INDEX 



393 



Selection, 230; artificial, 231; 

 environment and, 235; meth- 

 odical, 231; natural, 230; pol- 

 icy in, 230; to secure desir- 

 able characters by, 233; ra- 

 tional selection, 237. 



Self-feeders, poultry, 363. 



Shetland pony, 43. 



Shorthorn cattle, 47; char- 

 acteristics of, 51; distribu- 

 tion, 50; improvement of, 48. 



Sheep, age, 198; breeds of, 74; 

 classes of, 74; food require- 

 ments, 322; handling, 196; 

 judging, 196; origin of, 74; 

 pens for, 320 ; score card, 201, 

 205; types of, 118, 203. 



Shire horse, 40. 



Short leet, 135. 



Shorts, 307. 



Shropshire sheep, 82. 



Side bone, 153. 



Silage, 298. 



Small Yorkshire pig, 112. 



Soil fertility, relation of farm 

 animals to, 18. 



Southdown sheep, 79. 



Soy bean, 297. 



Spavin, 152, 153. 



Speed, inheritance of, 226. 



Splint, 155. 



Stables, 315. 



Standard Bred trotters, 30. 



Standard of Perfection, 340. 



Steers, open shed feeding, 318. 



Stock farming, 21. 



Suffolk sheep, 89. 



Swine, bacon, 218; breeds of, 

 99; food requirements, 322; 

 judging, 210; origin of, 99; 

 pens for, 320; score card: 

 fat hog, 212; types, 119, 123, 

 209, 218. 



Tamworth pig, 110. 



Tankage, 311. 



Temperament in animals, 225. 



Therm, 270. 



Thoroughbred horse, 27. 



Thoroughpin, 153. 



Timothy, 289. 



Toe-crack, 155. 



Toggenburg goat, 96. 



Tomkins family, 53. 



Tunis sheep, 89. 



Turkeys, breeds of, 333. 



Turnip, 301. 



Type, animal, and its import- 

 ance, 114, 122; uniformity in, 

 236. 



Union Stock Yards, 13. 



Variation in animals, 228. 

 Ventilation of stables, 319. 

 Victoria pig, 111. 



Water, in animal body, 261; in 

 plants, 258; use of by ani- 

 mals, 271. 



Watson, Hugh, 56. 



Webb, Jonas, 80. 



Wheat, 293, 306. 



Wheat bran. 306. 



Wild boar, 99. 



Wild White cattle, 46. 



Wolff, 276; feeding standards. 

 276,' 285. 



Wool, 201. 



Wyandotte fowls, 329. 



