INDEX 



499 



Kemp, 201, 274. 

 Knuckling, 484-5. 



Lamb, definition of, 193. 

 recent demand for, 203. 

 see Mutton and Sheep. 

 Lambs, fat, 218-23. 

 feeder, 227-9. 

 hot-house, 232. 

 spring, 219-20. 

 throw-out, 233. 

 Laminitis, 486-7. 

 Lard, grades of, 310-1. 

 hog carcass, 301-6. 

 hogs, feeds used with, 283. 

 -type hog, description of, 282-9. 

 reasons for developing in 



U. S. 336-7. 

 yield from hogs of different 



weights, 304. 

 Lateral cartilages, 356-7. 

 Lead mules, 478. 

 Lean meat, color of, in beef, 52. 

 percentage in beef cuts, 48. 

 Legs of horse, anatomy of, 351-5. 

 attachment to body, 361-2. 

 defects in conformation, 366-70. 

 swollen, 492. 

 Light-harness type, description of, 



409-17. 

 see Roadster. 

 Light hog class, 325-7. 



horses, require skill in breeding, 



461-3. 



light hogs, 327. 

 mixed hogs, 326-7. 

 Live-stock farming, advantages of, 21. 

 vs. grain farming, 19. 

 comparison of crop yields, 126. 

 Locomotion in the horse, 362-4. 

 Loggers, 442-3. 

 Loretta D., record of, 166. 



Manure, value of, 20. 



Marbling in beef, 50-2. 



Mare, best type of, for horse breeding, 



463-4. 



mule breeding, 468. 

 definition of, 346. 

 working the brood, 459. 

 yeld, definition of, 347. 

 Margin in cattle feeding, 96-7. 

 Market cattle, how classed and 



graded, 119-22. 

 class, definition of, 106. 

 classes and grades of cattle, 106- 



24. 



horses, 438-56. 

 mules, 472-9. 

 sheep, 215-34. 

 swine, 322-31. 

 wool, 262-7. 



Market classes, continued. 



average prices of 

 cattle, 122-4. 

 horses, 455-6. 

 sheep, 233-4. 

 swine, 330. 



demands, importance of, to breed- 

 er and feeder, 21. 

 grade, definition of, 107. 

 receipts, cattle, 71-2. 

 horses, 438. 

 sheep, 214. 

 swine, 319. 



requirements for horses, 439-41. 

 mules, 472-4. 



Marketing, seasonal variations in, 

 cattle, 72. 

 hogs, 321, 331. 

 sheep, 214. 

 wool properly, 276-7. 

 zone system of, at Chicago, 72-3 

 Markets, American cattle, 71-84. 

 hog, 319-20. 

 horse, 438. 

 sheep, 214. 



development of large, 74-5. 

 early cattle, 73. 

 hog, past and present, 314-21. 

 Mast, 332. 



Meat consumption in various coun- 

 tries, 24, 297-8. 

 industry, three eras in, 80. 

 packing, development at Chi- 

 cago, 315. 

 production, in U. S., in 1909, 24. 



world total, 24. 

 Merino, classes of, 251-3. 



importance of the, in U. S., 245. 

 type, description of, 245-54. 

 Milk cistern, 157. 



cows, see Dairy cows, 

 ducts, 157-8. 

 effect of feed on, 170-1. 

 mirror, 149-50. 



nature and composition of , 160-1. 

 production, breeding for, 172-9. 

 cause of variation in, 167-70. 

 in U. S., in 1918, 24-5. 

 of average dairy cow, 164. 

 secretion, 155-63. 



stimuli to, 163. 

 veins, 148-9. 

 wells, 149. 



yield per cow in 1918, 24-5. 

 Milkers and springers, 119. 

 Milking qualities, importance of, 



in beef cows, 135-6. 

 Mining mules, 475. 

 Mohair, 278. 

 Moonblindness, 488-9. 

 Morgan horse, origin of, 379. 

 Motor, effect of, on horse industry, 

 382. 



