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INDEX 



Hog markets, continued. 



present leading, and re- 

 ceipts, 319. 

 -packing centers, leading present, 



316. 



firms at Chicago., 317 

 past and present, 314-21. 

 prices at Chicago, 330. 

 -producing states, 334. 

 product importing countries, 318- 



9. 



exports of, 318-9. 

 high fuel value of, 336-7. 

 -raising countries, leading, 333. 

 see Pigs, Pork, and Swine, 

 slaughter, compared with cattle 

 and sheep, 297-8. 

 at markets, locally, 

 and on farms, 319. 

 terms, definition of, 281. 

 yardage charges at Chicago, 322. 

 Hogs and corn closely related, 334-5. 

 boar class of, 328. 

 breeding for the market, 332-44. 

 butcher, 322-3. 

 charges for buying at Chicago, 



328. 



selling at Chicago, 322. 

 cripples, 329. 

 dead, 329-30. 



dressing percentage of, 299-300. 

 English bacon, 325-6. 

 feed for 100 Ibs. gain, 339-40. 

 feeder pig class, 328. 

 governments, 329. 

 heavy and light, demand and 



prices for, 331. 

 increase in numbers of, 333. 

 light, 325-7. 

 light light, 327. 



mixed, 326-7. 

 market classes and grades of, 



322-31. 

 number, value, and distribution 



in U.S., 334. 

 numbers packed in various years, 



and cost, 316. 

 offal of, 299-300. 

 packing class of, 323-4. 

 pig class of, 327. 

 prime heavy, 322. 

 public inspection of, at Chicago, 



charge for, 322. 

 roasting pig class, 329. 

 rough class, 327. 

 seasonal marketing of, 331. 

 see Hog, Pig, Pork, and Swine, 

 selection for breeding purposes, 



339-44. 



sell largely by weight, 331. 

 size in market, 337-9. 

 slaughter in U. S., in per cent, 

 total stock, 337. 



Hogs, continued. 



.slaughtering and dressing, 298-9. 

 stag class, 327-8. 

 U. S. bacon, 326. 

 weights of, in early times, 337-9. 

 marketed at Chicago 

 by months, 320-1. 

 Hoof, and how it grows, 357-9. 



mechanism, 365. 

 Hoofs, cattle, value of, 58. 

 Horns, cattle, value of, 58. 

 Horse, age of, from teeth, 370-2. 

 anatomy of, 348-60. 

 and mule compared, 469-71. 

 base of support of, 361-2. 

 breeding, 457-67. 

 conformation concerned in ac- 

 tion, 366-9. 



digestive system of, 350. 

 effects of mechanical inventions 



on, 381-2. 



foot of, anatomy of, 355-9. 

 fore leg, anatomy of, 351-2. 

 height of, determination of, 372-3. 

 hind leg, anatomy of, 352-5. 

 hock, anatomy of, 352-4. 

 important facts concerning the, 



361-73. 

 in America, 378-81. 



motion, 362-4. 



integumentary system of, 350. 

 market auction rules, 438-9. 



requirements, 439-41. 

 markets, receipts in 1918, 438. 

 muscular system of, 349-50. 

 nervous system of, 350. 

 prices at Chicago, 455-6. 

 respiratory system of, 350. 

 skeleton of, 348. 



compared with 'man, 354-5. 

 terms, definition of, 346-7. 

 utility of, 345. 

 where wear comes in, 364-5. 

 Horses, number, value, and dis- 

 tribution in U. S., 466-7. 

 Hot-house lambs, 232. 

 Hunter horse, description of, 428-33. 

 origin of, 376. 

 production of, 433. 



Imports of wools, 272-3. 

 Inspection, federal, for disease, 79, 



311-2. 

 Inspection of hogs at Chicago, charge 



for, 322. 



Integumentary system of horse, 350. 

 Interfering, 369. 



Jack, best type of, 468. 

 Jacks, breeds of, 468. 

 Jennet, the, 468. 



Judging dairy cows, two methods of, 

 138-40. 



