INDEX 



ABERDEEN Angus cattle, 174 

 Abortion, in cows, 164 



in swine, 202 



Acquired characteristics, 99 

 Action of roadster type horse, 122 

 Aeration of soil, 39 

 Air, action of, in soil formation, 17 



or oxygen, 80 



Alleyways for poultry houses, 222 

 American trotter, 130 

 Ancestry, 95 



Animal body, nature of, 51 

 functional parts of, 51 



breeding, 91 

 Appetite, 86 



BABY beef, 171 

 Bacteria, in milk, 147 



in soil fertility, 37 



source of, 37 

 Balanced ration, 70 

 Beef cattle, 170 



breeds of, 174 



bull, use of, in dairy herd, 160 

 Belgian horse, 128 

 Berkshire swine, 208 

 Black teeth, in pigs, 200 

 Blemishes, in horses, 133 

 Bloat in cattle, 169 

 Boar, 194 

 Body, length of, 58 



affect on constitution, 59 

 on prolificacy, 59 



in cattle, 134 



in cows, 140 



of horses, 63 



length and depth of, 117 



temperature, 80 



Breeding, 91 



cattle, 135 



horses, 131 



in nature, 97 



practice, 100 



resemblance and difference, 96 



selection in, 96 



variation in, 95 

 Breeds, beef cattle, 174 



dairy cattle, 153 



heavy horses, 125 



light horses, 129 



poultry, 224 



sheep, 185 



swine, 206 



Brood mare, care of, 132 

 colt of, 132 

 sire of colt, 133 

 Brooders, 217 

 Bulk in ration, 248 

 Butter, 136 



CALF, care of, 150 



feeding, 74 



weaning of, 152 

 Capacity in cows, 140 

 Carbohydrates, 70, 244 



feeds, 72 



for breeding pigs, 245 



requirement of, for market pigs, 



244 



Carbon, 67 



Castration of pigs, 200 

 Cattle, 134 



breeding, 135 



feeding, 135, 173 



length of body, 134 

 Changes in ration, 86 



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