INDEX 



805 



Friesian, 382; of jacks and jennets" 

 in America, 191; of Jersey, 351; of 

 Karakul, 665; of Kerry, 440; of 

 Large Black, 764; of Large York- 

 shire, 791; of Leicester, 627; of Lin- 

 coln, 644; of Merino, 509; of .mule, 

 geographical, 193; of Mule-'Foot, 

 761; of Oxford Down, 573; of 

 Percheron, 114; of Poland-China 

 swine, 734; of Polled Hereford, 

 277; of Polled Shorthorn, 250; of 

 Rambouillet, 532; of Red Polled, 

 461; of Romney Marsh, 649; of 

 Shetland pony, 181 ; of Shire, 158; 

 of Shorthorn, geographical, 244; of 

 Shropshire, 563 ; of Small Yorkshire, 

 773; of Southdown, 550; of Stand- 

 ard-bred horse, 63 ; of Suffolk horse, 

 166; of Suffolk sheep, 612 ; of Tarn- 

 worth, 798; of Thoroughbred, 29; 

 of Tunis, 617; of West Highland, 31 5 



Disturber family, 266 



Dolly Bloom family, 402 



Dorset Horn sheep, 586; character- 

 istics, 588 ; crossing or grading, 591 ; 

 distribution, 595 ; as early-lamb pro- 

 ducer, 591 ; as grazer, 593 ; horns a 

 protection, 595; introduction to 

 America, 587; as mutton producer, 

 590; native home, 586; origin, 586; 

 prolificacy, 592; size, 589; as wool 

 producer, 593 



Dorset Horn sheep breeders, organi- 

 zations of, 596 



"Double standard" Polled Shorthorn, 

 247 



Draft horse, action, 94; distribution 

 of Belgian, 131; height, 89; the 

 Suffolk as, 1 66; type, 80 



Draft horse shows in Belgium, 132 



Draft-horse type, 89 



Draft mules, 195 



Draft, value of Shetland pony for, 179 



Drivers of race horses, 62 



Drives in Spain, annual Merino, 489 



Dual-purpose type of cattle, 447 ; two 

 classes, 448 



Duchess of Gloster tribe, 223 



Duchess tribe, 211; of Bates, 212 



Dunure Footprint, 144 



Durham, " single standard " Polled, 247 



Duroc- Jersey pig, 705, 707 ; adapta- 

 bility, 715 ; characteristics, 709 ; color, 

 711; crossbred or grade, 714; of 

 distinction, 716; distribution, 718; 

 families, 716; as feeder, 713; as 



grazer, 712; improvement, 709; ma- 

 turing qualities, 713; organizations 

 promoting, 718; origin, 708; pre- 

 potency, 716; prices, 717; prolifi- 

 cacy, 715; quality of pork, 714; 

 size, 711 



Dutch cattle, origin, 355 



Dutch Belted cattle, 428; as beef pro- 

 ducer, 431; characteristics, 428; 

 crossbred or grade, 431 ; distribution 

 and adaptability, 432 ; introduction 

 to America, 428; as milk producer 

 430; native home, 428; origin, 428; 

 popularity, 433; promotion, 432 



Early lambs, Dorset Horn for, 591 ; 



Hampshire Down for, 581 ; Tunis 



for, 616 

 Eclipse, 20 

 Elasticity and crimp of Merino wool, 



503 



Ellman, John, 537 

 Endurance of mule, 197 

 England, improvement of Jersey in, 



326; horse in, prior to reign of 



Queen Elizabeth, 17 

 English blood on Clydesdale, use of, 



135 



English Merinos, 494 



English Shorthorn breeders, less 

 prominent early, 217 



English Thoroughbred sires, three 

 early, 19 



English trotting horse, history, 44 



Eohippus, 3 



Epihippus, 4 



Equus, 4 



Erica family, 293 



Escurial Merinos, 491 



Escutcheon, 322 



Essex pig, 774; characteristics, 775; 

 crossbred or grade, 776; distribu- 

 tion, 777; early native type, 774; 

 establishment of Improved, 774; fe- 

 cundity, 776; as feeder, 776; im- 

 provement, 774; introduction to 

 America, 775; maturing quality, 

 777; native home, 774; popularity, 

 777; promotion in America, 777; 

 quality of meat, 776; size, 776 



Estantes, 489 



Eurotas family, 342 



Evolution of Hackney, important, 71 



Evolution of the horse, 2 ; tracing the, 4 



Ewes, fecundity of Suffolk, 6n 



Exmoor pony, 170 



