INDEX 



439 



Rye hay, 172 

 Rye pasture, 172 

 Rye straw, 176 



Sagebrush, 198 



Saliva, action on food, 22 



Salt, common, 57 



for calves, 285; cows, 263; horses, 226; 

 l>igs, 352; poultry, 381; sheep, 

 325; steers, 299 

 influence of, on digestibility, 48 

 need of, by farm animals, 55, 57 

 Saltbush, 198 

 Salvage grain, 153 



for poultry, 398 

 Scarlet clover, see Crimson clover 

 Scours in calves, 287 

 Screenings, see Wheat screenings 

 Self feeders for pigs, 351; poultry, 385; 



sheep, 326; steers, 297 

 Shallu, 135, 165 

 Sheep, 322-46 



(Fpr the value of different feeds 

 for sheep, see Corn, Clover hay, 

 etc.) 

 age, influence of, on gains, 324 

 cost of gains by, 337 

 danger from feeding mangels, 194, 343 

 dipping, 331 



dressed carcass yielded by, 333 

 exercise for, 324 

 fattening, 330-3 



amount of concentrates for, 332 

 different ages, 324 

 length of feeding period, 331 

 various methods of, 330-3 

 feeding and care of, 322-35 

 feed racks for, 326 

 feeds for, 336-46 

 flock, proper size of, 323 

 gains of, 324, 331 

 general problems in sheep husbandry, 



322-6 

 gestation period, 328 

 preparation of feed for, 325 

 returns compared with other farm ani- 

 mals, 70, 322 

 salt for, 325 

 self feeders for, 326 

 shelter for, 324 

 shrinkage in shipping, 333 

 stomach worms, 330 

 types of, 323 

 water required by, 325 

 wool production, see Wool 

 see Ewes, Lambs, and Ram 

 Shelter, for cows, 262; farm animals, 53; 

 horses, 226 ; pigs, 352 ; poultry, 

 382; sheep, 324, 328; steers, 297 

 Shock corn, 162 

 for steers, 309 

 see Corn fodder 

 Shorts, see Middlings, wheat 

 Shredding corn forage, 163 

 Silage, 202-9 



advantages of, 203 

 alfalfa, 184, 204 

 amount to feed, 205 

 clover, 187, 204 

 Silage, corn, 159-61, 204 



for beef cows, 301; dairy cows, 276; 

 ewes, 327; horses, 246; pigs, 374; 

 poultry, 401; sheep, 343-5; steers, 

 316-20 

 vs. corn fodder, 160 

 vs. hay for cows, 277 

 vs. roots, 194 



Silage, crops suitable for, 205 



cured corn fodder for, 161 



digestibility of, 47 



mouldy, dangerous, 205 



preservation, manner of, 202 



sorghums for, 165 



southern vs. northern corn for, 161 



space occupied by, 204 



summer, 206 



for cows, 261, 279 



weight of, 204 

 Silo, 206-9 



capacity of, 208 



danger from carbon dioxide in filling, 

 207 



filling, 206 



proper size of. 208 



requisites of a good, 207 

 Skim milk, 146 



for colts, 232; calves, 280-5; pigs, 

 364-6; poultry, 399 



money value, for pigs, 365 



pasteurizing to prevent disease, 147 



substitutes for, in calf rearing, 286-7 

 Smut, corn, 201 

 Soaking feed, 46 



for horses, 226; pigs, 350 

 Soilage, 209-11 



advantages and disadvantages of, 209 



crops for, 211 



for cows, 279 

 Sorgho, see Sorghum, sweet 

 Sorghum, sweet, 134, 136 



for cows, 269; pigs, 364; poultry, 398 

 Sorghum fodder or hay, 163-5 



for horses, 242 ; sheep, 342 ; steers, 315 

 Sorghum pasture, 165 

 Sorghum silage, 165 



for cows, 277; sheep, 345; steers, 320 

 Sorghum soilage, 165 

 Sorghum stover, 165 



for steers, 315 

 Sorghums, grain, 134-6 



for cows, 269; horses, 239; pigs, 364; 

 poultry, 398 ; sheep, 339 ; steers, 

 311 

 Sows, feed and care of, 354-6 



see Pigs 

 Soybeans, 142-3 



for cows, 271; horses, 241; pigs, 368; 

 poultry, 400; sheep, 340; steers, 

 313 

 Soybean cake or meal, 143 



for cows. 272 



Soybean hay. 190 



Soybean pasture for pigs, 372 



Soybean silage, 190 



Spelt, see Emmer 



Squashes, 198 



Stallion, feed and care of, 234 



Starch, 4 



digested by ptyalin, 22 



production of, from corn, 120 

 Starch values, Kellner's, 92 

 Steers, 290-321 



(For the value of the various feeds 

 for steers, see Corn, Corn silage, 

 etc.) 



age, influence of on cost of gains, 67, 

 292 



breed, value of in beef making, 296 



calculating rations for. 90-2, 93-4 



composition of, at different ages. 19 



composition of increase during fatten- 

 ing, 68 



cost of fattening, 300 



degree of finish, influence on cost of 

 gains, 294 



