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percentage, 407 ; hand fed, 399 ; 

 marking, 425 ; new born, arti- 

 ficial feeding, 398 ; new born, 

 treatment of, 396 ; number to 

 the acre, 405 ; ringing, 406 ; 

 ruptured, treatment of, 400 ; 

 scours in, 402 ; tusks, clipping, 

 420 ; weanling, nutrient require- 

 ments of, 403 ; weanling, rela- 

 tive value of grains for, 404 ; 

 young, digestive capacity of, 

 402; (see Swine). 



Pinkeye, definition, 444. 



Poland China breed of swine, 429. 



Polled, definition, 440. 



Poll evil, definition, 444. 



Porcine, definition, 446. 



Pork, definition, 446 ; per acre, 

 405 ; production, requirements 

 for, 370. 



Portland, as a cattle market, 85 ; 

 as a live-stock market, 27 ; mar- 

 ket developments, 369 ; Oregon, 

 swine shipped from East to, 370. 



Posting, definition, 444. 



Potatoes, cooking for swine, 415. 



Power sites, grazing on, 10. 



Prairie hay for fattening lambs, 156. 



Predigesting feed for swine, 417. 



Pregnancy, length of, in cattle, 60 ; 

 length of, in ewes, 129, 181 ; 

 length of, in mares, 277 ; length 

 of, in sows, 393 ; of mares, feed 

 during, 275 ; signs of, in brood 

 mares, 284. 



Prices, of bulls for range purposes, 

 56 ; of grazing permits, 9 ; of 

 heavy and light hogs, 413 ; of 

 service fees of stallions, 325 ; of 

 stallions, 313 ; relative, of fat and 

 lean pigs, 407. 



Principles of feeding, 29. 



Profit, in fattening cattle, 73 ; on 

 fattening lambs, 164 ; on a 

 range ewe, 150. 



Prolificacy, definition, 438. 



Protein (see Nutritive require- 

 ments) . 



Public lands (see Lands). 



Puffs, definition, 444. 



Pumpkins for swine, 375. 



Pure-bred cattle, feed and care of, 

 112; founding the herd, 111; 

 general discussion, Chap. VIII, 

 109; location for, 110; market- 

 ing, 115; marking, 115. 



Pure-bred, definition, 438. 



Pure-bred horses, advertising of, 

 342 ; equipment for, 340 ; care 

 and feed of, 339 ; general dis- 

 cussion of, Chap. XXIII, 332; 

 in the show ring, 341 ; methods 

 of selling, 343 ; requirements 

 for raising, 332 ; weights of, 340. 



Pure-bred sheep, 122, 175 ; market- 

 ing from the farm, 193 ; market- 

 ing from the range, 148 ; per 

 cent of, in America, 174 ; on the 

 range, 122 ; weaning of, 192. 



Pure-bred swine, advertising, 431 ; 

 discussion of. Chap. XXXII, 

 429 ; showing, preparation for, 

 433. 



Purse, definition, 438. 



Quarter crack, definition, 444. 

 Quittor, definition, 444. 



Racks, for feeding hay to cattle, 

 77 ; for feeding sheep, 196 ; for 

 weighing cattle, 99. 



Rainfall of the West, 5. 



Rainy seasons, 6. 



Rams, age for breeding, 178 ; defi- 

 nition, 441 ; goitre in, 177 ; long- 

 wooled for cross breeding, 166 ; 

 number of ewes to, 129, 181 ; on 

 the range, 127; over-fitted, 177; 

 prepotency of, 177 ; selection of, 

 176. 



Ranches, size of cattle, 46. 



Range, and the horse industry, 

 243 ; bulls, 54 ; carrying capac- 

 ity of, 13 ; cattle, system of 

 management, 41 ; definition of, 

 7 ; ewes, description of, 128 ; 

 ewes to be discarded, 128 ; fenc- 

 ing of, for sheep, 150; grasses, 

 12 ; horses, care of growing 

 stock, 329 ; horses, general dis- 



