INDEX 



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Limestone Mammoth, 190 



Lincoln sheep, 636; breeding quality, 

 642 ; characteristics, 638 ; crossbred 

 or grade, 640; distribution, 644; as 

 feeder, 640; as grazer, 642; intro- 

 duction to America, 637; native 

 home, 636; origin, 636; prices, 643; 

 promotion, 645; quality of mutton, 

 639; size, 638; as wool producer, 

 642 



Lincolnshire Lad II, 156 



Lockinge Forest King, 158 



Longevity and fecundity of Suffolks, 

 105 



Louis Napoleon, 103 



Lovely tribe, 221 



McCombie, William, 282 



Majorca jack, 184 



Maltese goat, 676 



Maltese jack, 184 



Mambrino family, 52 



Mammoth, 189 



March On family, 267 



Mares, list of famous trotting or pac- 

 ing brood, 56; noteworthy Amer- 

 ican saddle-horse, 38 



Martin's Boxer strain, 161 



Masher family, 404 



Matchem, 20 



Materna family, 405 



Maturity, of Aberdeen-Angus, 287; 

 of Berkshire, 698 ; of Chester White, 

 744; of Duroc- Jersey, 713; early, 

 of American Merino, 505; early, 

 of Ayrshire, 417; early, of Hamp- 

 shire pig, 755; early, of Hereford, 

 262; early, of Jersey, 330; early of 

 Poland-China, 728; early, of Ram- 

 bouillet, 529; early, of Shorthorn, 

 239; early, of Small Yorkshire, 772; 

 early, of Shropshire, 560; of Essex, 

 777;, of French Canadian, 436; of 

 Guernsey, 393 ; of Holstein-Friesian, 

 365; of Kerry, 439; of Tamworth, 



795 



May Rose family, 405 



Meat, quality o'f Cheshire, 768; qual- 

 ity of Essex, 776; quality of Large 

 Black, 763; quality of Mule-Foot, 

 760; quality of Poland-China, 728; 

 quality of Small Yorkshire, 772 



Meat producer, Galloway as, 304; 

 Hereford as, 261 



Meire, Samuel, 554 



Mercury, 130 



Merino, or fine-wool type of sheep, 

 481; A-type, 482; adaptability of 

 American, 505; Aguirre, 491 ; Amer- 

 ican, 488; American, as wool 

 producer, 501; annual drives in 

 Spain, 489 ; Australian, 494 ; Austra- 

 lia's popular type of, 500; B-Type, 

 482; Black-Top Spanish, 513; breed- 

 ing qualities of American, 505 ; 

 breeding, three types, 483; charac- 

 teristics of American, 498; crossbred 

 or grade, 503 ; Delaine, 511 ; distribu- 

 tion, 509; distribution of Delaine, 

 519; early foundation improvers in 

 America, 497; early-maturing qual- 

 ities of American, 505 ; English, 494 ; 

 Escurial, 491 ; exportation from 

 Spain, 492 ; fineness of fiber, 502 ; 

 general conformation, 481 ; German 

 or Silesian, 493 ; Guadaloupe, 491 ; 

 important subtypes of families, 505 ; 

 Infantado, 492 ; introduction to 

 United States, 495; line of demar- 

 cation in, 483 ; mania for, 497 ; 

 maintenance of Delaine or C-type, 

 516; modern type of, in Australia, 

 499 ; the more general characteristics 

 pf, 484; mutton qualities of Amer- 

 ican, 503; mutton value of Delaine 

 or C-type, 517; national Delaine, 

 514 ; native home, 488 ; Negretti, 491 ; 

 origin, 488; origin of Delaine, 511; 

 Paular, 490; promotion, 510; pro- 

 motion of Delaine, 519; reduction of 

 flocks in Spain, 492 ; ratio of fleece 

 to weight of body, 502 ; remark- 

 able prices, 508; Saxon, 493; size 

 of American, 500; some famous 

 rams, 506; Swedish, 493; three 

 classes or types, 481 ; wool, 487, 503 



Merino show-ring victory, a notable 

 American, 507 



Merit, Register of, 336 



Mesohippus, 4 



Messenger, 45 



Methods employed by Belgian govern- 

 ment to encourage horse breeding, 122 



Middle White pigs, 791 



Milch goat, 673; age attained by, 680; 

 fecundity, 682 ; importation to 

 America, 68 1 ; official promotion, 

 682 ; prices, 682 ; weight, 680 



Milk, Aberdeen-Angus as producer of, 

 288; of Ayrshire for cheese-making, 

 422 ; of Ayrshire as producer of, 419 ; 

 Brown Swiss as producer of, 468; 



