INDEX 209 



phosphorus carried away in bones of animals . 11 



phosphorus, necessity of addition of to farmyard manure 1 1 



£Iant growth, elements concerned in . . J 87 



Pork produced per steer . . 38 



Prime cattle, demand for . 121 



Principles of stock feeding, advantage in a knowledge of . 186 



Profit in cattle feeding, relation of cost of feeds to 37 



Profits in cattle feeding, relation of initial weight of eattlo to 40 

 1 ronts in cattle feeding, relation of cost of various grades of 



feeding cattle to . 43 



Protein in food-stuffs ... . 190 



Range bred cattle . . 1,58 



Rations, compounding of ... 200 



Rations, balanced ... . 200 



Ratio, nutritive, how to compute . . 202 



Ratio, medium. . . . 202 



Ratio, narrow .... . 202 



Ratio, wide .... 202 



Ringworm ......... 132 



Roughage for feeding cattle; comparison of different kinds 68 

 Roughage for wintering cattle . . .46 



Roughing steers, art of . . . 47 



Raiting fattening cattle ..... 94 



Self-feeder, advantages of ... 155 



Self-feeder, bill of material necessary for . . 153 



Self-feeder, how to make .... 149 



Self-feeder, opinions of feeders concerning . . . 154 



Sheds, shelter and feed lots for feeding cattle 143 



Shipping cattle .... 126 



Shrinkage in shipment . . . 31 



Short-fed cattle . . 50 



Short feed, possibilities of 84 



Short feed, selection of cattle for 82 



Short feed, value of chaffed hay mingled with grain in the 73 



Silage for fattening cattle ... . 57 



Silage for wintering beef breeding eattlo 170 



Skim milk calves . . 181 



Skim milk calves, how to raise 182 



Soil fertility, relation of cattle feeding to 9 



Stackers and feeders, wintering .... 46 



Stock feeding, advantage of a knowledge of the principles of 186 



Stock feeding, chemistry of ..... 187 



Straw for feeding beef cattle 170 



Summer feeding of breeding cows . . 168 



Texas fever, cause of .... 138 



Texas fever; remedies and preventive measures 139 



Water in food-stuffs . . . . 189 



Wide ratio 202 



Winter feeding of beef breeding cows ..... 169 

 Wintering stockers and feeders ... .46 

 Yardage ....... .31 



