INDEX. 



Action, effects of conformation on, 



366-9. 



slope of pastern on, 369. 

 essentials of, 368. 



(For action of various types 

 see chapters on draft, carriage, 

 road, and saddle horses.) 

 Age, in selecting feeder steers, 97-100. 

 from teeth, cattle, 39. 



horses, 370-2. 

 sheep, 202. 

 to breed ewes, 240. 

 heifers, 137. 

 mares, 464. 

 sows, 344. 

 castrate calves, 26. 

 colts, 346. 

 lambs, 193. 

 pigs, 281. 

 dock lambs, 193. 

 Alveoli of udder, 157-8. 

 American horses, origin of, 378-81. 

 Jack, 468. 

 Merino, 245-53. 

 Saddle Horse, origin of, 379-80. 



type of, 419-22. 



-type hog, description of, 282-9. 

 Anatomy of horse, 348-60. 

 Arabian horse, origin of} 374-5. 

 Army mules, 478-9. 

 Artillery horses, 446-8. 

 Ass, 468. 



Auction rules, 438-9. 

 Australian plan of handling wool, 



277-8. 



Automobile, effect on horse industry, 

 382. 



Baby beef, 87-91. 



advantages and profits, 126. 



on the market, 110. 

 Bacon hog carcass, 306-8. 

 hogs, English, 325-6. 

 U. S., 326. 



-producing countries, 290. 



production, feeds used in, 290-1. 



-type hog, description of, 290-6. 

 Barb horse, origin of, 375. 

 Barrow, definition of, 281. 

 Base of support of horse, 361-2. 

 Bate, John J., early beef exports 



by, 82. 

 Beef, ageing or ripening, 49. 



block or side, 49. 



Beef, continued. 



breeding cattle, weight for age, 

 131. 



cow, type desired in, 133-7. 

 breeds, 25. 



internal fat of, 68. 

 bull, importance of a good, 128-30 



number of cows bred to a, 

 133. 



type desired in, 128-33. 

 carcass, 40-56. 



classes and grades of, 54-5. 



cutters and canners, 49. 



differences due to sex, 54. 



good and inferior compared, 

 48. 



grading, 53-4. 



how produced, 46-7. 



shape of, 50. 



thickness of fat on, 50-2. 

 flesh in, 50. 



variations in, 44-5. 



weights of, 49-50. 

 cattle breeding for market, 125- 

 37. 



prices, high and low months, 

 124. 



shrinkage in transit, 81. 

 consumption in various coun- 

 tries, 297-8. 



corned, introduction of, 80. 

 cow, type desired in, 133-7. 

 cuts, prices of, 44. 



weights of, 44. 

 cutting, 43. 

 demands of butcher, 48-9. 



consumer, 48-9. 

 exports of, 23. 



pioneer, 82. 

 grain of, 53. 



heifers, age to breed, 137. 

 making, value of type in, 63-70. 

 marbling, 50-2. 

 pounds produced per head of 



stock cows, 125. 



production, baby, advantages 

 of, 126. 



in cornbelt, outlook, 126. 



factors for success in, 137. 

 see Calves, Carcass, Cattle, and 



Feeders, 

 sire, price to pay for, 129. 



type desired in, 131-3. 



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