INDEX 



Acorns, 200 



Administration of medicine, 349 

 Alfalfa, green, 186, 187 

 Alfalfa hay, feeding of, 186-188 



methods of feeding, 201-203 



tea from, 211 

 Alfalfa meal, 201 

 Alfalfa pasture, 193, 249 



compared with rape, 188, 

 189 



with corn, 158, 160 

 Apples, 208 



Artichokes, Jerusalem, 198, 199, 251 

 A-shaped pen, 309-312 

 Ashes, with corn, 151 



Bacon, causes of softness, 133-135 



sugar cured, 286, 287 

 Bacon hogs, American, 277, 278 



English, 278 

 Bacon type, 9, 10 



breeds of, 19 



description of, 13-19 



feed required compared with 



land 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 

 for pasture, 249 

 palatability of, 166 

 with corn, 153, 154 

 Barrows vs. sows, 141 

 Beans, a cause of soft bacon, 135 

 methods and results of feeding, 



171, 172 

 Beet pulp, 178 

 Beet-sugar molasses, 178 

 Beginners, suggestions to, 262-268 

 Berkshire, comparative tests, 41, 42 

 description, 45, 46 

 distribution, 49 

 Large English, 49, 50 

 origin and history, 46-49 

 score card, 52, 53 



Berkshire, types, 49, 50 



utility, 50-52 

 Bermuda grass, 250, 251 

 Big Chinas, 55 

 Black -strap molasses, 178, 179, 



211 



Blood meal, 150, 210 

 Blue grass, as pasture, 192, 193 

 Boar, the, breeding crate for, 224, 

 225 



chapter on, 219-225 



conformation of, 36 



exercise for, 220 



feeding, 222-224 



market class, 278 



removing tusks, 220, 221 



selection of, 34-37, 263 



use of, 219 



Bone meal, 151, 158-160 

 Bones, breaking strength of, 132, 151. 



152 

 Bran, fermented, 214 



wheat, 173 

 Breaking strength of bones, 132, 151, 



152 



Breed, choice of, 262, 263 

 Breeder, 25, 26 

 Breeding and selection, chapter on, 



25-38 



Breeding crate, 224, 225 

 Breeds, key to, 126-128 



relation to economy of produc- 

 tion, 41-44 

 Brewers' grains, 178 

 Brjne, 286, 287 



Brine curing and dry curing, 286 

 Bronchitis, 334 

 Buckwheat, 170, 171 

 Buildings, chapter on, 295-318 



cheap, 264 



dryness, 295, 296 



plans of, 298-308 



portable pens, 308-318 



ventilation, 296-298 

 Business methods, 268 

 Butcher hogs, 275-277 

 Buttermilk, 210 

 Byfield swine, 55 



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