654 



Index. 



Salt, for cows, 47L 



for sheep, 520. 



for steers, 387. 



Influence of, on protein conBomptlon, 

 49. 

 Scarlet or crimson eloyer, 202. 

 Scotch system of veal making, 343. 

 Self-feed for fattening lambs, 490. 

 Separator skim milk, for calves, 836. 



placing: a raoney value on, 672. 

 Shearing, frequency of, 613. 



Influence of, on milk yield, 486. 

 Sheep, at American Fat-Stock Show, 495. 



alfalfa hay for, 505. 



attacks of vermin, 521. 



bran for, 258, 490. 



breed tests of, 487, 489. 



care of, at lambing time, 518. 



comparison of the Mutton breeds and 

 the Merinos, 515. 



composition of, 70. 



corn alone and in combination for, 509. 



corn for, 497, 522. 



corn silage vs. roots for, 501. 



corn stover for, 508. 



cost of gain, 525. 



daily gain of, for the various breeds of, 

 494. 



dipping, 524. 



dried blood for, 611. 



dry vs. soaked corn for, 498. 



English experience with wheat for, 498. 



exposure vs. confinement of, 492. 



fattened, weight of, 493. 



fattening, 514. 



feed consumed by, 524. 



feed racks for, 522. 



feeding, hinte on, 528. 



fish scrap for, 611. 



food of, 614. 



general care of, 514. 



grinding grain for, 523. 



increase during fattening, 70, 



influence of protein on carcass of, 611. 



In the corn belt, 531. 



investigations with, 480. 



length of feeding period and gains of, 

 524. 



mating of, 529. 



mature, 621. 



meat scrap for, 611. 



millet hay for, 607. 



on alfalfa bay and grain, 632. 



oat straw for, 506. 



oats for, 499, 523. 



period of gestation, 480. 



Plains, fattening of, 631. 



rape for, 502. 



rape, second crop of, for, 505. 



rape vs. blue.gras8 pasture for, 504. 



regularity and quiet for, 628. 



rate of Increase, 525. 



roughage for, 523. 



shrinkage of. In shipping, 49S. 



Sheep, shrunken wheat, wild backwh«»t 

 and pigeon-grass seed for, 500. 



sugar beets for, 502. 



turning to pasture, 619. 



vs. lambs for fattening, 48fl. 



water and salt for, 520. 



weight of carcass of, 495. 



■Western, fattening on aUalfa hay, 60<- 



wheat for, 498, 552. 



wheat screenings for, 500, 523. 



see Lambs. 

 Shelter, for pigs, 598. 



Influence of. In fattening steers, Sfil 



necessity of, for cows, 464. I 



value of, for cows, 411. 

 for pigs, 619. 

 Shepherd and flock, 614. 

 Shook com, feeding of, 172. 

 Shorts, 130. 



vs. wheat bran for cows, 417. 



see Middlings. 

 Shotes, feeding, 607. 



following steers, gain of, 847. 

 Shrinkage in shipping of sheep, 498. 

 Silage, 245. 



digestibility of, 248. 



effect of, on quality of milk, 257, 

 on carcass of steers, 260. 



for cows, 477. 



for farm stock, 258. 



for steers, 384. 



from beet pulp, 223. 



Importance of proper horizontal are* 

 In feeding, 260. 



•sniW^ produced from dry matter in, 24S. 



on tlie rational use of, 257. 

 r5 relative losses In, and drying, 246. » 



Southern vs. Northern seed corn for, 

 263. ■ 



time of cutting Southern com for, 254. 



vs. fodder corn for cows, 427. 



vs. hay for cows, 426. 



vs. roots for steers, 365. 



weight of, at different depths, 259. 

 Silage and beets, relative cost of, 252. 

 Silage and dry fodder corn, relative merits 

 of, 219. 



space occupied by, 254. 

 Silage and fodder corn, feeding testa with. 



249. 

 Silage and roots, dry matter In, 261. 

 Silage, corn and roots, yield of, 250. 

 Silage, com, removing ears from, previous 

 to ensilage, 252. 



corn, vs. roots for sheep, SOL 

 yield of, 250. 

 Silo, capacity of, 260. 



filling and covering, 261. 



building and flliing of, 25S. 



crops for, 255. 



rate of flliing, 281. 



rectangular, 259. 

 Silo construction, 258. 

 Silo losses, character of, 2*7. 



