Index 



491 



Standard middlings, composition 

 of, 271. 



Sterility, effect of excessive fatness 

 on, 101. 



Stock foods, condimental, 327; 

 constituents of, 327; effect of, 

 on digestion, 331 ; medicinal 

 properties of, 329; value of, for 

 fattening pigs, 328. 



Stomatitis or sore mouth, 463- 

 466. 



Succulence, for sow and litter, 82 ; 

 value of, for pregnant sows, 53. 



Supplements, amount of, for pigs 

 on alfalfa, 200; for bred sows, 

 52 ; for pigs on rape, 198 ; for 

 pigs on timothy and blue-grass, 

 203 ; for pigs on winter rye, 202 ; 

 proportion of, for pigs on for- 

 age, 207. 



Supply, monthly variations of, 377 ; 

 and price fluctuations, 376 ; va- 

 riations in daily, 381 ; variations 

 in yearly, 382 ; weight as a fac- 

 tor of, 384. 



Sweet, 330. 



Swine, number of, in leading coun- 

 tries, 6 ; world's distribution of, 

 2. 



Tamworth, history and charac- 

 teristics of, 429 ; sow, Plate XI. 



Tankage, composition of, 255 ; and 

 corn vs. corn alone, 256 ; vs. 

 linseed-oil meal, 258; money 

 value of, compared with linseed- 

 oil meal, 259 ; money value of, 

 compared with shorts or mid- 

 dlings, 260 ; money value of, 

 when fed with corn, 257 ; money 

 value of, compared with soybeans, 

 263 ; money value of, compared 

 with skim-milk or buttermilk, 

 249 ; best proportion of, for pigs 

 on rape, 199 ; best proportion of, 

 for pigs on timothy and blue- 

 grass, 204 ; best proportion of, 

 for pigs on oats, Canada field 

 peas, and rape, 206 ; vs. skim- 



milk or buttermilk, 248; vs. 

 wheat shorts or middlings, 259. 



Three gilts, litter mates, Plate III. 



Time required to hog-off an acre 

 of corn, 237. 



Timothy vs. dry-lot feeding, 177. 



Timothy and blue-grass, supple- 

 ments for pigs on, 203. 



Trucks, shipping hogs by motor, 

 368. 



Tuberculosis, 481-482 ; from skim- 

 milk, 253. 



Tubers for fattening swine, 321. 



Type, breed, in judging, 415 ; rela- 

 tion of, to size of litter, 104 ; lard, 

 392 ; bacon, 392 ; and weight of 

 pig desired by market, 128. 



Types of hogs, 392. 



U 



Ulcerative inflammation of mouth, 

 464-466. 



Up-grading, 441 ; rate of improve- 

 ment in, 442. 



Vaccination, cost of, 352. 



Variation, due to environment, 439 ; 

 germinal or hereditary, 434 ; a 

 phenomenon of heredity, 434. 



Velvet beans, as a forage crop, 185 ; 

 vs. cowpea forage, 187. 



Vetch, as a forage crop, 168. 



W 



Warrington, 151. 



Water, for breeding herd in winter, 

 37 ; proportions of in slop, 342 ; 

 and shade for pigs in summer, 

 224. 



Weaver, 198, 261, 286, 287, 290, 

 346. 



Weight, desirable variations in, of 

 pregnant sows, 60; ideal, for 

 market pig, 398 ; as a factor in 

 supply of hogs, 384 ; average 

 monthly variations in, 384 ; aver- 



