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Index 



F 



Fall pigs, advantages of, 118. 

 Farrowing, care at, 72, 121. 

 Feeders, 375 ; judging, 418. 



Feeding, before shipping, 364; 

 dangers of full, 220; effect of, 

 on size of litter, 100; full vs. 

 limited, on forage, 211, 212, 213, 

 214 ; general systems of, 130, 

 131 ; hand, 343 ; methods of, 

 343 ; relation of time of market- 

 ing to system of, 216 ; two 

 methods of, Plate VII. 



Feeds, preparation of, and methods 

 of feeding, 333 ; preparation of, 

 for sows in winter, 62. 



Feet and legs of brood sow, 412. 



Feterita, composition of, 280 ; for 

 fattening pigs, 297. 



Field management in hogging-down 

 corn, 236. 



Fisher and King, 189. 



Food demands of pigs, 132. 



Forage, acre cost of growing, 235 ; 

 advantages of , 141 ; benefits from 

 growing, 148 ; choosing a, 153 ; 

 composition of, 194, 196, 197 

 crops for sows in summer, 122 

 essentials of an ideal, 153; for 

 Alabama, 193 ; for Indiana, 189 

 for Missouri, 190, 191 ; for North 

 Carolina, 192 ; for North Dakota 

 191 ; for sub-humid districts 

 192 ; mixtures for fall pigs, 167 

 methods of feeding on, 194 

 proportions of nitrogenous sup- 

 plements on, 207 ; recommenda- 

 tions for plantings, 189 ; sum- 

 mary results from, plantings at 

 Alabama, 188; supplements to 

 for hogging-down corn, 232 

 value of an acre of, 145. 



Forage feeding, dry -lot vs., 142, 143 



Forage season, rate and cost o: 

 gains during, 210. 



Forbes, 140. 



Form, of bacon pig, 403 : of brooc 

 sow, 411 ; of fat barrow, 393. 



Freight rates, 367. 



French, 326. 

 Funk, 383. 



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jains, rate and cost of, in forage 

 period, 210; rate and cost of 

 entire feeding period, 212 ; rela- 

 tion of rate of, to cost of, 212 ; 

 relation of rate and cost of, to 

 intensity of feeding, 211. 



Gastro-enteritis, 466-467. 



Gaumitz, Wilson, and Bassett, 228. 

 237. 



Gentry, 283, 394, 395. 



Germ-cells, 431. 



Gestation, length of period of, 18; 

 table, 30. 



Gilt, age to breed, 19 ; cost of feed- 

 ing from weaning to breeding age, 

 226 ; feed cost of wintering preg- 

 nant, 67 ; feed cost of wintering 

 open, 67 ; feeding pregnant, 39 ; 

 feeding open, 64 ; with only two 

 pairs good teats, Plate IV. 



Gluten-feed for fattening pigs, 308. 



Gluten-meal, 307. 



Good, 202; and Smith, 289, 290, 317. 



Governments, 375. 



Grain, amount of, to feed pigs on 

 forage, 208, 209 ; limited vs. full 

 feeding of, on forage, 214. 



Grains, composition of cereal, 280 ; 

 for pregnant sows, 43. 



Gray, Duggar and Ridgeway, 193, 

 136 ; Summers and Shook, 165. 



Grinding corn, average results from, 



338 ; percentage of feed saved by, 



339 ; value of, as affected by age 

 of pigs, 339. 



Grinding and soaking small grains, 



341. 



Grisdale, 283, 289, 325, 326. 

 Growth, importance of capacity 



for rapid, 455. 



H 



Hall, 395; Simpson and Doty, 

 362, 367, 388. 



Hampshire, history and character- 

 istics of, 423 ; sow, Plate X. 



