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INDEX 



feeder, 544; important early im- 

 provers of, 537; introduction to 

 America, 540; native home, 537; 

 original stock, 537; prices, 548; 

 promotion, 550; quality of mutton, 

 545 ; recent characteristics, 541 ; size, 

 543 ; as wool producer, 548 



Siamese pig, 690 



Signal family, 341 



Silesian, or German, Merinos, 492 



Single foot, 34 



Single-standard Polled Durham, 247 



Sires, American saddle-horse, 38; Ayr- 

 shire, 424; Chester White, 746; 

 Clydesdale, 140; Clydesdale, honor 

 roll of, 144; foundation Belgian, 129; 

 Hampshire, 757; Hereford, 270; 

 Holstein-Friesian, 379; Jersey, 347; 

 Jersey foundation, 346; Jersey, 

 Island-bred compared with native, 

 348 ; of pacing horses, 58 ; Percheron, 

 no; Poland-China, 731; recent 

 Shorthorn, 240; Red Polled, 460; 

 Shetland, 179; Thoroughbred, of 

 winners, 25; of trotting horses, 58 



Size, of American Merino, 500; of 

 American saddle horse, 33 ; of Ayr- 

 shire, 416; of Berkshire, 696; of 

 Black-faced Highland, 653 ; of Brown 

 Swiss, 466; of Cheshire, 767; of 

 Chester White, 742; of Cheviot, 

 600; of Cotswold, 631; of Devon, 

 476; of Dexter, 444; of Dorset 

 Horn, 589; of Duroc- Jersey, 711; 

 of Essex, 776; of Galloway, 304; 

 of Guernsey, 393; of Hampshire 

 Down, 580; of Hampshire pig, 755; 

 of Hereford, 260; of Holstein- 

 Friesian, 363; of Jersey, 329; of 

 Large Black, 763; of Large York- 

 shire, 786; of Leicester, 622; of Lin- 

 coln, 638; of Mule-Foot, 760; of 

 Oxford Down, 570; of Poland- 

 China, 726; of Rambouillet, 526; of 

 Red Polled, 454 ; of Romney Marsh, 

 648; of Shire, 154; of Shorthorn, 

 230; of Shropshire, 557; of Small 

 Yorkshire, 772; of Southdown, 543; 

 of Suffolk sheep, 609 ; of Tamworth, 

 794; of Tunis, 615; of West High- 

 land, 313 



Skin secretions of Guernsey, 392; of 

 mutton-type sheep, 535 



Small White, strains or families, 770 

 Small Yorkshire pig, 770; character- 

 istics, 771; crossbred or grade, 772; 



distribution, 773; early maturity, 

 772; fecundity, 773; as feeder, 772; 

 as grazer, 773 ; introduction to Am- 

 erica, 770; origin, 770; popularity, 

 773; promotion, 773; quality of 

 meat, 772; size, 772 



Sophie i9th of Hood Farm, 333, 338 



Soundness of Hackney, 75; of Shire, 

 156 



Sows, Poland-China, families and 

 foundation, 731 



Spain, annual Merino drives in, 489; 

 exportation of Merinos from, 492 ; 

 important provincial flocks in, 490; 

 reduction of Merino flocks in, 492 ; 

 sheep husbandry in, 488 



Spanish Merino, Black-Top, 513 



Spanish red pigs, 705 



Spanish sheep, two great groups, 489 



Speed records, of French Coacher, 80; 

 of Thoroughbred, 26 



Speed of trotter, 59 



Spicy tribe, 222 



Spotted Poland-China, 736 ; character- 

 istics, 736 



Stallions, important Shire, 156 



Standard, for trotters, 49; for pacers, 

 So 



Standard-bred horse, definition of, 48 ; 

 distribution, 63 ; prices, 61 ; official 

 promotion, 63 



Standard, National, or Victor-Beall 

 Delaines, 515 



Steers, Shorthorn, in show ring, 232 ; 

 grand-champion, 290; prices for 

 Aberdeen- Angus, 298 



Sterility of mule, 192 



Strawberry, or Halnaby, tribe, 216 



Studbook, American French Coach, 

 81 ; Thoroughbred, 30 



Stud fees in Belgium, 124 



Subclasses of heavy harness horses, 

 68 



Suburban handicap records, 28 



Suffolk and Norfolk Red Polled cattle, 

 amalgamation of, 452 



Suffolk horse, 160; characteristics, 162; 

 color, 164; distribution, 166; as 

 draft animal, 166; early history, 

 1 60; fecundity and longevity, 165; 

 foreign blood used to improve, 160,- 

 foundation of pure-bred, 160; grade 

 or crossbred, 165; history of, in 

 America, 161 ; history of modern, 

 161; promotion, 167; native home, 

 1 60; prices, 167 



