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INDEX 



Slaughtering and dressing cattle, 40-1. 

 hogs, 298-9. 

 sheep, 203-5. 



Sloan, Tod, his method of riding, 363. 

 Soil fertility, maintenance of, 20. 

 Southern chunks, 444. 

 Soundness in breeding ewes, 231. 

 Sow, age to begin breeding, 334. 

 definition of, 281. 

 type desired in, 339-44. 

 Spanish horse, origin of, 375. 



Merino, 245. 

 Spavins, 481-3. 



Spayed heifer, definition of, 26. 

 Spaying heifers, reasons for, 93-4. 

 Splint, 491. 

 Spring lambs, 219-20. 

 Springers, 119. 

 Sprung knees, 491. 

 Stag, definition of, 26, 193, 281, 347. 

 Stags, 327-8. 



and bulls on market, 113. 

 Stallion, definition of, 346. 



type desired in, 465. 

 Standardbred horse, origin of, 379. 



see Roadster. 

 Stearin, 58, 312. 

 Steer class on market, 107-10. 



definition of, 26. 



Steers, changes in due to feeding, 36-8. 

 gains in different feeding periods, 



52. 



see Cattle and Feeder, 

 weights at various ages, 39. 

 Stepping pace described, 422. 

 Stock and feeding cows, 117. 

 Stocker and feeder cattle 



decline in production, 126. 



sale by seasons, 95. 



see Feeder. 



sub-classes and grades of, 



115-7. 



where bought, 95. 

 Stomach worm of sheep, 217-8. 

 Stringhalt, 491-2. 

 Sugar mules, 476. 

 Suprarenalin, 213. 

 Sweetbreads, 58. 



Swine, advantages of raising, 279-80. 

 breeds of, 281. 

 see Hog, Pig, and Pork, 

 types of, 280. 

 Swollen legs, 492. 



Teats of dairy cow, 147. 



structure of, 157. 



Teeth as indication of age of cattle, 39. 

 horses, 370-.2. 

 sheep, 202. 



Temperament, dairy, 150. 

 discussion of, 150. 



Tests of dairy cows at expositions; 



164-6. 



value of, 175. 

 Texas and western range cattle, 110-2. 



long-horn cattle, 110-1. 

 Thick wind, 489-90. 

 Thoroughbred, origin of, 375. 

 Thoroughpin, 492. 

 Thyroidin, 213. 



Three-gaited saddle horse, 423-4. 

 Throw-out lambs, 233. 

 Thrush, 492. 

 Top, 258-9. 

 Tractor, effect of, on horse industry, 



382. 

 Transportation, early methods of, 



73-4. 



Tripe, 212. 



Trot, fox, described, 422. 

 Trotting gait described, 415. 

 horse, origin of, 379. 

 records, 410. 



Turk horse, origin of, 375. 

 Two-shear, definition of, 193. 

 Two-tooth, definition of, 193. 

 Type, definition of, 25. 



of horse to breed, choice of, 460-1. 

 value of, in beef making, 63-70. 

 Types of cattle, 25. 

 horses, 383. 



effects of mechanical in- 

 ventions on, 381-2. 

 origin of, 374-83. 

 sheep, 191-3. 

 swine, 280. 



Udder of cow, structure of, 155-7. 



dairy cow, 146-7. 

 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 

 charges for buying hogs, 328. 

 corn, 322. 

 hay, 83. 



inspection of hogs, 322. 

 selling cattle and calves, 83 . 

 hogs, 322. 



sheep and goats, 215. 

 yardage of cattle, 83. 

 hogs, 322. 

 sheep, 215. 

 description of, 76-8. 

 founding of, 76. 

 growth as hog market, 319-20. 

 prices for cattle and calves, 122-4. 

 hogs, 330. 

 horses, 455-6. 

 sheep, 233-4. 

 receipts, cattle, 71. 

 hogs, 319-20. 

 horses, 438. 

 sheep, 214. 

 sources of, 79. 

 see Chicago. 



