INDEX 



Aberdeen-Angus cattle, 227. 

 Accredited herds, 264. 

 Acquaintance of breeders, 52. 

 Action of horse, 171, 188, 194. 

 Advertising, 61. 

 Age 



of horse, 173. 



of pigs in relation to feeding, 

 420. 



of sheep, 358. 



influence of age in beef pro- 

 duction, 257. 



on growth of sheep, 368. 

 on milk production, 303. 

 Airing of eggs, 497. 

 Albumen of egg, 491. 

 Alfalfa, 108. 

 American saddle horse, 148. 



trotter or pacer, 150. 

 Amino acid, 77. 

 Analyses, feeding table, 537. 

 Analyzing feeding stuff, 84. 

 Ancestral line of dam, 42. 

 Ancestry in pedigree, 43. 

 Angora goats, 353. 

 Angus cattle, Aberdeen, 227. 

 Animal 



as a machine, 17. 



character, variation In, 28. 



form, study of, 138. 



relation to function, 125. 



type and its importance, 138. 



knowledge of, 142. 

 Animals 



and soil fertility, 16. 



buying immature, 127. 



community breeding of farm, 

 57. 



composition of, 65. 



defects of, 127. 



first use of by man, 12. 



for clothing, 13. 



for food, 14. 



for labor, 14. 



in early days, 138. 



judging farm, 125. 



most prepotent, 22. 



natural interest in, 129. 

 Ankle, cocked, 181. 

 Anthrax, 226. 



Antiscorbutic vitamines. 71. 

 Artificial selection, 30. 

 Ash, mineral matter, 66. 



Ass, 161. 

 Association 



community breeders, 63. 



cow-testing, 308. 



registry, 53. 

 Aylesbury duck, 469. 

 Ayrshire cattle, 281. 



Babcock text, 307. 

 Bacon hog 



belly, 416. 



ham, 416. 



judging, 415. 



shoulder, 416. 



type, appearance, 417. 

 hog, 415. 

 score card, 415. 

 Balanced ration, 90. 

 Bantam, 467. 

 Barley, 106, 120. 

 Bates, Thomas, 219. 

 Beak, fowl's, 485, 503. 

 Bean, soy, 109. 

 Bedding for swine, 431. 

 Beef- 

 baby, 249. 



bull, 247. 



calves, 247. 



cattle, breeds, 217. 



cows, feeding, breeding, 246. 



feeding, 245. 



form, 235. 



judging, 233, 243. 



production, 255. 



quality in, 238. 



score card for, 234. 



self-feeder for, 255. 



selling, 261. 



separate care, 262. 



type, 301. 



Belgian horse, 158. 

 Belly, hogs, 412, 416. 

 Belted, cattle, Dutch, 285. 

 Benefits, club, 447. 

 Berkshire swine, 390. 

 Bermuda grass, 104. 

 Big China swine, 392. 

 Bile, 78. 



Black-faced Highland, 352. 

 Black-leg, 264. 

 Blanketing horses, 210. 

 Blastoderm, 491. 



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