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INDEX 



Cheese, 137 



Chester White swine, 209 



Cheviot sheep, 191 



Chickens, classification of, 225 



Chicks, feeding of, 216 



Clay soil, origin of, 19 



Clydesdale horse, 127 



Coach horses, 124 



Coarse feeds, use of, for livestock, 



28 

 Colts, care of, 133 



exercise for, 107 

 Concentrates, 82 



for horses, 109 

 Condition, in animals, 64 

 Constitution, 57 



how determined, 57 



how obtained, 58 



in cows, 141 

 Cooking feeds, 89 

 Corn, as feed, 69 

 for horses, 110 



time to cut for silo, 159 

 Cotswold sheep, 192 

 Cows freshening, spring or fall, 165 



shelter for, 145 

 Crop rotation, 37 

 Cultivation of soil, 38 



as affecting water supply, 38 



Dairy bam, 145 



cattle, breeds of, 153 



cow, 136 

 feeding of, 137 

 judging of, 140 

 Delicacy, as related to quality, 56 

 Digestibility, coefficients of, 232 

 Digestion, 66 



Draft horse conformation, 114 

 Drinking vessels for poultry, 223 

 Dry feeds, 84 

 Dual-purpose cattle, 167 

 Ducklings, feeding of, 228 



Ducks, 227 



feeding, of for breeding, 228 

 Duroc-Jersey swine, 210 

 Dusting box for poultry, 222 



Eab marks for pigs, 200 

 Egg breeds of chickens, 225 

 Eggs for hatching, care of, 218 



preserving of, 218 

 Energy, storage of, 71 

 Environment, 98, 105 



for horses, 107 

 Ether extract or fat in swine 



feeding, 246 

 Exercise as affecting respiration, 81 



for chicks, 248 



Factors in feeding cows, 139 



of waste, 233 

 illustrated, 237 

 Farm animals, 51 

 classes of, 51 



life, interest in, 45 

 Fat, as a laxative, 73 



concentration of, 75 



feeds, 75 



in a ration, 73 



use of, 74 

 Fattening poultry, 216 

 Feed, concentrated, 232 

 Feeder-cattle, 173 

 Feeding cattle, 135 



cows, 137 

 individuality, 139 



ducks, 228 



geese, 229 



general principles of, 53 



horses, 109 



in winter, 85 



method of, for swine, 261 



offhand, for swine, 260 



pigs, 211 



regularly, 55 



