INDEX 



329 



Roots, relative merits of, 202 

 Round worm, 311 

 Rutabagas (Swede turnips) 202 

 Rye, compared with barley, 170 



fall, for pasture, 196 



hogging off, 195 



Sand vetch, 191 



Sanitation, chapter on, 291-295 

 cleanliness, 291 

 disinfection, 291, 292 

 feeding for health, 294 

 lice, 294, 295 

 quarantine, 293, 294 

 ventilation and dryness, 294 

 Scale of points, bacon hog, 20-22 

 fat or lard hog, 19, 20 

 See also under each breed 

 Score card, see under each breed 

 Scours, 305 

 Scrubs, 43 

 Selection, of boar. 34-37, 244 



of sow, 37, 38 

 Serum alone method of vaccinating, 



300 



Short ribs, 259 

 Shorts, with corn, 153-160 

 Siamese swine, 47 

 Simultaneous method of vaccinating, 



300 

 Skim milk, meal equivalent of, 203, 



204 



substitutes for, 175, 205, 206 

 sweet vs. sour, 204 

 value of, 204 



with corn, 151, 152, 157-160 

 Small Black swine, 1 14 

 Small White swine, 114-117 

 Small Yorkshire, description, distri- 

 bution, origin and history, score 

 card, utility, 116-119 

 Smoking meat, 26&-26S 

 Soaking, corn, 145 



feed in general, 208 

 Soft bacon, causes of, 133-135 

 Soft coal, use of, 183, 184 

 Soiling and pasture crops, chapter on, 



186-200 



Soiling vs. pasture, 197 

 Sore mouth, infectious, 306 

 Sorghum, for pasture, 193 



seed, 179 



South Carolina Experiment Station, 

 rice meal vs. corn meal, 180 



South Dakota Experiment Station, 



investigations : 

 barley vs. corn, 165, 166 

 emmer, feeding tests, 171 

 millet seed, feeding tests, 171 

 peas, feeding tests, 164 

 Sow, the, age of breeding, 220 

 best time for farrowing, 221 

 breeding mature, 220, 221 

 chapter on, 220-229 

 eating pigs, 229 

 exercise, 222, 223 

 farrowing, 226-228 

 feeding and management after 



farrowing, 228 

 feeding and management during 



gestation, 223-226 

 one or two litters, 221 

 period of gestation, 221 

 selection of, 37, 38 

 Soy-bean meal, with corn, 152, 157, 



158, 161, 162 

 with kafir, 170 

 Soy-beans, compared with rape, 190, 



191 



for pasture, 194, 195_ 

 Spanish peanuts, 179, 180 

 Speltz (emmer) 171 

 Squashes, 203 

 Stags, 258 



Starting in business, 243 

 Steaming feed, 207 

 "Stock feeds" criticism of, 181, 182 



formulas for, 183 

 Substitutes for skim milk, 175, 205, 



206 



Suffolk, description, distribution, 

 origin and history, score card, 

 utility, 114, 115 

 Sugar beet pulp, 178 

 Sugar beets, 202 



Sugar cured hams and bacon, 265, 266 

 Suggestions to beginners, chapter on, 

 243-250 



chapter on, 150-163 

 Supply of hogs, 3 

 Swede turnips (rutabagas) 202 

 Swine plague, 300, 301 



Tarn worth, comparative tests, 41, 42 

 description, 97 

 distribution, 98, 99 

 origin and history, 97, 98 

 standard of excellence, 101, 102 

 utility, 99-101 



