456 
percentage, 407; hand fed, 399; 
marking, 425; new born, arti- 
ficial feeding, 398; new born, 
treatment of, 896; number to 
the acre, 405; ringing, 406; 
ruptured, treatment of, 400; 
scours in, 402; tusks, clipping, 
420; weanling, nutrient require- 
ments of, 403; weanling, rela- 
tive value of grains for, 404; 
young, digestive capacity of, 
402; (see Swine). 
Pinkeye, definition, 444. 
Poland China breed of swine,"429. 
Polled, definition, 440. 
Poll evil, definition, 444. 
Porcine, definition, 446. 
Pork, definition, 446; per acre, 
405; production, requirements 
for, 370. 
Portland, as a cattle market, 85; 
as a live-stock market, 27; mar- 
ket developments, 369; Oregon, 
swine shipped from East to, 370. 
Posting, definition, 444. 
Potatoes, cooking for swine, 415. 
Power sites, grazing on, 10. 
Prairie hay for fattening lambs, 156. 
Predigesting feed for swine, 417. 
Pregnancy, length of, in cattle, 60; 
length of, in ewes, 129, 181; 
length of, in mares, 277; length 
of, in sows, 393; of mares, feed 
during, 275; signs of, in brood 
mares, 284. 
Prices, of bulls for range purposes, 
56; of grazing permits, 9; of 
heavy and light hogs, 413; of 
service fees of stallions, 325; of 
stallions, 313; relative, of fat and 
lean pigs, 407. 
Principles of feeding, 29. 
Profit, in fattening cattle, 73; 
on 
fattening lambs, 164; on a 
range ewe, 150. 
Prolificacy, definition, 438. 
Protein (see Nutritive require- 
ments). 
Public lands (see Lands). 
Puffs, definition, 444, 
Index 
Pumpkins for swine, 375. 
Pure-bred cattle, feed and care of, 
112; founding the herd, 111; 
general discussion, Chap. VIII, 
109; location for, 110; market- 
ing, 115; marking, 115. 
Pure-bred, definition, 438. 
Pure-bred horses, advertising of, 
342; equipment for, 340; care 
and feed of, 339; general dis- 
cussion of, Chap. NXIII, 332; 
in the show ring, 341; methods 
of selling, 343; requirements 
for raising, 332; weights of, 340. 
Pure-bred sheep, 122, 175; market- 
ing from the farm, 193; market- 
ing from the range, 148; per 
cent of, in America, 174; on the 
range, 122; weaning of, 192. 
Pure-bred swine, advertising, 431; 
discussion of, Chap. XXXII, 
429; showing, preparation for, 
433. 
Purse, definition, 438. 
Quarter crack, definition, 444. 
Quittor, definition, 444. 
Racks, for feeding hay to cattle, 
77; for feeding sheep, 196; for 
weighing cattle, 99. 
Rainfall of the West, 5. 
Rainy seasons, 6. 
Rams, age for breeding, 178; defi- 
nition, 441; goitre in, 177; long- 
wooled for cross breeding, 166; 
number of ewes to, 129, 181; on 
the range, 127; over-fitted, 177; 
prepotency of, 177; selection of, 
176. 
Ranches, size of cattle, 46. 
Range, and the horse industry, 
243; bulls, 54; carrying capac- 
ity of, 13; cattle, system of 
management, 41; definition of, 
7; ewes, description of, 128; 
ewes to be discarded, 128; fenc- 
ing of, for sheep, 150; grasses, 
12; horses, care of growing 
stock, 329; horses, general dis- 
