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simmon, 328 Pineapple, 328 Plum, 329 Poplar, 329 Po- 

 tato, 329 Privet or Prim, 330 Quince, 330 Radish, 330 

 Raspberry, 330 Rhubarb, 331 Rose, 331 Squash,. 331 

 Strawberry, 332 Sugar-cane, 333 Sumac, 334 Sweet-potato, 

 334 Tobacco, 335 Tomato, 335 Violet, 335 Wheat, 336 



Willow, 336. 



CHAPTER XIX 



LIVE-STOCK RULES AND RECORDS 337-364 



Determining the Age of Farm Animals . . . . . . 337 



Cattle, 337 Sheep, 338 Swine, 339 Horses, 339. 



Gestation and Incubation Figures 342 



Number of young at birth, 343 Number of eggs in brood, 343. 



Other Characteristics 344 



Average temperatures of farm animals, 344 The pulse of farm 

 animals, 344 Period of heat, 344 Quantity of blood in the 

 bodies of farm animals, 345. 



Temperatures for Cold /Storage of Animal Products . . . . 345 



Advanced Registry ,. . . . 345 



Schedule of charges for supervising records of cows, 348 Hol- 

 stein-Friesian records, 349 Ayrshire records, 350 Guernsey 

 records, 351 Jersey records, 354. 



Fast Horse Records . . . ..... . . . 357 



Trotters, 358 Pacers, 358 Fastest records for one mile, 358 



Fastest records for two miles, 359 Fastest records for three 

 miles, 359 Fastest records for four miles, 359 Fastest records 

 for five miles, 359 Fastest records for six miles, 359 For ten 

 miles, 359 For eighteen miles, 359 For twenty miles, 360 

 For thirty miles, 360 For thirty-two miles, 360 For fifty 

 miles, 360 For one hundred miles, 360 For decades, 360. 



Profit-and-Loss Figures ......... 360 



Profit or loss in dairy cows, 360 Profit or loss in fattening 

 steers, 362 In fattening sheep, 362 In fattening swine, 362. 



Cow-testing Associations ......... 362 



Apparatus required, 364 Value of cow-testing associations in 

 Virginia, 364. 



CHAPTER XX 



POULTRY 365-382 



Standard Weights of Poultry in Pounds 366 



Descriptive Score-Card for Standard Poultry 367 



