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INDEX 



Contracted feet, 485. , 



Corn and hogs closely related, 334-5. 



beef, 80. 



charges for, at Chicago market, 



322. 



Corns, 485. 

 Cotton mules, 475-6. 

 Cough, chronic, 484. 

 Cow, definition of, 261. 

 Cows, fat, on the market, 113. 



see Beef cows and Dairy cows. 



stock and feeding, 117. 

 Cracked heels, 485. 

 Crippled hogs, 329. 

 Cross-bred, definition of, 127. 

 Cumberland side, 307-8. 

 Curb, 485-6. 

 Cuts, see Wholesale cuts. 

 Cutter carcasses, 49. 

 Cutters and canners, 114-5. 

 Cutting beef, 43. 



Dairy breeds, 25. 



differences in milk of, 160-1. 

 bull, importance of a good, 172-6. 

 selection of a, 176-8. 

 type desired in, 151-4. 

 cattle breeding, 172-9. 

 cow, type desired in, 138-51. 

 cows, method of judging, 138-40. 

 notable tests of, 164-6. 

 number, value, and distri- 

 bution in U. S., 172. 

 testing, value of, 175. 

 variations in usefulness of, 



164-71. 

 world's record-holding, 166- 



7. 



farming, advantages of, 178-9. 

 steers, for beef, 63-70. 



why lacking thick flesh, 68-9 

 temperament, 150. 

 type, definition of, 25. 



description of, 138-54. 

 Dead animals, numbers removed 



from cars at Chicago, 330. 

 Dead hogs, 329-30. 



sheep, 233. 



Delivery wagon horses, 446. 

 Depilatory, 269. 

 Digestive system of horse, 350. 

 Docking lambs, best age for, 193. 

 Draft horse in America, 380-1. 

 mare, selection of, 463-4. 

 mules, 477. 



stallion, selection of, 465. 

 type, advantages of, to farmer, 



461. 



description of, 384-99. 

 origin of, 376. 

 weight for age, 399. 

 Dressing calves, 42. 

 cattle, 40-1. 



Dressing, continued. 

 hogs, 297-8. 



percentage, average of 

 calves, 42. 

 cattle, 42. 

 hogs, 299-300. 

 sheep and lambs, 205. 

 of cattle, 41-2. 

 hogs, 299-300. 

 sheep, 205. 

 see Slaughter, 

 sheep and lambs, 204-5. 

 Dual-purpose breeds, 25. 



cattle, profits from, 184-7. 



utility of, 180-2. 

 type, definition of, 25. 



description of, 182-4. 

 Dyeing woolen goods, 259. 



Eastern chunks, 443-4. 



Eastman, Timothy C., early beef 



exports by, 82. 



Eckles, C. H., investigation of varia- 

 tion in milk production, 167- 

 70. 



English bacon hogs, 325-6. 

 Escutcheon of dairy cattle, 149-50. 

 Ewe, definition of, 193. 



mutton breeding, type desired 



in, 240-3. 



Ewes, age to breed, 240. 

 fat, 226. 

 feeder, 230. 



number to breed to one ram, 240. 

 Export mules, 479. 

 Exports of beef, 23. 



pioneer, 82. 

 of pork products, 318-9. 



wools, 272-3. 

 Express horses, 445-6. 



Farm chunks, 444. 

 mules, 476-7. 

 Farming, live-stock, advantages of, 21. 



vs. grain, 19. 



Fashions in market cattle, 85-94. 

 Fat, color of, in beef, 52-3. 

 cows on the market, 113. 

 heifers on the market, 109, 113. 

 internal, in steers of different 



breeds, 68. 



percentage in cuts of beef, 48. 

 steer class, 107-10. 

 storage in bodies of cattle, 47. 

 thickness of, in beef carcass, 50-2. 

 Fatness, effect of feed on, in steers, 



37-8. 



Federal inspection for disease, 79. 

 Feed, charges for, at Chicago, 83. 

 effect on composition of milk, 



170-1. 



required for gains in hogs, 339-40. 

 steers, 52. 



