532 



FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



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Health, conditions of good 34 

 Indications and live stock 34 

 Indications of prospective 



good 36 



Horse bean 246 



For cattle 246 



For horses 247 



For sheep 246 



For swine 246 



Horses, draught, scale of 



points 156 



Light, scale of points . . . 159 

 Industry and live stock .... 14 

 Inferiority and pre-natal in- 

 fluences 86 



Influences affecting palata- 



bility 515 



Inheritance in selecting ani- 

 mals 26 



Insects that cause unrest . . 103 

 Irregularity in caring for 



stock 101 



Jerusalem artichokes 336 



For cattle 336 



For horses 338 



For sheep 337 



For swine 337 



Kafir corn seed 255 



For cattle 255 



For horses 256 



For sheep 255 



For swine 256 



Kale for pasture 313 



Labor and live stock 11 



When excessive in the 



horse 105 



Litter sources of 496 



Uses of 498 



Maintaining equilibrium in 



fertility 4 



Malt sprouts 274 



Mangels 324 



For cattle 325 



For horses 326 



For sheep 325 



For swine 326 



Marketing promptly when 



ripe 73 



Meat production 371 



Baby beef in 402 



Cost of increase in 381 



Duration of finishing pe- 

 riod in 385 



Feeding in stalls, sheds 

 or yards for 394 



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Meat production Continued. 

 Financial returns from 



purchased feeders in . . 400 

 Finishing on pastures for 396 

 Food consumed and in- 

 crease 379 



Gains when fattening not 



worth their cost in 382 



Growing bacon 406 



Increase at different ages 



in 371 



Increase during finishing 



period in 374 



Leading up to full feed- 

 ing in 377 



Loss of weight in market- 

 ing for 392 



Marketing when ripe in . . 389 

 Season for marketing in.. 387 

 Shipping finished animals 



in 391 



Winter lambs in 404 



Middlings and shorts from 



wheat 270 



Milk, influence of succulence 



upon production of 56 



Undesirable flavors in.... 78 



Production 409 



Age and relative milk giv- 

 ing capacity in 435 



Breeds and 427 



Composition of milk in. . 411 

 Feeding grain to cows on 



pasture in 440 



Foods and 413 



Formation of milk in .... 409 



Lactation and ^' ' 



Large and small cows for 433 



Cost and 416 



Protection for cows in 



summer for 436 



Quality in 424 



Quantity in 418 



Shelter for cows in winter 



for 438 ' 



Millet seed 262 



For calves and growing 



cattle 263 



For cattle being fattened 263 



For cows in milk 263 



For horses 264 



For sheep 263 



For swine 264 



Miscellaneous considerations 



in feeding live stock . . 509 



