INDEX 



495 



Cattle breeding in West, status in 



various states, 129-30. 

 business today, 83-4. 

 by-products from slaughtering 



57-62. 



charges for selling at Chicago, 83. 

 dressing percentage of, 41-2. 

 early, 85-7. 

 fashions in, 85-94. 

 feeding, advantages of, 105. 

 margin in, 96-7. 

 source of profit in, 96. 

 hides, average weight and value 



of, 57. 



hoofs, value of, 58. 

 horns, value of, 58. 

 how classified and graded on 



market, 119-22. 

 market receipts, 71-2. 

 marketing, by seasons, 72. 

 markets, American, 71-84. 



development of large, 74-5. 

 early, 73. 



number slaughtered in U. S., 72. 

 to each inhabitant, 125. 

 value and distribution in 



U. S., 125-6. 

 value and weight at Chicago, 



71. 



offal, 41. 

 prices at Chicago, 122-4. 



highest and lowest months 



on market, 124. 

 see Calves. 



shipments by rail, early, 75. 

 methods of, early, 74-5. 

 shrinkage of, in transit, 81. 

 slaughter at Chicago, 72, 80. 



markets, locally, and 



on farms, 72. 

 of, in percentage stock 



of cows, 125. 

 slaughtering, 40-1. 

 special advantage of, on farm, 26. 

 terms, definition of, 26. 

 weights of early, 85-7. 

 Caul of sheep, 204-5. 

 Cavalry horses, 453-4. 

 Chicago, Bull's Head Stock Yards, 76. 

 cattle market, 71. 

 slaughter at, 72, 80. 

 sources of receipts, 79. 

 charges for buying hogs, 328. 

 corn, 322. 

 hay. 83. 

 public inspection of hogs, 



322. 



selling cattle and calves, 83. 

 hogs, 322. 



sheep and goats, 215. 

 yardage, cattle, 83. 

 hogs, 322. 

 sheep and goats, 215. 



Chicago, continued. 



development of meat packing 



at, 315. 



early cattle trade, 75-6. 

 hog market, 319-20. 



growth of, 319-20. 

 -packing firms, 317. 

 hogs slaughtered at, 317. 

 packing plants, owners of, 80. 

 prices for cattle and calves, 122-4. 

 hogs, 330. 

 horses, 455-6. 

 sheep and lambs, 233-4. 

 see Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 

 sheep market, 214-5. 



slaughtered at, 214-5. 

 zone system of marketing at, 



72-3. 



Chitterlings, 312. 

 Chunk horses, 443-4. 

 Cincinnati, early hog packing at, 



314. 



Circulation of blood to udder, 159-60. 

 Class, market, definition of, 106. 

 Classes and grades of carcasses 

 beef, 54-5. 

 hog, 308-10. 

 mutton and lamb, 207. 

 Classes and grades of cattle, 106-24. 

 hogs, 322-31. 

 horses, 438-56. 

 mules, 472-9. 

 sheep, 215-34. 

 wool, 262-7. 



Classes, average prices at Chicago 

 cattle, 122-4. 

 hogs, 330. 

 horses, 455-6. 

 sheep, 233-4. 



Classes of Merinos, 251-3. 

 Classification of fine-wool sheep, 

 251-3. 



see Market classes, 

 types and breeds of 



horses, 383. 

 types and breeds of 



sheep, 192. 

 wools, 259-67. 

 Clothing and combing wools, 258-9, 



262-7. 



Coach horses, 450. 

 Cob horses, 450. 

 Cocked ankles, 484-5. 

 Colostrum, 162. 

 Colt, definition of, 346. 

 Combing and clothing wools, 258-9, 



262-7. 



Commission charges, Chicago 

 buying hogs, 328. 

 selling cattle, 83. 

 hogs, 322. 



sheep and goats, 215. 

 Conestoga horses, 379. 



