Index 



485 



and tankage for pigs on clover, 

 205 ; vs. corn and tankage for 

 piga on rape, 200; vs. corn and 

 wheat shorts or middlings, 273 ; 

 D8. ground cowpeas, 316. 



Corn-belt, number of hogs in, 1. 



Corn feed-meal, 303 ; vs. corn- 

 meal, 305. 



Corn germ-meal as a substitute 

 for corn, 306. 



Corn gluten-meal and corn gluten- 

 feed, 307. 



Corn-meal and skim-milk to pro- 

 duce 100 lb. gain, 243. 



Cost, and rate of gain in forage and 

 dry-lot periods, 213; distribu- 

 tion of, 358 ; general observa- 

 tions on, 359 ; of feeding mature 

 bred sow in winter, 66 ; of feed- 

 ing open gilts in winter, 67 ; of 

 . feeding pigs to market weight, 

 225 ; of feeding pregnant gilts 

 in winter, 67 ; of feeding sow 

 and Utter, 95 ; of marketing, 

 367 ; of producing pork, 360 ; 

 of raising gilt to breeding age, 

 226 ; of summer feeding mature 

 bred sow, 125 ; of summer feed- 

 ing mature open sow, 126 ; of 

 summer feeding open yearling 

 sow, 127 ; relation of rate of gain 

 to, 212. 



Cottonseed meal, characteristics 

 of, 318 ; dangers of feeding, 318. 



Cowpea forage,' characteristics of, 

 182 ; results from pasturing, 185 ; 

 vs. corn, 316 ; vs. dry-lot feeding, 

 183 ; vs. velvet beans, 187. 



Cracklings, pork, composition of, 

 255. 



Cross-breeding, definition of, 443 ; 

 effect of, on birth weight of pigs, 

 110; effect of, on size of litter, 

 101 ; objections to, 444. 



Culls, fattening, 122. 



Curtiss, 192. 



Cuts, location of, on live hog, 

 Plate IX; pork, Plate VIII; 

 prices of wholesale and retail, 

 388. 



Dairy, by-products for pigs, 240; 

 precautions in feeding, 252. 



Day, 250, 251, 285, 402, 403. 



Demand, effect of, on price, 387, 

 390. 



Diarrhoea or scours in pigs, 467, 

 468. 



Dietrich, 369. 



Dinwiddle, 318. 



Diseases, the prevention of, hog. 

 Chapter XX, 458 ; of the diges- 

 tive system, 463 ; of the nervous 

 system, 470; of the respiratory 

 organs, 468. 



Disinfectants for hog-houses, 462. 



Distillers and brewers dried grains 

 for swine, 319. 



Dressed hogs, prices of, 388. 



Dressing percentage, of butcher 

 hogs, 371 ; of first prize carcasses, 

 393 ; of hght hogs, 373 ; of pack- 

 ing hogs, 372 ; relation of, to sell- 

 ing value, 393; relation to live 

 weight, 398. 



Dried blood, composition of, 255. 



Duggar, 313, 316. 



Duroc-Jersey, champion pen of 

 barrows, Plate XII ; history and 

 characteristics of, 423 ; sow, 

 Plate X. 



Dvorachek and Fowler, 312. 



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Earle and Orr, 323. 



Eastwood, 286, 295. 



Eggs (ova), 431. 



Emmer (spelt) , composition of, 280. 



Equipment, interest, depreciation, 

 insurance on, 352. 



Eward, 42, 50, 153, 199, 311, 383; 

 and Dunn, 213, 302, 308, 346; 

 and Kennedy, 158, 161 ; Kennedy, 

 and KUdee, 205, 206, 228, 230, 

 238. 



Exercise, for breeding herd in win- 

 ter, 37 ; for sows at farrowing 

 time, 72 ; for young pigs, 76. 



