INDEX 



537 



Fattening, cattle, 284; sheep, 388; 

 swine, 478. 



Fecundity (see prolificacy). 



Feed-alley, 267. 



Feed-bunk, 323 ; platform, 327. 



Feed-carrier, 267. 



Feed cooking, 470 ; digestible nutrients, 

 526; "full," 296; grinding, 469; 

 list, 526 ; measures, 525 ; mixture 

 for lambs, 392 ; racks, sheep, 436 ; 

 soaking, 467 ; succulent, 217 ; weights, 

 525. 



Feeders, wintering, 282. 



Feeding animals, 37 ; baby-beef, 291 ; 

 beef cattle, 275 ; beef cattle on 

 pasture, 284 ; breeding herd, 472 ; 

 cattle for local market, 293 ; capacity 

 among swine, 470 ; capacity in- 

 creased, 284 ; dairy calf, 251 ; dairy 

 cattle, 203 ; dairy cattle in summer, 

 215 ; dairy cattle in winter, 216 ; 

 dry forage, 217 ; equipment for sum- 

 mer, 322 ; equipment for winter, 

 326; feed-bunk, 323; the flock, 

 380 ; flock in summer, 381 ; flock in 

 winter, 386 ; for high production, 

 222; the heifer, 223; horses, 56; 

 grain to beef cattle on pasture, 285 ; 

 grain to cattle in lot, 289 ; lambs, 

 391, 417; large hog, 479; mare at 

 parturition, 112; milking cow, 214; 

 mules, 67; "off feed," 353; on 

 pasture, 324 ; pigs, 500 ; sheep, 377 ; 

 sheep in corn belt, 399 ; sheep in 

 East, 399; sheep in West, 398; 

 silage, 218 ; steers in winter, 289 ; 

 succulent feeds, 217 ; swine, 467 ; 

 young foal, 117. 



Feeding-standard, 51 ; for beef cattle, 

 282 ; for dairy cattle, 204 ; for the 

 horse, 57 ; mere guides, 210 ; for 

 sheep, 380 ; for swine, 468. 



Feet, 27, 29, 35 ; care of, 131 ; sheep's, 

 388; shoeing, 132. 



Fetlocks in horses, 26. 



Fever, bilious, 178; shipping, 178. 



Filly, breeding, 103. 



Firing, 157. 



Fleece, 372 ; brightness, 376 ; condi- 

 tion, 375 ; crimp, 374 ; density, 373 ; 

 length, 373 ; luster, 376 ; kemp, 375 ; 



purity, 375; quality, 373, 374; 

 softness, 374 ; soundness, 374 ; yolk, 

 376. 



Flies, protecting cows from, 215. 



Flock, feeding, 380; (see sheep). 



Floors, 268. 



Flushing, 407. 



Fly-blankets, 148. 



Fly-blister, 156. 



Fly-killer, 148. 



Fly-nets, 148. 



Foal, 112, 113; care of, 113; feeding, 

 117; grain for, 119; ills, 115; con- 

 stipation, diarrhea, navel infection, 

 116; jack, 121; skim-milk for, 120; 

 weaning, 119. 



Food, 37 ; composition, 38, 526, ash, 

 39, carbohydrates, 40, fat, 41, protein, 

 39, water, 39 ; and composition of 

 milk, 210 ; cooking for horses, 49 ; 

 curing, 49 ; digestibility, 44, 526 ; 

 dry matter to 100 pounds, 526 ; 

 effects on flavor in milk, 212 ; effect 

 on percentage of fat, 211 ; effect on 

 quantity of milk, 212; effect of total 

 solids in milk, 211; fermenting, for 

 horses, 49 ; fertilizing constituents, in 

 1000 pounds, 526 ; functions, 41, ash, 

 42, carbohydrates, 43, fat, 43, pro- 

 tein, 42, water, 41 ; grinding, 48 ; list, 

 526 ; nutrients, 46 ; order of supply- 

 ing, 57, 212 ; preparation for swine, 

 469 ; requirements for beef, 281 ; 

 requirements for milk, 203 ; require- 

 ments for sheep, 379 ; requirements 

 for swine, 468 ; required for work, 

 56 ; steaming, 44 ; use, 37 ; used 

 for baby-beef, 292 ; wetting, 49. 



Foot, corns, 167; cracked hoofs, 168; 

 lameness, 165 ; rot in sheep, 440 ; 

 wounds, 167. 



Forage racks, 328. 



Fore-arras in horses, 25, 34. 



Fore-quarters, in beef cattle, 201 ; in 

 dairy cattle, 194 ; in sheep, 370. 



Foul sheath, 180. 



Founder, 17. 



Fracture, 160. 



Fraser, 221. 



Fraser's soiling system, 221. 



French coach horse, 87. 



