattU, grain and grass 54,69-71 



Cattle, grass alone --- 46, 68 



Hogs, pasture and supplements 81 



Feed value: 



Changes as plants mature 48-49, 73 



Immature pasturage 47-49,51,66,71-72,84 



Feeds supplementing pasturage for: 



Beef cattle 58,66,67-69 



Dairy cattle 66,73-74 



Hogs 81 



Horses and mtiles 75 



Poultry- __ 83-84 



Sheep 76 



Fencing: 



Hog pastures 81 



Sheep pastures 79 



Fertilizer treatment for growth promotion 

 and improvemtnt of stand 25 



Fertilizers, commercial 25-27 



"Flushing" ewes to increase lamb production. 76 



Goats: 



Bloating, prevention and treatment 65 



Pastures for 79-80 



Grass silage, method of preserving --■ 48 



Grass-fattened livestock: 



Gains made 68 



Quality of meat 46 



Grasses: 



Desirable in permanent pastures 7-22 



Of local value in permanent pastures 10-13 



Grazing: 



Alternate 55, 80 



Close 28 



Effect of methods and intensity 24.28.29 



Rotation 55.57,77-79 



Two or more kinds of livestock on a 

 pasture, effect 52-54 



Great plains region, plant mixtures adapted to. 19 



Guinea grass 12 



Harvested crops, comparison with — 



Pastures in cost of feed 44-45 



Pastures in yield of nutrients 45-46, 51 



Heifers, dairy, pastures for 74 



Hogs: 



Fattening on pasture and supplements. _ . 81 



Feeding minerals on pasture 81 



Fencing of pastures 81 



Parasite controls 81-83 



Permanent pasture _ 81 



Rooting, avoidance 80-81 



Wallows, recommendations concerning... 83 



Hohenheim system of pasture management... 55-5S 



Horses, grazing practices for 54,74-75 



Immature pasturage: 



Feed value 47-49, 51, 66, 71-72. 84 



Methods of preserving. 48 



Improvement of pastures 24-32 



Insects, damage to pastures.. 31 



Intermountain region, plant mixtures 



adapted to 19 



Italian ryegrass 21,33,38,48,52,84 



Johnson grass 8, 12,64 



Kentucky bluegrass 8,10,18,20,21,52.73 



Kobe lespedeza 16, 19,36 



Korean lespedeza. 14, 17, 18, 19, 36, 37 



Kudzu 33,38 



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Labor requirements of pastures .-- 44 



Ladino clover 14, 15 



Lambs: 



Parasite control 76-79 



Suckling, on grass, quality of meat 46 



Least hop clover 14, 15 



Legumes: 



Desirable in permanent pastures 13-17 



Of local value in permanent pastures.. 13, 15, 17 

 Lespedeza: 



Common 14.16,18.19.36.37 



For pasture 14, 16, 18, 19, 23, 36, 37, 46, 72 



Kobe 16,19,36 



Korean 17,36,37 



Tennessee 76 16,17,19 



Lime: 



Use in maintenance and improvement of 



pastures 25-26, 50 



See also Minerals. 

 Livestock: 



Diseases, precautions against 46-47, 



50, 52, 55, 59, 63, 65, 67, 74-75 



Health, influence of pastures 46-47, 



49-52, 74-75, 84 



Parasites, precautions against 47, 



53, 59, 76-79, 81-84 

 Low hop clover 14, 15 



Maintenance of pastures 24-31 



Mammoth red clover 14 



Manure, barnyard, use on pastures 25-27 



Mature pasturage, feed value 49 



McLean County system of swine sanitation. . 81-83 



Meadow fescue 8,10.20,21.52 



Meadow foxtail 8,10,19,21 



Meadows, aftermath 41 



Meat quality, from livestock on grass 46 



Minerals: 



Deficiency in soil, methods of correcting. . 50 



For hogs on pasture 81 



Pasturage as source of 46. 49, 83 



Mixtures (plant): 



Adapted to different sections 17-22 



Advantages of 17 



Molasses grass 12 



Mules, grazing practices for 74-75 



Napier grass 33,38 



Natal grass 12 



Natural or native pastures, kinds of 6 



Newly seeded pastures, treatment of 24 



Northeastern States, plant mixtures adapted 



to 18 



Northern Pacific slope, plant mixtures 



adapted to 



21 



Oatgrass, tall 9. 11.21 



Oats. 33.39.72 



Orchard grass 8,12,18,20,21,52 



Overgrazing . 28,29 



Palatability of pasturage, factors affecting 52 



Para grass 8, 12 



Parasites: 



Control in hogs 81-83 



Control in sheep and goats 59, 76-79. 80 



Of li%-estock, precautions against 59,76-83 



Pasture regions 7 



Peanuts 40 



Perennial ryegrass 8,10,21,52,86 



Permanent pastures: 



Cultivation and reseeding 25 



Description of 6 



Establishing 22-24 



For dairy cattle 72 



For hogs 81 



For sheep 78-79 



In winter 58 



Maintenance and improvement 24-31 



Persian clover 15 



Pigs, weanling, grains on corn and pasture 81 



Plants sometimes injurious, essential facts 



regarding 64 



Poisonous plants, essential facts regarding 59-63 



Potato, sometimes injurious to livestock 64 



Poultry, benefits of pasture for 83-86 



Proteins, pastures as source of 47-49, 51, 66 



