Index 



455 



Numbers and values, of horses and 

 mules, 244 ; of beef cattle, 37. 



Nutrients per 100 pounds gain of 

 different stock, 31. 



Nutrition, principles of, 29. 



Nutritive requirements, of brood 

 mares, 274 ; of brood sows, 394 ; 

 of fattening horses, 347 ; of 

 fattening swine, 410 ; of growing 

 horses, 291 ; of idle horses, 253 ; 

 of pregnant ewes, 183 ; of stal- 

 lions, 315; of work horses, 252. 



Oat hay for work horses, 257. 



Oats for city work horses, 261 ; for 

 driving or saddle horses, 262 ; 

 for fattening cattle, 89 ; for fat- 

 tening horses, 347 ; for fattening 

 lambs, 156 ; for feeding brood 

 mares, 274 ; for growing horses, 

 291 ; for sheep, 212 ; for stal- 

 lions, 317 ; for swine, 403 ; for 

 wintering foals, 297 ; for winter- 

 ing yearling colts, 298 ; for work 

 horses, 251, 256. 



Oil meal for fattening cattle, 90 ; 

 for fattening horses, 347 ; for 

 feeding brood mares, 274 ; for 

 feeding sheep, 213 ; for sheep on 

 the range, 130; for swine, 411; 

 for work horses, 252, 256, 260. 



One-half blood wools, 229. 



One-quarter blood wools, grade, 229. 



Operations and minor ailments. 

 Chap. XXI, 419. 



Oregon, farm sheep of, 172. 



Orphan foals, 292. 



Over-reach, definition, 444. 



Packer's demand for swine, 372. 

 Packing houses, methods of buying 



cattle, 85. 

 Packing, of wools, 232 ; season for 



hogs, 373. 

 Paddle, definition, 444. 

 Paints in wools, 231. 

 Panama breed of sheep, 168. 

 Panels for sheep, 196. 

 Paralysis in swine, 422. 

 Parrot mouthed, definition, 444. 



Parturition, definition, 438 ; in 

 brood mares, 275 ; in brood 

 mares, description of, 285 ; in 

 sows, 395, 396 ; signs of, in brood 

 mares, 285. 



Pasture, annual, for growing lambs, 

 188 ; annual, for lambs, alfalfa, 

 220 ; annual, for lambs, clover, 

 218; annual, for lambs, field 

 peas, 218 ; annual, for lambs, 

 kale, 220 ; annual, for lamb, 

 rape, 218; annual, for lambs, 

 rye, 219 ; annual, for lambs, 

 wheat, 219 ; annual, for lambs, 

 vetches, 219 ; annual, for sheep, 

 217 ; for brood mares, 274 ; for 

 driving and saddle horses, 262 ; 

 for growing horses, 291 ; for idle 

 horses, 255; for sheep, 217; for 

 stallions in breeding season, 315; 

 for swine, 375, 405 ; for weaning 

 lambs, 192 ; for weanling pigs, 

 403, 404 ; for winter feeding 

 sheep, 182 ; for wintering foals, 

 297 ; for wintering yearling colts, 

 298 ; for work horses, 259 ; in- 

 fested, 217 ; pigs to the acre, 

 405 ; pork to the acre, 405. 



Pea meal, proportion for fattening 

 swine, 409. 



Peas, for sheep, 213 ; for swine, 410. 



Pedigrees, misrepresentation of, 

 338 ; of stallions, 334 ; origin 

 of, 335. 



Pens for lambing, 131. 



Percentage of calves, 58 ; of in- 

 crease in cattle, 48 ; of increase 

 in sheep, 140 ; of pure-bred sheep 

 in America, 174 ; increase of 

 sheep, average for "Western states, 

 140. 



Periods of heat, in brood mares, 

 277 ; in cows, 60 ; in ewes, 181 ; 

 in sows, 393. 



Permits for grazing in forest re- 

 serves, 9. 



Pigs, age affects economy of gain, 

 413 ; age affects price per pound, 

 413 ; castration of, 399 ; creeps, 

 400 ; definition, 446 ; dressing 



