INDEX 



Aberdeen Angus cattle, 55; 

 characteristics of, 57 ; early 

 breeders of, 56; importation 

 into America, 56; origin, 56. 



Action, study of in horses, 164, 

 170. 



Age, of horses, 147; sheep, 198. 



Alfalfa, 295. 



American Saddle Horse, 28. 



American Trotter or Pacer, 30, 

 226; famous records, 31; 

 famous trotters and pacers, 

 32; origin of the, 30. 



Angora goat, 95. 



Animal husbandry, importance 

 of, 11. 



Animals, care of, 313; com- 

 pared with plants, 263; com- 

 position of, 257; food require- 

 ments of, 276, 321; market 

 classes and grades, 119; 

 types, 114. 



Armsby feeding standards, 279, 

 286. 



Arab horse, 26. 



Ash, in plants and animals, 258, 

 262; in food, 269. 



Ass, 43. 



Atavism, 227. 



Ayrshire cattle, 68; character- 

 istics, 69; distribution, 70: 

 origin, 68; records, 70. 



Bacon hog type, 119, 218. 

 Bantam fowls, 333. 

 Bakewell, Robert, 90, 232. 

 Balanced ration, denned, 279; 



how to calculate, 281. 

 Barley, 293, 308. 

 Bates, Thomas, 48, 223, 224. 

 Beef, cuts of, 174; production, 



16. 



Beef animal, condition of the, 

 176; form of the, 174; qual- 

 ity in the, 177. 



Beef cattle, breeds, 47 ; judging, 

 174; score card for, 178; 

 type, 117, 122. 



Belgian horse, 41. 



Bellfounder, 226. 



Bermuda grass, 291. 



Berkshire pig, characteristics, 

 101; distribution, 102; origin, 

 100. 



Black Faced Highland sheep, 

 94. 



Booth, William, 49, 224. 



Brahma fowls, 330. 



Bran, 306. 



Branding, 254. 



Breeders, young, suggestions to, 

 248. 



Breeding, chapters on, 221; 

 exercise of breeding stock, 

 320; importance of heredity 

 in, 223 ; judging breeding ani- 

 mals, 182, 207, 217. 



Brewers' grains, 308. 



Brome grass, 291. 



Brooder, 353. 



Brooder house, 377. 



Brown Swiss cattle, 71. 



Bull, care of, 321; dairy, form 

 of the, 184. 



Byerly Turk, 27. 



Calorie, 270. 

 Calorimeter, 271. 

 Canada field pea, 297. 

 Carbohydrates, 259, 263, 268. 

 Care of farm animals, 313. 

 Carriage hor&e, breeds, 33; 



judging, 158; score card for, 



160; type, 116. 



