INDEX 



817 



fine-wool type, 481 ; modern type of 

 Romney Marsh, 647; mutton type, 

 533; native home of Lincoln, 636; 

 native home of Shropshire, 551 ; 

 native home of Southdown, 537; of- 

 ficial promotion of Corriedale, 659; 

 official promotion of Shropshire, 

 564; organizations promoting Lin- 

 coln, 645 ; origin of Corriedale, 655 ; 

 original stock of Southdown, 537; 

 Oxford Down, 566; prices for 

 Cheviot, 604; prices for Corriedale, 

 659; prices for Cotswold, 635; prices 

 for Hampshire Down, 583 ; prices 

 for Oxford Down, 572; prices for 

 Rambouillet, 530; prices for Shrop- 

 shire, 562; prices for Southdown, 

 548; prices for Suffolk, 611; prolifi- 

 cacy of Dorset Horn, 592 ; promotion 

 of Cotswold, 635; promotion of 

 Delaine Merino, 519; promotion of 

 Merino, 510; promotion of Oxford 

 Down, 574; promotion of Rambou- 

 illet, 532; promotion of Romney 

 Marsh, 650; Rambouillet, 520; 

 Romney Marsh, 646; Shropshire, 

 55i; size of Black-faced Highland, 

 653; size of Cheviot, 600; size of 

 Cotswold, 631 ; size of Dorset Horn, 

 589; size of Hampshire Down, 580; 

 size of Leicester, 622; size of Lin- 

 coln, 638; size of Oxford Down, 

 S7o; size of Rambouillet, 526; size 

 of Romney Marsh, 648; size of 

 Shropshire, 557; size of Southdown, 

 543; size of Suffolk, 609; size of 

 Tunis, 615; Southdown, 537; Suf- 

 folk, 607; Tunis, 613; two great 

 groups of Spanish, 489; weight of 

 Corriedale, 658 



Sheeted pig, 750 



Shelter for Angora goat, 671 



Shetland pony, 175; ancestry, 175; 

 characteristics, 177; coat of hair, 

 177; color, 177; distribution, 181 ; 

 hardy nature, 179; height, 178; im- 

 provement, 178; native home, 175; 

 notable^ sires, 179; organizations for 

 promoting, 181 ; prices, 181 ; type, 

 1 75, -i 76; use of, in America, 178; 

 value for draft purposes, 179 



Shire horse, 148; action, 153; asso- 

 ciations to promote, 159; character- 

 istics, 152; color, 154; crossbred or 

 grade, 155; different varieties, 151; 

 distribution, 158; hairy legs, 153; 



important stallions, 156; importa- 

 tion to America, 152 ; improved by 

 Robert Bakewell, 149; modern, 151; 

 old-fashioned type, 150; prices, 158; 

 real origin, 149; size, 154; sound- 

 ness, 156; special field, 155; special 

 region in England for breeding, 148; 

 temperament, 155; very early his- 

 tory, 148 



Shorthorn cattle, 207; adaptability, 

 239; as beef producers, 231; breed- 

 ers, less prominent early English, 

 217; characteristics, 225; color, 229; 

 dairy point of view, 235; develop- 

 ment of, in Scotland, 217; dis- 

 tinguished early improvers, 208; 

 distribution of Polled, 250; double- 

 standard Polled, 247 ; early matur- 

 ity, 239 ; famous recent, 241 ; first 

 importation to America, 224; 

 geographical distribution, 244 ; 

 important butter-fat records, 238; 

 important milk records, 237; im- 

 portant requirements for registering 

 Polled, 249 ; importance of, in grad- 

 ing and crossing, 234; native home, 

 207; notable recent sires, 240; offi- 

 cial public-dairy tests, 235 ; organi- 

 zations promoting, 245; origin, 207; 

 origin of Polled, 247 ; Polled, 247 ; 

 popularity of Polled, 249; pre- 

 potency of Polled, 249 ; prolificacy, 

 240; promotion of interests of 

 Polled, 251; size, 230; in show ring, 

 232; temperament, 239; prices, 241; 

 prices for Polled, 250 



Shoulders of light harness horse, 40 



Shows, of draft horse in Belgium, 132 ; 

 leading Percheron, in; Percheron 

 futurity, 112 



Shropshire sheep, 551 ; characteristics, 

 556; constitutional vigor, 560; cross- 

 bred or grade, 559; distribution, 

 563; early-maturing qualities, 560; 

 fecundity, 560; as grazer, 559; in- 

 troduction to America, 555; native 

 home, 551; official promotion, 564; 

 origin, 551 ; prices, 562 ; rank as 

 mutton, 558; size, 557; two early 

 prominent improvers, 554; as wool 

 producer, 561 



Southdown sheep, 537; adaptability, 

 547; breeding, by English nobility, 

 539; breeding qualities, 547; char- 

 acteristics of early, 540; crossbred 

 or grade, 546; distribution, 550; as 



