732 



FARMER'S CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK 



194 



74 



264 



635 



177 

 176 



672 

 697 



Page 



Potatoes for steers, . . . 405 



protein equating factor, . 84 

 Potassium permanganate for plant 



poisoning, . . . 169 



Potential energy defined, . . 55 



Poultry, capital required, . . 636 



diseases of, . . 153-157 



drawn vs. undrawn, . 265 



farming, systems of, . 



food, American, analysis, 



in cold storage, 



industry, statistics, . 



manure, characteristics of, 



manure, composition of, . 



(see also Chickens, Ducks, 



Geese, Turkeys, etc.) 



Poults, turkey, .... 



Prairie chickens, 



grass, protein equating fac- 

 tor, .... 83 

 hay, digestibility, . . 81 

 hay for steers, 388,389,397,398 

 Pregnancy, duration of, . . 28 

 period in sheep, . . 586 

 Prejvalsky's horse, ... 9 

 Premiums at fairs, . . . 205 

 Prenatal influences in heredity, 34 

 Prepotency, .... 31 

 of breeds, ... 32 

 Preservatives in milk, . 275, 474 

 proprietary, . . . 255 

 Prickly comfrey, analysis, . 77 

 for hogs, . . . 533 

 pear for steers, . . 403 

 Prime heavy hogs, . . . 556 

 Pritch, use in slaughtering, . 234 

 Probang for choking, . . 102 

 Products of animals, . . 231-278 

 Proprietary feeds for steers, 395, 396 

 Protein equating factor of feeds, 83-85 

 function of , . . . 53, 62 

 in animal tissues, . . 46 

 in animals, source of, . 48 

 in plants, ... 48 

 Provender, analysis, ... 77 

 Prunes for horses, . . . 327 

 Pseudo-tuberculosis in sheep, . 143 

 Psoroptes communis ovis, . . 144 

 Psychrometer, .... 263 

 Public domain, overgrazing of, 616 

 Pulse rate, .... 24 

 Pumping bacon, . . • 245 

 Pumpkins, analysis, ... 77 

 for cows, .... 448 

 for hogs, .... 530 

 for horses, . • • 327 

 Pure bred sires, prepotency of, 31 

 bred stock farming, . 183 

 Purgatives, .... 159 

 Purpura hemorrhagica in horses, 106 

 Purslane, analysis, ... 77 



