INDEX 



497 



Feeder bulls, 117. 



cattle, decline in production, 126. 

 sale of, by seasons, 95. 

 sub-classes and grades, 115- 



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where bought, 95. 

 ewes, 230. 

 horses, 454. 

 pigs, 328. 



sheep and lambs, 226-30. 

 sale by seasons, 226. 

 where bought, 226-7. 

 steers, selection of, 95-105. 

 wethers, 230. 



Feeding cattle, advantages of, 105. 

 Feeds, fertilizing value of, 20. 

 Feet, contracted, 485. 

 Fertility, soil, maintenance of, 20. 

 Fertilizer, source of, 212. 

 Fill of cattle on market, 42. 

 Filly, definition of, 346. 

 Fine-wool sheep, breeds of, 192. 

 type, description of, 245-54. 

 Fire horses, 448-9. 

 Fistula, 486. 



Five-gaited saddle horse, 419-22. 

 Fleece of fine-wool sheep, 250. 



mutton sheep, 198-202. 

 see Wool, 

 tying, 275-6. 

 Fleeces, buck, 276. 



cotted or matted, 276. 

 grading, 262. 



Flesh, effect of feed on, in hogs, 290-1. 

 steers, 36-8. 



thickness of, in beef carcass, 50. 

 why dairy steer lacks, 68-9. 

 Fleshing, natural, in feeder steers, 102. 

 Foal, definition of, 346. 

 Foods, analyses and fuel values of, 337. 

 Foot of horse, anatomy of, 355-9. 

 characteristics of a healthy, 359- 



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Fore leg of horse, anatomy of, 35i-2. 

 attachment of, 361-2. 

 Founder, 486-7. 

 Four-tooth, definition of, 193. 

 Fox trot described, 422. 

 Free-martin, definition of, 26. 



Gains by hogs of different weights, 

 339-40. 



steers for different periods, 52. 

 Gaits of horse described, 420-2. 

 trotting and pacing, 415-6. 

 Gammon, 296. 

 Gelding, definition of, 346. 

 General-purpose horse, 380. 

 Gestation period of cattle, 137. 

 horses, 464. 

 sheep, 240. 

 swine, 344. 

 Gilt, definition of, 281. 



Glue, 58, 212, 312. 

 Goat carcasses, 209-10. 



skins, value of, 212. 

 Goats and kids 



charges for selling at Chicago, 



O1 T 



number slaughtered in U. S., 214. 



on the market, 233. 



slaughter at markets, locally, and 



on farms, 214. 

 Governments, 329. 

 Grade animal, definition of, 128. 



dairy cows compared with scrub 



dams, 173-5. 



market, definition of, 107. 

 Grading carcasses, beef, 53-4. 

 hog, 308-10. 

 mutton and lamb, 



207. 



see Market classes 

 Grease, 487. 



Great Horse, origin of, 375-6. 

 Grunting, 490. 



Guenon, Francois, escutcheon theory 

 of, 149. 



Hams, long-cut, 307-8. 



Hand, definition of, 372. 



Hay, charges for, at Chicago market, 



83. 



Heaves, 483-4. 

 Heavy-harness type 

 description of, 400-8. 

 see Carriage horse. 

 Heifer beef, compared with steer 



beef, 91-3. 

 carcasses, preferred in England, 



51. 



definition of, 26. 

 fat, on the market, 109, 113. 

 Height of horses, determining, 372-3. 

 Hides, cattle, average weight and 



value of, 57. 

 see Skins. 



High grade animal, definition of, 128. 

 Hind leg of horse, anatomy of, 352-5. 

 attachment of, 361. 

 Hinny, 468. 

 Hip down, 487. 

 Hock, anatomy of, 352-4. 

 Hocks, bent or sickle, 369-70. 

 Hog by-products, 312, 317-8. 



carcass, classes and grades of, 



308-10. 



discussion of, 297-310. 

 U.S. Retained, 311. 

 wholesale cuts of, 301-3. 

 crop, peculiarities of, 320-1. 

 fattening ability of, 305. 

 marketing, numbers and prices 



by seasons, 321. 



markets and pork packing, 314- 

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