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INDEX 



Anglo-Nubian goat, 678 



Angora, varieties of goats in, 666 



Angora goat, 666 ; characteristics, 668 ; 

 distribution, 671; fleece, 668; intro- 

 duction to America, 667 ; native 

 home, 666; official promotion, 672; 

 origin, 666; as producer of mutton, 

 670; prices, 671; as renovator of 

 brush land, 670; shelter for, 671; 

 varieties, 666; weight, 670 



Angus. See Aberdeen-Angus 



Anna tribe, 215 



Anxiety family, 265 



Appearance of American pig, 683 



Arab horse, 7 ; characteristics, 9 ; five 

 great original families, 8; influence 

 of, ii ; introduction of, to America, 

 10; notable individuals, 13; origin of 

 pure, 7 ; present-day recognition, 14 ; 

 societies, 16; value of, in crossbreed- 

 ing, 13 



Arab pony, 173 



Ardennais, 119 



Arms and forearms of light harness 

 horse, 41 



Asiatic Wild ass or Kiang, 182 



Ass, 182; African Wild, 182; ancestry, 

 182; Asiatic Wild, or Kiang, 182; 

 characteristics of domestic, 183; Per- 

 sian Wild, 182 



Association, American Saddle Horse 

 Breeders', 39 ; American Tunis Sheep 

 Breeders', 617; Cheshire Swine 

 Breeders', 769 



Associations, American Percheron horse, 

 116; Hampshire Down, 585; for 

 promoting jacks and jennets, 191; 

 to promote Shire horse, 159 



A-type Merino, 482 



Augusta tribe, 223 



Australia, modern type of Merino in, 

 499; popular type of Merino in, 500 



Australian Merino, 494 



Ayrshire cattle, 412; characteristics, 

 414; color, 415; crossbred or grade, 

 417; distribution, 425; early improv- 

 ers, 413; early maturity, 417; in- 

 troduction to America, 414; milk for 

 cheese-making, 422; as milk pro- 

 ducers, 419; native home, 412; or- 

 ganizations promoting, 426; origin, 

 412; prepotency, 417; prices, 424; 

 as producers of beef, 423; public 

 tests, 422; size, 416; temperament 

 and disposition, 417; ten leading 

 butter-fat records, 421; ten leading 



milk records, 420; ten leading sires, 

 424 



Ayrshire Breeders' Associations, Ad- 

 vanced Registry, 417 



Babraham, 538 



Bacon, reputation of Large Yorkshire 

 for, 788 



Bacon pig in America, breeding, 780; 

 demand for, 781; Tamworth as, 

 795; weight, 780 



Bacon-type pig, 778 



Bake well, Robert, 618; Shire improved 

 by, 149 



Bar None, 156 



Baron of Buchlyvie, 143 



Baron's Pride, 143 



Bates, Thomas, 212 



Bayard, 130 



Beau Donald family, 266 



Beautiful Bells, 56 



Bedford, or Bedfordshire, pig, 721 



Beef, Aberdeen-Angus as producer of, 

 289; Ayrshire as producer of, 423; 

 Brown Swiss as producer of, 471 ; 

 Dutch Belted as producer of, 431 ; 

 Jersey as producer of, 332 ; Red 

 Polled as producer of, 455; Short- 

 horn as producer of, 231; West 

 Highland as producer of, 313 



Beef animal, fleshing, 206; general ap- 

 pearance, 201 ; quality, 205 



Beef production, Guernsey in, 395 



Beef- type cattle, 201 ; compared with 

 dual-purpose, 447 



Belgian government, methods em- 

 ployed by, to encourage horse breed- 

 ing, 122 



Belgian horses, 121; characteristics, 

 125; color, 126; crossbred, 128; dis- 

 tribution, 131 ; exhibitors of, in 

 United States, 133; foundation sires, 

 129; height and weight, 127; intro- 

 duction to America, 124; maturing 

 quality, 128; native home, 121; no- 

 table recent-day, 130; organizations 

 for promoting, 131; prices, 131; 

 temperament, 127 



Belgium, draft-horse shows in, 132; 

 horse production in, 121; influence 

 of World War on horse in, 133; 

 stud fees in, 124; two breeds of 

 horses of ancient origin in, 121 



Bellfounder, 45 



Belted, or sheeted, pig, recognition of, 

 750 



