INDEX 



503 



Unsoundness in the horse, 480-92. 

 U. S. bacon hogs, 326. 



Variations in usefulness of dairy 



cows, 164-71. 

 Veal calves, 118-9. 



consumption in various coun- 

 tries, 297-8. 

 pounds produced per head of 



cows, 125. 

 see Calves. 



Walk, running, described, 422. 

 Wagon horses, 444-9. 

 Walk, trot, canter horse, 423-4. 

 War Horse, origin of, 375-6. 

 Weanling, definition of, 346. 

 Weeds, 455. 



Weight, dressed, average of calves, 42. 

 cattle, 42. 

 hogs, 300. 

 lambs, 205. 

 sheep, 205. 



for age, beef bulls and cows, 131. 

 draft horses, 399. 

 lard hogs, 289. 

 steers, 39. 

 importance of, in draft horses, 



384-5. 



live, average of slaughtered 

 calves, 42. 

 cattle, 42. 

 hogs, 300. 

 lambs, 205. 

 sheep, 205. 



of hogs, most profitable, 339. 

 Weights of early cattle, 85-7. 



hogs, 337-9. 

 hogs at Chicago, by months, 



320-1. 

 horses, 442. 

 Western range cattle, 110-2. 



breeding in various states, 129-30. 

 receipts at Chicago, 71. 

 Western sheep, characteristics of, 216. 



prices at Chicago, 233-4. 

 Wether, definition of, 193. 

 Wethers, fat, 225-6. 



feeder, 230. 

 Wheel mules, 478. 

 Whistling, 490. 

 Wholesale cuts of beef, 42-4. 



mutton and lamb, 206. 

 pork, 301-3. 

 Wiltshire side, 307-8. 

 Windgall, 492. 

 Wool, Australian plan of handling, 



277-8. 



black, 270, 276. 

 buck fleeces, 276. 

 burs in, 275. 

 carbonization of, 271. 

 character, 274. 

 clip of world, 271. 

 consumption per capita, 255. 



Wool, continued. 



cotted or matted, 276. 



dyeing, 259. 



factors determining value of, 



273-6. 

 fiber, strength of, 275. 



structure of, 255-7. 

 fineness of, 257. 

 frowzy, 268. 

 grading, 262. 



imports and exports, 272-3. 

 market classes and grades, 262-7 

 marketing properly, 276-7. 

 markets in America, 273. 

 packing, 276. 

 painted, 275. 

 pooling by growers, 278. 

 pounds per pound of cloth, 259. 

 prices of scoured and raw, 274. 

 -producing states, 272. 

 production in U. S., 271-2. 

 pulling, 269-70. 

 scouring, 270-1. 

 see Fleece and Wools, 

 shearing, hand vs. machine, 276. 

 shrinkage, 272, 273-4. 



of various grades, 267. 

 sorting, 268-9. 

 tags, 275. 



tying fleece, 275-6. 

 wet, 275. 



Woolens and worsteds, 258-9. 

 Wools, American, how to improve, 277. 

 and wool growing, 255-78. 

 bright and semi-bright, 260. 

 carpet, 259-60. 

 classifications of, 259-67. 

 clipped and pulled, 259. 

 combing and clothing, values of, 



262. 

 domestic and territory, 259-61. 



classes and grades of, 262-7. 

 Ohio, 260. 



see Fleece and Wool, 

 washed, unmerchantable, and 



unwashed, 261-2. 

 World's record dairy cows, 166-7. 

 trotting and pacing records, 



410-11. 



Worms, stomach, of sheep, 217-8. 

 Worsteds and woolens, 258-9. 



Yardage charges at Chicago 

 cattle and calves, 83. 

 hogs, 322. 



sheep and goats, 215. 

 Yearling sheep, fat, 224-5. 



feeders, 229. 



Yeld mare, definition of, 347. 

 Yolk, 200. 



secretion and composition, 257-8. 



Zone system of marketing at Chicago, 

 72-3. 



