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INDEX 



Fattening, succulent feeds, 376 



comparison of, 385 

 old ewes, 370 

 rate and economy of gain, factors 



affecting, 369 

 self-feeders, 372 

 sex influence, 371 



wethers and ewe lambs, com- 

 parison of, 372 

 shearing, influence of, 372 

 shifting from fields to dry lot, 390 

 yearlings and wethers, 370 



scarcity of, 370 



Feed, amount consumed by lambs 

 until ready for market, 285 

 rations, experimental, 285 

 Illinois Station, 286 

 Ohio Station, 289 



condition of, for fattening sheep, 377 

 field, 387 

 bluegrass, 387 

 corn, 388 

 rape, 387 

 timothy, 387 



for ewes, after mating, 231 

 after parturition, 253 

 for conditioning, 230 



cowpeas, 281 

 in breeding season, 230 

 in pregnancy, 236 

 corn, 237 



economy and efficiency in 



compounding rations, 237 



experimental rations, of 



Illinois Station, 242 

 of Indiana Station, 244 

 of Wisconsin Station, 243 

 oats, 237 

 roots, 239 



caution in reeding, 239 

 roughages, 238 

 silage, 238 

 for lambs, 271 



for rams in breeding season, 232 

 grinding of, 375 



corn, 375 



succulent, comparison of, 385 

 racks, 439 



combination, 440 

 for roughage, 439 

 Feeder sheep, 349 



common grades, 354 

 condition, 353 

 constitution of, 352 



Feeder sheep, form in, 352, 354 

 grades of, 351 

 choice, 351 

 quality of, 352 

 selection of, 81 

 weight, 353 



of fancy selected lambs, 354 

 Feeding, 26 



accustoming animals to feeds, 365 

 and drinking habits, 62 



change of feeding ground, 63 

 short herbage preferred, 63 

 water requirement, 64 

 and shepherding, 37 

 business of, a fattening process, 360 

 bedding, 360 

 equipment for, 360 

 influenced by market indications, 



358 

 by general level of meat prices, 



359 

 by general prosperity of people, 



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by price of wool, 359 

 by supply of feed, 359 

 of feeder sheep, 358 

 of other meat animals, 359 

 nature of, 358 

 success of feeding operation, 



358 



sheds and lots, 362 

 daily rations of Illinois Station, 



365 

 even conditions, importance of. 



367 



feed supply, 360 

 feeding period, length of, 364 

 field, 387 



cornstalks, 390 

 general suggestions for, 390 

 first steps in, 365 



dry roughage, 365 

 full feed, 366 

 free choice system, 272 

 general considerations, 355 

 hand-feeding, 367 

 in autumn and winter, 355 

 increasing feed, 366 

 of late-born lambs, 275 

 "off feed," 368 

 quiet surroundings, 367 

 ration, manner of giving, 367 

 regularity, 367 

 salt, 361 



