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Index 



Breeds of hogs, 420. 



Breed-type, characteristics in judg- 

 ing, 415. 



Brewer's and dried distiller's grains 

 for swine, 319. 



Burdie, 383. 



Burk, 309. 



Burnett, 138. 



Burns, 313, 319. 



Butler, 383. 



Buttermilk, and skim-milk, com- 

 position, 244 ; or skim-milk, 

 money value of, 242 ; value of, 

 compared with tankage, 249 ; or 

 skim-milk as a supplement to 

 corn, 241 ; vs. skim-milk for 

 fattening pigs, 245 : vs. tankage, 

 248. 



Canada field peas, oata, clover, and 



rape, as forage, 166. 

 Cane for fattening pigs, 297. 

 Cane-sorghum, characteristics of, 



for forage, 177. 

 Carcass, of a model bacon hog, 



Plate VIII ; weight, condition, 



shape, and quality demanded by 



market, 394. 

 Carlyle, 87, 114, 140. 

 Carmichael, B. E., and P^astwood, 



200; and Robison, 346; and 



Ridgeway, 204. 

 Carmichael, W. J., 106, 107, 108, 



109, 213, 346. 

 Carrots for swine, 326. 

 Cars, bedding, 365; number of 



double-deck, 365 ; number of 



hogs to, 365 ; ordering, 364. 

 Castration, 471-473. 

 Cereal grains, composition of, 280; 



for growing and fattening pigs, 



280. 

 Charcoal for nursing sows, 82. 

 Chester-White, boar, Plate X; his- 

 tory and characteristics of, 426. 

 Cholera, a hog having acute, figure 



2, 478. 

 Chufas as a forage, 185. 

 Clark, 290, 320, 322, 326. 



Classes of hogs, 369. 



Clinton, 321. 



Clover, alsike, for forage, 157; 

 burr, for forage, 158 ; corn alone 

 on, 205 ; crimson, for forage, 158 ; 

 Japan, for forage, 158 ; mammoth, 

 for forage, 157 ; medium red, 154 ; 

 pigs in, Plate V ; sweet, for for- 

 age, 158; vs. alfalfa, 156; va. 

 rape, 156. 



Cochel, 297. 



Combination forage crops, 166. 



Condition, of brood sows, 413; of 

 fat barrows, 399. 



Constipation, avoiding, with sows 

 at farrowing time, 74. 



Cooking, feed for pregnant sows, 

 63 ; for fattening pigs, 342. 



Corn, amount and proportion of 

 old and new, 214 ; as a pig feed, 

 133 ; by-products of, 300 ; carry- 

 ing capacity of an acre of stand- 

 ing, 238; composition of, 255, 

 280 ; deficiencies of, for pigs, 133 ; 

 ear is. shelled vs. ground, 336 ; 

 for pregnant sows, 40 ; ground vs. 

 shelled, 334, 337 ; hogging-down, 

 231 ; hogging-down, and soy- 

 beans, Plate VI. ; hogging-down 

 vs. yard feeding, 228, 229 ; illus- 

 trating deficiencies of, Plate IV ; 

 methods of balancing, for gilts, 

 50; monthly fluctuations in 

 price of, 215 ; soaking and grind- 

 ing, 335 ; substitutes for, 300 ; 

 supplemental forage crops for 

 pigs hogging-down, 332 ; supple- 

 ments for, for bred gilts, 511. 



Corn alone, vs. corn and forage, 147 ; 

 vs. corn and linseed-oil meal, 256 ; 

 vs. corn and meat-meal, 134 ; vs. 

 corn and protein supplement, 

 277 ; vs. corn and soybeans or 

 tankage, 202 ; vs. corn and a 

 supplement for pigs on timothy, 

 203 ; vs. corn and a supplement 

 for pigs on alfalfa, 201 ; vs. corn 

 and skim-milk or buttermilk, 241 ; 

 vs. corn and soybeans, 317; vs. 

 com and tankage, 256 ; vs. corn 



