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HARRIS ON THE PIG. 



INDEX 



Allen's, B. A., importation of Berk- 

 shire 99 



Appendix 237 



Bakewell's, Robert, breed of pigs. . 18 



Barley, Composition of 133 



'* Value in feeding 131 



Bean meal, Value In feeding 126 



Beans as food for pigs 233 



44 Composition of 133 



Bedfordsmre breed 93 



Berkshire breed 50, 74 



" A. B. Allen's importation. 99 

 ** and Tarn worth cross..... 83 



' Crossesof 82 



" Improved 76 



" in the U. S 98 



Black and Red pigs 86 



Black breeds 73 



Blister for pigs.. 284 



Boar, Selection of 192 



1 ' Treatment of thorough-bred . 206 

 Bouasinganlt's experiments in feed- 

 ing 118 



Bran, Composition of. 133 



" for pigs 239 



" Value in feeding 126 



Breeding and management of pigs 



192, 239 



Breeding, Objects in 15 



" Principles of 16 



Breeding-pens 200 



Breeds of pigs 14 



Breeds. Definition of large, small, 



and medium 25 



Breeds, Large vs. small 22 



" Leading English 232 



" Leading in the U. S 232 



" Modern English 56 



" intheU. S 98 



" Sidney on large and small.. 32 



Buckinghamshire breed 97 



Bushey breed 97 



Butler Co., Ohio, pigs 113 



Cattle, Gain from feeding 13 



" Weight, Live and dead 192 



Castration, Time for 233 



Chase's, A. L., Essex pigs 84 



" Cheshire " breed 57, 94, 111 



Chester Co. White breed 105 



" " " " Hog-breed- 

 ers' Manual on.110 

 " " " " Paschal 



Morrison 106 



Chinese breed 51 



Codfish, Composition of 133 



" Value in feeding 133 



Coleshill breed 96 



Colds in young pigs 217 



Compost, Pig making. 142 



Constipation 210 



Cooking food for pigs 222 



Craonnaire Boar 45 



Crosses of thorough-breds 35 



Culley on Cheshire pigs 57 



Cumberland small breed 63 



Davis', Hewitt, experience in pig 



feeding 30 



Desirable qualities in a pig 20 



Devons 33, 87 



Diarrhoea in young pigs 217 



Diseases of pigs 234 



Disinfectants 234 



Dorsets 32, 88 



Dry earth for pigs 234 



" Emperor." 53 



English breeds, Improvement of. . . 47 

 English experiences in pig feeding.181 

 Essex, Fisher Hobbs' improve- 

 ments in 53, 82 



Essex, Improved... 80 



" " Crossesof. 82 



" " Historyof. 52 



" Imported 100 



44 Lord Western's '82 



44 Old 52 



Experiments in pig feeding. .. .118, 122 



Fancy breeds 95 



Fattening pigs near large cities 178 



Feeding, A dairy farmer on 187 



44 A Yorkshire breeder on.. 188 

 4 A Yorkshire farmer on. . .186 

 " Dr. M. Miles' experiments 118 

 ** English experience in 181 

 * Experiments in 118 



