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INDEX 



Horses, care of, 112, 113 



conformation of, for draft, 114 



feeding of, 109 

 manner of, 111 



feet of, 112 



fitting harness for, 112 



grades, 125 



selection of, 114 



types of, 113 

 Hothouse lambs, 180 

 Housing for horses, 108 

 Humus, 39 



action of, in soil fertility, 19 



in soil formation, 19 



nature of, 19 

 Hydrogen, 67 



INCUBATORS 217 



Inheritance as a factor in feeding, 



54 

 Insects, 41 



JERSEY cattle, 154 

 Judging cows (the cow in outline), 

 140 



LABOR on livestock farm, 31 

 Lambing time, 181 

 Lambs, weaning of, 181 

 Large Yorkshire swine, 207 

 Laying hens, feeding of, 210 

 Lean meat or muscle, breeding for, 



57 



Leguminous plants, 40 

 Leicester sheep, 192 

 Lice on pigs, 202 

 on poultry, 224 

 Light horses, breeds of, 129 

 Limbs, cleanness of in horses, 117 

 Limiting element, in soil fertility, 22 

 Lincoln sheep, 192 

 Liquid feeds, 84 

 purpose of, 84 



Livestock, economy of, 36 

 farm, starting of, 104 



herd sire, value of, 104 



location of, 106 

 farmer, nature of problem of, 



41 

 farming, 26 



advantages of, 28 



purpose of, 26 

 place of, 26 



MAINTENANCE, as a factor in feed- 

 ing, 53 

 cows, 140 

 Man, in animal breeding, 91 



type of, for livestock farm, 46 

 Manure, 161 

 Marino sheep, 188 

 Marketing hogs, 202 

 Meat breeds of chickens, 225 



food for poultry, 215 

 Mental connection in milking, 14 

 Metabolism, 81, 232 

 Milk, 136 

 constancy of, 137 

 veins, 142 

 wells, 142 

 Milking, 146 

 machine, 149 

 manner of, 149 

 Mineral matter, 76, 235 

 for cows, 139 

 for horses, 110 

 importance of, 236 

 sources of, 235 

 Mites on poultry, 224 

 Moisture, 41 

 Mules, 124 

 Mutton sheep, 188 



NECK of horse, 119 



Nerve force, 144 



Nests for poultry houses, 22]! 



