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INDEX 



Fairholm, or Blossom, Tribe, 217 



Families, Aberdeen- Angus, 293 ; Amer- 

 ican saddle horse, two notable, 36; 

 Berkshire, important, 702 ; Chester 

 White, 746; Duroc- Jersey, 716; 

 Guernsey, 401 ; Hereford, of note, 

 264; Holstein-Friesian, 372; Jersey, 

 of distinction, 339; Merino, impor- 

 tant subtypes, 505; Poland-China, 

 and foundation sows, 731 ; Small 

 Whites, strains or, 770; trotting, of 

 note, 50 



Family, Clay, 53; Hal, 56; Hamble- 

 tonian, 50; Mambrino, 52; Morgan, 

 53 ; Pilot, 55 



Fancy, or Orange Blossom, tribe, 221 



Farm mules, 196 



Fattening and fleshing quality of pig, 

 687 



Fecundity and longevity, of Cheshire, 

 769; of Essex, 776; of Hampshire 

 Down, 583; of Karakul, 664; of 

 milch goat, 682; of Shropshire, 560; 

 of Small Yorkshire, 773; of Suffolk 

 ewes, 611; of Suffolk horse, 165; 

 of Tamworth, 797; of Tunis, 611 



Feeder, Berkshire as, 697; Cheshire as, 

 768; Chester White as, 743; Cots- 

 wold as, 632; Delaine as, 518; 

 Duroc- Jersey as, 713; Essex as, 776; 

 Hampshire as, 755; Large Black as, 

 763; Large Yorkshire as, 789; Lin- 

 coln as, 640; Mule-Foot as, 760; 

 Oxford Down as, 570; Poland-China 

 as, 727; Romney Marsh as, 648; 

 Small Yorkshire as, 772 ; Southdown 

 as, 544 ; Suffolk sheep as, 609 ; Tam- 

 worth as, 795 



Fibre, fineness of Merino, 502 



Financial Interest family, 340 



Fine-wool type of sheep, Merino or, 

 481 



Fleece, of Angora goat, 668; of Cor- 

 riedale, 658; of Karakul, 661 ; of 

 Romney Marsh, 649; of Tunis, 616 



Fleece, relationship of Merino to body 

 weight, 502 



Fleshing and fattening quality, of pig, 

 687 ; of beef animal, 206 



Foggathorpe tribe, 214 



Fontaine family, 340 



Foot, of light harness horse, 41 ; single, 



34 

 Forearms and arms of light harness 



horse, 41 

 Forton of Wynhuize, 129 



Foundation, of Berkshire, 689; of 

 Poland-China, 720 



Foundation Jersey sires, important, 

 346 



France family, 403 



France-, horse racing in, 78; improve- 

 ment of Percheron in, 102 



French Canadian cattle, 434; char- 

 acteristics, 434; distribution, 436; 

 grazing qualities, 436; hardy char- 

 acter, 436; maturing qualities, 436; 

 as milk producer, 435; native home, 

 434; origin, 434; promotion of pure, 



437 

 French Coach horse, 78 ; characteristics, 



79; distribution, 80; origin, 79; 



speed records, 80 

 French Draft horse, 118; distinct 



breeds, 118 

 French Draft Horse Association of 



America, National, 120 

 French Jockey Club, 79 

 French Merino, or Rambouillet, 494 

 French race track, 80 

 Friesian, origin of name, 358 

 Fullerton, William, 282 

 Fur of Karakul lamb, 662 

 Furs, market value of Karakul, 663 

 Futurity records of Thoroughbred, 28 

 Futurity shows, Percheron, 112 



Gait, of Hackney, 73 ; of saddle horse, 

 34 ; of trotter and pacer, 47 



Galliers, William, 254 



Gallipoly, 98 



Galloway cattle, 300; bulls of dis- 

 tinction, 309 ; characteristics, 302 ; 

 criticisms, 310; crossbred, 305; dis- 

 tribution, 309 ; hardiness, 307 ; hide, 

 307 ; improvement, 300 ;' introduction 

 to America, 302 ; as meat producers, 

 304; in milk production, 306; native 

 home, 300 ; organizations for promot- 

 ing, 309; origin, 300; prepotency, 

 308; prices, 309; size, 304 



Geldings, Percheron, 113 



General-purpose and dual-purpose 

 types of cattle, 447 



German Coach horse, 82; character- 

 istics, 82; distribution, 84; intro- 

 duction to America, 82 ; native home, 

 82 ; organization of, in America, 84 ; 

 type, 83 



German, or Silesian, Merinos, 493 



Germany, early records of horse breed- 

 ing in, 82 



