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, 1383-135 
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, 
211 
Blood meal, 150, 210 
Blue grass, as pasture, 192, 193 
Boar, the, breeding crate for, 224, 
225 
178, 179, 
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 
Brine, 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 
357 
