INDEX. 



247 



Feeding Grain 225 



" Lawes and Gilbert's ex- 

 periments in 122 



" Mineral substances neces- 

 sary In 130 



" Mr. Baldwin on 182 



" Use of sugar in 135 



Feet, Unsound 244 



Fisher Hobbs' improvements in 



Essex 53 



Fisher, John, Lecture on breeding 



and management 239 



Food, Cooking 222 



Form of a fat pig 236 



" of agoodpig 17 



French pigs 45 



"General." 68 



German pigs 45 



Gestation, Period of 233 



" Gloucester." 67 



Good pigs need good care 37 



Grade pigs, Value of. 100 



Greyhound hog 44 



Hampshire pig 49, 91 



Herefordshire breed 50, 94 



Howard, James, M. P., on pigs 239 



Improvement of the English breeds 



of pigs 47 



In-and-in breeding 35 



Indian meal, Composition of 133 



" " Value in feeding 126 



Intestines, Proportion to weight of 



body 11 



Itch 234 



Jealousy an aid to fattening 230 



Jefferson County breed Ill 



Large vs. small breeds and crosses. 22 

 Lawes and Gilbert's experiments 



in pig feeding 122 



Lecture by John Fisher 239 



Lentil meal, Value in feeding .126 



Lentils, Composition of 133 



"Liberator." 67 



Lice, To destroy 234 



Lincolnshire breed 57, 92 



Liquid manure 143 



Live and dead weight of pigs 191 



Lord Western's Essex 52 



Mackelcan, J., on management 237 



Magie (Ohio) breed 113, 245 



Management of pigs 175, 237 



" of thorough-bred pigs.203 

 Man^e 234 



Mangles', George, experience in 



feeding 25 



Mangles', George, piggery 163 



Manure, Table of value of 139 



Manure, The pig as a manufacturer 



of 141 



" Value of liquid .143 



" Value to each 100 Ibs. of 



pork 141 



" Value of pig 137 



Measles 235 



Michigan Agricultural College, Pig- 

 gery, etc 147 



Middlesex breed 95 



Miles' Dr. M. experiments in feedingllS 

 Milliken, Hon. J. M., on Magie 



pigs 113, 245 



Mineral food for pigs 130 



"Miss Emily." 70 



Modern breeds of English pigs 56 



Morris', Paschal, piggery 154 



Neapolitan breed 52 



Norfolk breed.... 93 



Nottinghamshire breed 95 



Ogden Farm piggery 160 



Oil-cake for pigs 233 



Old Irish pig 44 



OldYorkshire breed 57 



Original Old English pig 43 



Origin and improvement of our do- 

 mestic pigs 41 



Oxfordshire, Improved 85 



Ox, Stomachof 9 



Peas for pigs 233 



" Raising, for pigs 177 



Pen-breeding 200 



Petroleum on pigs 234 



Pig, Desirable Qualities in 20 



Form of a good 17 



Quietness in 21 



Stomachof 9 



Pig feeding 11 



" Hewitt Davis on 30 



" Why they gain more 

 rapidly than oxen or sheep. ... 12 



Pigs on dairy farms 175 



" on grain farms 176 



" Origin and improvement of. . 41 



" Peasfor 177 



** Profit of raising thorough- 

 bred 220 



" require gentle treatment 42 



' ' Breeding and rearing. 193 



