8io 



INDEX 



and, 191 ; Catalonian, 183 ; color, 

 187; distribution in America, 191; 

 height, 187; introduction to Am- 

 erica, 1 88; Majorca, 184; Maltese, 

 184; noted, in America, 189; Poitou, 

 185; prices, 190 



Jeffries, Thomas, 256 



Jennets, associations promoting jacks 

 and, 191 ; distribution of, in America, 

 191 



Jersey, 323; legislation protecting pu- 

 rity of cattle on, 325 



Jersey cattle, adaptability, 330; Amer- 

 ican families, 341 ; authenticated 

 butter-fat tests, 336; as beef pro- 

 ducer, 332 ; bulls of distinction, 346; 

 characteristics, 327; color, 328; com- 

 parison of native sires with Island- 

 bred, 348; crossing or grading, 332; 

 distribution, 351 ; early maturity, 

 330; families of distinction, 

 339; important foundation sires, 

 346; improvement of, in England, 

 326; improvement of old type, 325; 

 introduction to America, 327; lead- 

 ing imported bulls, 349; leading 

 sires, 347; milk in cheese produc- 

 tion, 338; milk records, 334; or- 

 ganizations promoting, 351 ; origin, 

 324; Polled, 353; prepotency, 332; 

 prices, 349; private butter tests, 335; 

 as producer of milk-fat, 334; as 

 producer of milk, 332; prolificacy 

 and vitality, 331; sires of private- 

 test offspring, 347 ; sires of register- 

 of-merit offspring, 347; size, 329; 

 temperament and disposition, 331; 

 ten leading, in butter-fat tests for 

 one year, 337 



Jersey Red pig, 706 ; characteristics, 707 



Jilt family, 296 



Jockey Club, French, 79 



Johanna family, 375 



Jupiter, 130 



Karakul sheep, 660; characteristics. 

 661 ; crossbred or grade, 662 ; distri- 

 bution, 665; fecundity, 664; fleece, 

 661 ; fur of lamb, 662 ; hardiness, 

 664; introduction to America, 660; 

 market value of furs, 663 ; mutton, 

 663; native home, 660; origin, 660 

 Keillor, Hugh Watson of, 280 

 Kerry cattle, 438; characteristics, 438; 

 crossbreeding, 439; distribution, 440; 

 grazing value, 440; hardy character, 



439; introduction to America, 438; 



maturing characteristics, 439; milk 



producer, 440; native home, 438; 



organizations for promoting, 441 ; 



origin, 438 ; prepotency, 439 

 Kiang, Asiatic Wild ass or, 182 

 Killer, Large Yorkshire pig as, 789 

 Korndyke family, 375 

 Kyloe, 311 



Lactation of goat, period of, 682 



Lady Maynard tribe, 662 



Lady tribe, 211 



Lamb, fur of Karakul, 662 



Lard, or American, type of pig, 683 ; 

 temperament, 687 



Large Black pig, 762; characteristics, 

 762; distribution, 764; as feeder, 

 763 ; as grazer, 763 ; introduction to 

 America, 762 ; native home, 762 ; 

 origin, 762; popularity, 764; pro- 

 lificacy, 764 ; promotion, 765 ; qual- 

 ity of meat, 763 ; size, 763 



Large Yorkshire pig, 782 ; ancestry, 

 782 ; characteristics, 785 ; color, 786 ; 

 crossbreds, 787; distribution, 791; 

 early improvers, 784 ; as feeder, 789 ; 

 as grazer, 789 ; introduction to 

 United States, 784; as killer, 789; 

 maturity, 787; popularity, 790; pro- 

 lificacy, 790 ; reputation of, as bacon 

 producer, 788; size, 786; type, 786 



Lavender tribe, 220 



Legislation protecting purity of cattle 

 on Jersey, 325 



Leicester rams on Cheviot ewes, 

 Border, 626 



Leicester sheep, 618; Border, 624; 

 breeding qualities, 624; character- 

 istics of Border, 625; characteristics 

 of English, 621; crossbred or grade, 

 623; distribution, 627; first improve- 

 ment of, 618; as grazer, 624; intro- 

 duction to America, 620; as mutton 

 producer, 622; native home, 618; 

 organizations in behalf of, 627; 

 origin, 61 8; prices, 626; size, 622; 

 as wool producer, 624 



Leicester Sheep Breeders, Society of 

 Border, 627 



Leonese, 489 



Light harness horse, action, 43 ; arms 

 and forearms, 41 ; body, 41 ; cannons, 

 41; foot, 41; head, 40; hind quar- 

 ters, 42; neck, 40; pasterns, 41; 

 shoulders, 40; type, 40 



