INDEX 



813 



115; Poland-China, 734; Red Polled, 

 461; Shetland pony, 181; Short- 

 horn, 245; Suffolk sheep, 612; Tarn- 

 worth, 798; West Highland cattle 

 breeders', 316 



Oriental horses, three early, 19 



Origin, of Aberdeen- Angus, 279; of 

 Angora goat, 666; of Black-faced 

 Highland, 651; of Brown Swiss, 

 463 ; of Cheshire, 766 ; of Cheviot, 

 597; of Cleveland Bay, 85; of Cor- 

 riedale, 655 ; of Delaine Merino, 

 511; of Devon, 473; of Dexter, 

 442 ; of Dorset Horn, 586 ; of 

 Duroc- Jersey, 708 ; of Dutch Belted, 

 428; of Dutch cattle, 355; of French 

 Canadian, 434 ; of French Coach, 79 ; 

 of Galloway, 300; of Guernsey, 385; 

 of Hampshire Down sheep, 575; of 

 Hereford, 252 ; of Improved Chester 

 White, 739; of Jersey, 324; of Kara- 

 kul, 660; of Kerry, 438; of Large 

 Black, 762; of Leicester, 618; of 

 Lincoln, 636; of Merino, 488; of 

 Oxford Down, 566; of Percheron, 

 95; of Poland-China, 720; of Polled 

 Hereford, 275; real, of Shire, 149; 

 of Red Polled, 450; of Shorthorn, 

 207; of Shropshire, 551; of Small 

 Yorkshire, 770; of Suffolk, 607; of 

 Thoroughbred, 21 ; of Tunis, 613 ; of 

 West Highland, 311 



Orohippus, 3 



Oxen, Devon, 478; Holstein-Friesian, 

 367 



Oxford Down sheep, 566; character- 

 istics, 568; crossbred or grade, 

 571; distribution, 573; as feeder, 

 570; introduction to America, 568; 

 native home, 566 ; origin, 566 ; prices, 

 572; prolific quality, 572; promo- 

 tion, 574; size, 570; as wool pro- 

 ducer, 572 



Oxford family, 340 



Oxford tribe, 213 



Owl-Interest family, 346 



Pace, 35, 47; interchangeable with 



trot, 48 

 Pacer, American, 44, 46 ; number with 



records, 61 



Pacing brood mares, list of famous, 56 

 Pacing horses, leading sires, 58 

 Pacing standard, 50 

 Packington Blind Horse, 156 

 Park horse, 68 



Pasterns of light harness horse, 41 



Paular Merinos, 490 



Pauline Paul family, 377 



Percheron horse, 95; American asso- 

 ciations for, 116; characteristics, 

 104; color, 106; crossbred or grade, 

 108; deterioration, 100; distribution, 

 114; early type, 99; famous sires, 

 no; futurity shows, 112; geldings, 

 113; improvement of early, 97; 

 improvement of, in France, 102 ; in- 

 troduction to United States, 102 ; 

 leading shows, in; maturing qual- 

 ity, 107; native home, 95; organi- 

 zations for promoting, 115; origin, 

 95; prices, 112; prolificacy, 109; 

 temperament, 107; type of, about 

 1877, 100; weight and height, 106 



Perfection family, 268 



Persian Wild ass, 182 



Picardy, 120 



Pietertje family, 376 



Pig, adaptability of Hampshire, 755; 

 American, or lard, type of, 683 ; an- 

 cestry of Large Yorkshire, 782; 

 bacon, 778; bacon, demand in Am- 

 erica for, 781 ; bacon, weight of, 

 780; Bedford or Bedfordshire, 721; 

 Belted or sheeted, 750; Berkshire, 

 689 ; Berkshire as grazer, 697 ; Berk- 

 shire as source of red, 706 ; Big 

 China, 722; Byfield, 722; character- 

 istics of Berkshire, 694; character- 

 istics of Cheshire, 767; characteristics 

 of Chester White, 741 ; character- 

 istics of Duroc- Jersey, 709; charac- 

 teristics of Essex, 775 ; characteristics 

 of Hampshire, 753 ; characteristics 

 of Large Black, 762 ; characteristics 

 of Large Yorkshire, 785 ; character- 

 istics of Mule-Foot, 759; character- 

 istics of Poland-China, 725; charac- 

 teristics of Small Yorkshire, 771 ; 

 characteristics of Spotted Poland- 

 China, 736 ; characteristics of Tarn- 

 worth, 793; Cheshire, 766; Cheshire 

 as feeder, 768; Cheshire as grazer, 

 769; Chester White, 737; color, 688; 

 color of Hampshire, 754; color of 

 Large Yorkshire, 786; criticisms 

 of Tamworth, 798 ; distribution 

 of Berkshire, 704; distribution 

 of Cheshire, 769 ; distribution pf 

 Chester White, 747; distribution 

 of Duroc- Jersey, 718; distribution 

 of Essex, 777; distribution of 



