6 TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PART II. SWINE FEEDING. 



Chapter 9. — ^What Is a Hoo? 

 Water — Protein — Fat — Ash or Mineral Matter 117-122 



Chapter 10. — Sources and Character or Building Matbbiai^ 

 Food Nutrients — CoefBclents of Digestibility — Protein — Carbohy- 

 drate — Fat or Ether Extract — Mineral Matter — Dry 

 Feeds — Classlflcatlon and Composition of Feeds — Water 

 —Air 123-13* 



Chapter 11. — The Common Practicb or Swine Feeding. 

 Feeds — Water — Pasture — Summer Feeding — Winter Feeding — 



Hogging Down Corn — Work of Experiment Stations 135-142 



Chapter 12. — The Wouf-Lehmann Feeding Standard. 

 Nutritive Ratio— Requirement of Nutrients — The Standard and 



the Pig — Results from Use of Standard 143-146 



Chapter 13. — ^Method of Feeding Developed bt the Attthor. 

 Factors In Feeding — Maintenance Requirement — Factor of Waste 

 — Feed Available for Making Gains — Requirement of Nu- 

 trients — Water Requirement — Protein Requirement — Car- 

 bohydrate Requirement — Ether Extract Requirement — 

 Mineral Matter Requirement — The Pig as a Machine — 

 Variety in Ration — The Appetite of the Pig — Influence of 

 Environment — Influence of Previous Generations — Feed- 

 ing too Much and too Little — Large Gains and Eco- 

 nomical Gains — Selection of Feeds — Method of Calculat- 

 ing Rations — ^Method of Procedure — Compounding Rations 

 — Grinding Grain — Effect on the Distribution of Pro- 

 tein — Effect on PalatabiUty — ^Effect on Water Supply — 

 Hard and Small Seeds — Soaking Feeds — Cooking Feeds- 

 Effect on Compounding the Ration — Effect on Variety and 

 Protein — Effect on Water Supply — Changes in Rations — 

 Effect on Coefficient of Digestibility — Effect on Protein 

 Metabolism — Effect on Habit — Giving the Pig Its Feed — 

 The Feed Trough — The Feed Yard — Individual Feeding — 

 The Number of Feeds per Day — Influence on Factor of 

 Waste — Results 146-197 



Chapter 14. — Feeding the Herd and the Pigs. 

 Feeding Sows — Gilts — Old Sows — Feeding the Boar — Feeding 

 the Pigs Before Weaning — Feeding at a Separate Trough — 

 Feeding with the Dam 198r206 



PART in. MANAGEMENT. 



Chapter 15. — The Breedino Season. 

 Number of LIttets per Tear — When to Breed — Show Hogs — 

 Market Requirements — Pork Hogs — Age of Gilts — Condi- 

 tion of Sire and Dam — Prolificacy — Useful Age of Sire 

 and Dam — The Sire — The Dam — Breeding the Sow 209-217 



Chapter 16. — Farrowing Time. 

 Feeding the Sow Before and After Farrowing — ^The Litter — 

 How Many Pigs per Sow — Handling the Sow and Litter 

 — Black Teeth — Identification Marks — Ear Marks — Cas- 

 tration — A Normal Pig — Ruptured Pigs — Spaying — 

 Recoi'dlng — Herd Records 218-236 



Chapter 17. — ^Weaning the Pigs. 

 Self-Weaning — Removing a Part of the Litter — ^Removing All 



the Litter — Prolificacy and Milking 'Qualities 236-240 



