384. 
Salt, common, for dairy cows, 24 
for goats, 334 
for poultry, 351 
bush, 145 « 
bushes, digestibility of, 145 
need of, by animals, 24 
Salvage wheat, 170 
Scours, calf, remedies for, 220 
Screenings, weed seeds in, 171 
Seed, variety and quality, influence 
on chemical composition of feed- 
‘ing stuffs, 54 
Self-feeder for sheep, 331 
for steers, 268 
for swine, 312 
Sheep, digestibility of hay and straw 
+ 
effect of fattening on carcasses 
of, 321 ; 
fattening, composition of in- 
erease of, 321 
feeding of, 325 
rations for, 332 
feeding of, 317 
Sheep, feeding of, literature on, 325 
use of self-feeders, 331 
husbandry, advantages of, 318 | 
standard rations for, 317 
types of, 318 
Silage and silos, literature on, 162 
for dairy cows, 245 
for horses, 286 
for steers, 265 
crops, 155 
miscellaneous, 161 
digestion coefficients for, 68 
summer, 97 
Siloing process, changes in chemical 
composition during, 60 
influence on digestibility, 68 
Silos, advantages, 153. 
and silage, 149 
cylindrical, capacity of, 150 
important points in building, 
151 
structures, 153 
types, 149 
Skim milk, 207 
for calves, 219 
for swine, 302 
Smithfield Show, data for steer 
slaughtered at, 259 
Smooth brome grass, 102 
Soaking feed, influence on digesti- 
bility, 67, 299 
Soft bacon, causes, 315 
Soil, influence on chemical composi- 
tion of feeding stuffs, 53 
INDEX 
Soiling crops, 95 
composition, 96 
for dairy cows, 244 
succession of, 97 
partial, 96 
system, advantages of, 95 
disadvantages, 96 
Sorghum, 109 
non-saccharine, 110 
second-growth, care necessary in 
feeding, 110 
silage, 157 
Sorghums, 172 
Sow, feeding of, 306 
Soybean, 125 
meal, 202, 348 
plant, composition of, 125 
silage, 160 
Soybeans, 175 
Speltz, 172 
Spineless cacti, 146 
literature on, 147 
Starch, 13 
Starch, factory feeds, 190 
values, 49 
critique of, 50 
Steaming feed, influence pn digesti- 
bility, 67 
Steapsin, 29 
Stearin, 11 
Steer feeding, concentrates for, 266 
literature on, 276 
pasture for, 265 
Silage for, 265 
use of self-feeder, 268 
digestibility of hay and 
straw by, 63 
fattening, composition of in- 
crease, 257 
feed required for 100 pounds 
gains in winter and summer, 
264 
followed by hogs, 272 
range, feeding of, 273 
rations for, 275 
relation of age to weight and 
daily gain, 260 
two-year-old, fattening of, 271 
Stock feeds, concentrated, 212 
tonics, 212 
home-made, 213 
Stomach worms, in sheep, 324 
Storage, influence on chemical com- 
position of feeding stuffs, 61 
Stover, 129 
Straw, buckwheat, 130 
cereal, 128 
Steers, 
