INDEX 



Aaggie family, 373 



Aberdeen-Angus bullock, crossbred or 

 grade, 292 



Aberdeen-Angus cattle, 279; character- 

 istics, 284; color, 285; distribution, 

 299; earliest improvers, 280; fami- 

 lies, 293; introduction to America, 

 283; maturing qualities, 287; as milk 

 producers, 288; native home, 279; 

 organizations promoting, 299 ; origin, 

 279; prices, 297; as producers of 

 beef, 289; prolificacy, 288; weight, 

 286 



Aberdeen- Angus steers, prices, 298 



Action, of Clydesdale, 137; of draft 

 horse, 94 ; of heavy harness horse, 

 67; of light harness horse, 43; of 

 Shire, 153 



Adaptability, of American Merino, 505 ; 

 of Berkshire, 698 ; of Brown Swiss, 

 468 ; of Chester White, 744 ; of De- 

 laine Merino, 518; of Duroc- Jersey, 

 715; of Hampshire pig, 755; of 

 Holstein-Friesian, 365; of Jersey, 

 330; of Poland-China, 728; of 

 Shorthorn, 239; of Southdown, 547 



Adney, George, 554 



Advanced Registry of American 

 Guernsey Cattle Club, 396 ; of Ayr- 

 shire Breeders' Association, 417; of- 

 ficial testing of Holstein-Friesians 

 for, 367; requirements for Holstein- 

 Friesians in, 367 



African Wild Ass, 182 



Age attained by milch goats, 680 



Aguirre Merinos, 491 



Amalgamation of Suffolk and Norfolk 

 Red Polled cattle, 452 



America, Clydesdales of merit in, 144; 

 demand for bacon pig in, 781 ; 

 distribution of jacks and jennets in, 

 191 ; early foundation improvers of 

 Merino in, 497 ; early use of trotter 

 in, 44; first Clydesdales brought to, 

 138; first Shorthorns imported to, 

 224; history of Suffolk horse in, 

 161 ; importation of milch goats to, 

 681 ; importation of Shires to, 152; 



noted jacks in, 189; popularity of 

 Devon in, 479; present-day recog- 

 nition of Arab horse in, 14; use of 

 Shetland pony in, 178 



America, introduction to, of Angora 

 goat, 667; of Arab horse, 10; of 

 Ayrshire, 414; of Belgian horse, 

 124; of Berkshire, 693; of Black- 

 faced Highland, 652 ; of Brown Swiss, 

 464; of Cleveland Bay, 85; of 

 Devon, 475; of Dexter, 442 ; of Dor- 

 set Horn, 587; of Dutch Belted, 

 428; of Essex, 775; of Galloway, 

 302 ; of German coach horse, 82 ; of 

 Guernsey, 389 ; of Hackney, 72 ; of 

 Hampshire Down sheep, 578; of 

 Hampshire pig, 751; of Hereford, 

 256; of Holstein-Friesian, 358; of 

 jack; 1 88; of Jersey, 327; of Kara- 

 kul, 660; of Kerry, 438; of Large 

 Black, 762; of Leicester, 620; of 

 Lincoln, 637; of Mule-Foot, 759; 

 of Oxford Down, 568; of Red 

 Polled, 452; of Small Yorkshire, 

 770; of Southdown, 540; of Suffolk 

 sheep, 607; of Tamworth, 793; of 

 Tunis, 613; of West Highland, 311 



American French Coach studbook, 81 



American jack, 185 



American Jersey families, 34 



American Merino, 488 ; size, 500 ; as a 

 wool producer, 501 



American, or lard, type of pig, 683 



American Percheron horse associations, 

 116 



American saddle horse, 31 ; ancestry, 

 31; characteristics, 33; color, 34; 

 native home, 31 ; noteworthy mares, 

 38; prices, 38; prominent sires, 38; 

 size, 33; two notable families, 36; 

 value of Thoroughbred in develop- 

 ing, 32 



American Saddle Horse Breeders' As- 

 sociation, 39 



American trotter and pacer, 44 



American Yorkshire club, 791 



Ancestry of Tamworth pig, 792 



Andalusian jack, 183 



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