Index 



487 



Hand-feeding, a practical conven- 

 ience in, Plate VII ; vs. self- 

 feeding, 346. 



Hay, legume, for pregnant sows, 44. 



Heat, cause of, 432 ; significance 

 of, 17 ; time of occurrence, 17. 



Henry, 287, 293, 325 ; and Morri- 

 son, 66, 116, 151, 243, 244, 250, 

 251, 255, 271, 279, 280, 293, 297, 

 318, 334, 342. 



Herd-records, 91. 



Heredity, the law of, 431. 



Hernia, scrotal, 473. 



Hog, points of, Plate IX. 



Hog-cholera, 477-^81. 



Hogging-down corn, experiences of 

 farmer with, 230 ; and soybeans, 

 Plate VI ; supplemental forages 

 for, 232 ; vs. yard feeding, 229. 



Hog-house treatment, 474. 



Hog-houses, disinfectants for, 462. 



Hogs, breeds of, 420 ; butcher, 370 ; 

 crippled, on the market, 365 ; 

 dead, 375 ; judging, 391 ; light, 

 372 ; market requirements of 

 finished, 393 ; packing, 371 ; 

 prime heavy, 370 ; relative prices 

 of, 5 ; types of, 392 ; variation in 

 number per capita, 389. 



Hominy feed, 300; vs. corn-meal, 

 301, 302. 



Hunter, 192. 



Ideals, in herd improvement, 454. 



In-breeding, definition, 445 ; safety 

 and value of, 447. 



Individuality relation of, to size of 

 litter, 104 ; value of, in selection, 

 450. 



Infectiovis diseases, 477—482. 



Inflammation of stomach and in- 

 testines, or gastro-enteritis, 466- 

 467. 



Jones and Proulx, 327. 



Jordan, 133. 



Judge, training necessary to, 391. 



Judging, breeding hogs of the lard 

 type, 406 ; finished barrows of 

 the bacon type, 401 ; finished 

 fat barrows, 393 ; feeders, 417 ; 

 gilts and young boars, 416 ; im- 

 portance of, 391 ; score-card in, 

 395. 



K 



Kafir, composition of, 280 ; vs. com, 

 296 ; vs. corn-meal, 297 ; for fat- 

 tening pigs, 297. 



Kaoliang, composition of, 280 ; 

 for fattening pigs, 297 ; vs. corn, 

 299. 



Kennedy, and Robbins, 134, 203, 

 335 ; and Bouska, 253. 



Kidney worm, 476. 



Killing records of butcher hogs, 395. 



King, 190. 



Lazenby, 322. 



Lespedeza for forage, 158. 



Lewis, L. L., researches of, 18, 432. 



Like begets like, 433. 



Linseed-oil meal, composition of 

 old and new process, 265 ; money 

 value of, compared with shorts, 

 267 ; money value of, compared 

 with tankage, 259, 266; vs. 

 shorts or middlings, 267 ; vs. soy- 

 bean meal, 269 ; vs. tankage, 258, 

 266. 



Litter, care and feeding of sow 

 and, 69 ; cost of feeding sow and, 

 91 ; effect of age of sow on size 

 of, 96 ; effect of cross-breeding 

 on size of, 101 ; effect of feeding 

 and condition of sow on size of, 

 100 ; influence of boar on size of, 

 102 ; influence of type, breed, 

 and individuality on size of, 104 ; 

 plans for marking, 77 ; relation 

 of size of, to number of dead pigs, 

 106 ; relation of size of, to birth 

 weight of pigs. 111. 



Litters, number of, in year, 117. 



Livestock, average prices paid for, 5. 



Lung worm, 476. 



