Index 



451 



Economy of different kinds of live- 

 stock, 31. " 



Emmer, for fattening cattle, 89 ; 

 for fattening swine, 409 ; for 

 sheep, 212. 



Energy (see Nutritive require- 

 ments) . 



Enlarged homesteads, 18. 



Ewe neck, definition, 443. 



Ewes, accidents to, 183 ; at lamb- 

 ing, 186 ; barren, 178 ; breeding 

 age of, 128 ; cost of feeding, 164 ; 

 culling of, 179 ; definition, 441 ; 

 disowning of lambs, 134, 186 ; 

 dry, 194 ; exercise for, 183 ; 

 feeding in winter, 182 ; feminin- 

 ity of, 179; flushing of, 179, 

 218; for the farm, 178; for the 

 range, 127 ; gestation period of, 

 129, 181 ; grinding of grain for, 

 164 ; management of dry ewes, 

 194 ; number allowed to each 

 ram, 129, 181 ; nutritive re- 

 quirements, 183 ; on the range, 

 127 ; seasons of breeding, 179 ; 

 selection of, 178 ; shelter for, 182 ; 

 summer management, 145 ; tag- 

 ging, 179 ; water for, 183 ; winter- 

 ing of ewe lambs, 183 ; wintering 

 of farm sheep, 182. 



Exercise, brood mares and colts, 

 illustration, 274 ; for the preg- 

 nant ewe, 183. 



Exercise lots, for mares and colts, 

 289 ; for stallions, 272, 322. 



Exports and imports of horses, 246. 



Fairs and stock shows, 115. 



Fall, calves, 60 ; grazing for cattle, 

 41 ; pigs, 393. 



Farm cattle, management of, 50. 



Farmer breeders, 50. 



Farm lands of the West, 23. 



Farm sheep, 122, 172; buildings 

 for, 172; dipping of, 192; feed- 

 ing of, 209 ; in western Oregon 

 and Washington, 172 ; market- 

 ing, 123 ; shearing of, 190. 



Farms for raising sheep, 172. 



Farrow, definition, 445. 



Farrowing, 395. 



Farrowing pen, 395; plan of, 384; 

 treatment of, 397. 



Fats (see Nutritive Requirements). 



Fattening, cattle, amounts of feed, 

 81 ; cattle, experiments in, 80 ; 

 cattle, length of feeding period, 

 82 ; horses, exercise for, 348 ; 

 horses for show and sale, 346 ; 

 lambs, 157 ; range lambs in 

 winter. Chap. XI, 154 ; steers. 

 Chap. V, 68 ; swine. Chap. 

 XXIX, 407. 



Feeder, cattle, 43 ; cattle, descrip- 

 tion of, 51 ; cattle, definition, 

 439 ; lambs, definition, 441 ; 

 swine, definition, 445 ; lambs, 

 weight of, 163 ; pigs, marketing, 

 405. 



Feeding, principles of, 29 ; (see 

 Cattle, Sheep, Horses, Swine, 

 Barley, Alfalfa, etc.). 



Fees for service of stallions, 324. 



Feet, care of horses', 271; trim- 

 ming colts', 295. 



Fences, for cattle corrals, 95 ; for 

 sheep, 202 ; for swine, 382. 



Fencing, for cattle, 94 ; public range, 

 10 ; ranges for sheep, 150. 



Fender rail, definition, 446 ; for 

 swine, 384. 



Fermenting feed for swine, 417. 



Field peas for swine, 410. 



Filled-in hock, definition, 443. 



Filly, definition, 443. 



Fine, medium wools, 229 ; wools, 

 definition, 441. 



Fistula, definition, 443. 



Fitting horses for show and sale, 

 general discussion. Chap. XXIV, 

 346. 



Fleece, irregularity due to poor 

 breeding, 167. 



Flock (see Sheep). 



Floors for swine, 383. 



Flushing ewes, 179, 218. 



Foal, definition, 443. 



Foals, breaking to halter, 294; 

 care of, after birth, 287 ; cas- 

 tration of, 297 ; joint disease of, 



