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INDEX 



Rye, compared with barley, 170 

 for pasture, 197, 250 

 hogging off, 19,6 

 with vetch, 251 



Sand vetch, 192 



Sanitation, chapter on. 319, 326 



cleanliness, 319 



dipping, 324, 325 



disinfection, 319, 320 



feeding for health, 322 



hog wallows, 325 



lice, 322-325 



quarantine, 321, 322 



ventilation and dryness, 322 

 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, 338 

 Scrub methods, 260 

 Scrubs, 43 



not economical, 260 

 Selection, of boar, 34-37, 263 



of sow, 37, 38 

 Self-feeders, 214, 215 



construction of, 215-217 

 Serum alone method, 332 

 Shed-roof pen, 312-314 

 Short ribs, 279 



Shorts, with corn, 153, 155, 158 

 Siamese swine, 47 

 Simultaneous method of vaccinating, 



333 



Skim milk, meal equivalent of, 208, 

 209 



substitutes for, 175, 210, 211 



sweet vs. sour, 209, 210 



value of, 209 



with corn, 151, 152, 157-160 

 Small Black swine, 114 

 Small White swine, 114-117 

 Small Yorkshire, description, etc., 



116-119 



Smoke flavoring powder, 289 

 Smoke, liquid, 289 

 Smoking meat, 287-289 

 Soaking, corn, 145 



feed in general, 214 

 Soft bacon, 133-135 

 Soft coal, use of, 183, 184 

 Soiling and pasture crops, see pasture 

 Soiling vs. pasture, 200 

 Sore mouth, infectious, 339 

 Sorghum, for pasture, 194, 197, 251, 

 255 



seed, 179 



South, the, advantages of, 248 

 pasture crops for, 248-259 

 pork production in, 248-261 

 Sow, the, age of breeding, 226 

 best time for farrowing, 227 

 breeding mature, 226, 227 

 chapter on, 226-235 

 eating pigs, 235 

 exercise, 228, 229 

 farrowing, 232-234 

 feeding and management, 229- 



234 



one or two litters, 227 

 period of gestation, 227 

 selection of, 37, 38 

 Sows vs. barrows, 141 

 Soy bean meal, with corn, 152, 161, 



162 



with kafir, 170 

 Soy beans, compared with rape, 190, 



191 

 for pasture, 194, 195, 250, 



255 



vs. cow-peas, 198 

 Spanish peanuts, see peanuts 

 Spayed vs. unspayed sows, 141 

 Speltz (emmer), 171 

 Squashes, 208 

 Stags, 278 



Starting in business, 262 

 Steaming feed, 213 

 Stock beets, 251 

 "Stock feeds," criticism of, 181, 182 



formulas for, 183 

 Substitutes for skim milk, 175, 210, 



211 



Suffolk swine, 114-115 

 Sugar beet pulp, 178 

 Sugar beets, 206 



Sugar cured hams and bacon, 286, 287 

 Suggestions to beginners, chapter on. 



262-270 

 Supplementary feeds with corn, 150- 



163, 253-255 

 Supply of hogs, 3 

 Swede turnips (rutabagas), 206 

 Sweet potatoes, 206, 207, 250 

 Swine plague, 333, 334 



Tarn worth, comparative tests, 41, 42 

 description, 97 

 distribution, 98, 99 

 origin and history, 97, 98 

 standard of excellence, 101, 102 

 utility, 99-101 



