INDEX 



Alberta, 42 



American trotters, 42, 43 



Blizzard, 43, 51 

 Branding, 34-37, 66 

 Branding-irons, 9, 28, 34, 35, 36 

 Brands, 28, 34 

 British Columbia, 4, 49 

 " Broncho," 20, 44 

 Brood mares, 45, 47 

 Building, 13-26 



best site for, 15 



plans for, 18 

 Bull-herd, 32 

 Bulls, 31, 39 



exchange of, 31 



importation of, 31, 32 



winter care of, 32 

 Buying for range, 9, 32 



Calgary, 4, 5 

 Calves, 28, 29 



buying of, 32, 33 



branding of, 35 



castration of, 37 



care of newly -branded, 37 



winter feeding of, 37 



care of newly -weaned, 38 

 Capital, 5 

 Cattle, 27 



purchasing of , 28, 29, 30, 32, 33 



diseases of, 29 



increase of, 30, 72-77 



breeds of, 30 



care of cows in calf, 38, 77 



spring shipping of, 39 

 " Cayuse," 43 

 Clydesdales, 43 

 Corral, 18, 19, 41, 53, 64 

 Cotswolds, 49 

 Coyotes, price of skins, 51 

 Customs, 3 



Dealers, 27, 46 



" Dogies," 29, 75, 76 



When ready for beef, 29, 33 



buying of, 33 



prices of , 33 

 Durham, 30, 31 



Ear -marking, 35 

 Edmonton, 5 



Fence, co6t of construction of, 67 

 poBts, 67 



Fence, quantity of barbed wire 



required, 67 

 Fencing, 67-70 



how to proceed with, 68, 69 



two-strand, 69 



three -strand, 69 



how to secure wire, 70 

 Fields, 38, 39, 46, 68 

 Fuel, 13 



Grasses, 42, 55 



Gestation, period of, in cows, 77 



in mares, 80 



in ewes, 82 

 Government lands, 12, 13 



Hay used for shed-roofing, 24 



winter feeding of, 37, 38, 39, 52 

 quantity required for horses, 

 41 

 Haying, 55-61 



time limit for, 55 

 building stack, 58 

 with a " sweep," 59 

 with derrick -poles, 60 

 ploughing fire-guard round 

 stack, 61 

 Hay-yard, 19 

 Heifers, two-year-olds getting in 



calf, 39 

 Herding, 51, 52 

 Hereford, 30, 31 

 Highland, 30 

 Hired man, 6, 7, 9 



Wages of, 6 

 Holsteins, 30 



Homesteading, 10, 11, 12, 13 

 Horses, 41-47 



capital required, 41 

 cost of raising, 42 

 blood circulation of, 43 

 breeds of, 43, 44 

 buying, 44 



breaking to saddle and har- 

 ness, 44 

 prices of, 45 

 most profitable breed to raise, 



45 

 general management, 45, 46, 



47, 77 

 increase of, 77-80 

 House, cost of, 15 



building of, 15, 15, 17 



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