INDEX 



Administration of medicine, 314, 315 

 Alabama Experiment Station, influ- 

 ence of feed upon body, 131, 132 

 Alfalfa, green, 186, 187 

 Alfalfa hay, feeding of, 186-188 



methods of feeding, 198-200 



tea from, 206 

 Alfalfa meal, 198 

 Alfalfa pasture, 192 



compared with rape, 188, 189 



with corn, 158-160 

 Apples, use of, 203 



Arkansas Experiment Station, feed- 

 ing cottonseed meal, 176 

 Artichokes, Jerusalem, 196, 197 

 A-shaped pen, 285-287 

 Ashes, with corn, 151 



Bacon, causes of softness, 133-135 



sugar cured, 265, 266 

 Bacon hogs, American, 257, 258 



English, 258 

 Bacon type, 9, 10 

 breeds of, 19 

 description of, 13-19 

 food required compared with 



lard type, 44 

 scale of points, 20-22 

 Barley, characteristics of, 164 



compared with corn, 165, 166 

 compared with frosted wheat, 



168, 169 



compared with millet seed, 171 

 compared with rye, 170 

 palatability of, 166 

 with corn, 153, 154 

 Beans, a cause of soft bacon, 135 



methods and results of feeding, 



171, 172 



Beet pulp, characteristics and use, 178 

 Beet-sugar molasses, feeding of, 178 

 Beginners, suggestions to, chapter on, 



243-250 



Berkshire, comparative tests, 41, 42 

 description, 45, 46 

 distribution, 49 

 Large English, 49, 50 

 origin and history, 46-49 



Berkshire, score card, 52, 53 



types, 49, 50 



utility, 50-52 

 Big Chinas, 55 

 Black-strap molasses, feeding of, 178, 



179, 206 



Blood meal, with corn, 150 

 Blue grass, as pasture, 192 

 Boar, the, breeding crate for, 218, 219 



chapter on, 213-219 



conformation of, 36 



exercise for, 214 



feeding, 216-218 



market class, 258 



removing tusks, 214, 215 



selection of, 34-37, 244 



use of, 213 



Bone meal, with corn, 151, 158-160 

 Bones, breaking strength of, 132, 151, 



152 

 Bran, fermented, 208 



wheat, uses of, 173 

 Breaking strength of bones, 132, 151, 



152 



Breed, choice of, 243, 244 

 Breeder, 25, 26 

 Breeding and selection, chapter on, 



25-38 



Breeding crate for boar, 218, 219 

 Breeds, key to, 126-128 



relation to economy of produc- 

 tion, 41^14 

 Brewers' grains, 178 

 Brine, 265, 266 



Brine curing and dry curing, 265 

 Bronchitis, 301 

 Buckwheat, compared with wheat, 



170, 171 

 Buildings, chapter on, 273-290 



cheap, 245 



dryness, 273, 274 



plans of, 276-283 



portable pens, 284-290 



ventilation, 274-276 

 Business methods, 248 

 Butcher hogs, 255-257 

 Buttermilk, value of, 205 

 Byfield swine, 55 



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