362 
Rye, compared with barley, 170 
for pasture, 197, 250 
hogging off, 196 
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 
Pianalanesue method of vaccinating, 
Skim milk, meal equivalent of, 208, 
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, etr., 
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 
Soren for pasture, 194, 197, 251, 
55 
seed, 179 
INDEX 
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- 
284 
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 
Tamworth, comparative tests, 41, 42 
description, 97 
distribution, 98, 99 
origin and history, 97, 98 
standard of excellence, 101, 102 
utility, 99-101 
