INDEX 



Aberdeen Angus cattle, 213; as a dairy 

 cow, 220; characteristics, 217 ; cross- 

 ing or grading, 220; early improvers, 

 214 ; geographical distribution of, 

 224 ; in America, famous, 223 ; intro- 

 duction to America, 216; native 

 home of, 213; organizations, 224; 

 origin, 213; prices brought by, 222. 



Aberdeen Angus steer at International 

 Live Stock Exposition, 222. 



Aberdeen Angus steers, 221 ; prices 

 brought by, 223. 



Aberdeen Angus tribes in favor, 216. 



Action coach horse, 62. 



Aguirre Merinos, 342. 



American Merino, 339 ; as wool pro- 

 ducer, 349; breeding qualities, 351 ; 

 characteristics, 348 ; cross-bred or 

 grade, 350; maturing qualities, 352; 

 mutton qualities, 350 ; show-ring vic- 

 tory, 355 ; size, 349. 



American studbook, 80. 



American Yorkshire Club, 544. 



Anchitherium, 4. 



Angora Goat Breeders' Association, 459. 



Angora goat, description, 456 ; distribu- 

 tion, 459; fleece of, 457 ; introduction 

 to America, 455 ; mutton, 458 ; native 

 home, 455 ; prices, 459 ; prolificacy, 

 459 ; renovator brush land, 458 ; va- 

 rieties, 455. 



Appenzell goat, 462. 



Arab horse, 7 ; characteristics, 12 ; cross- 

 bred, 13 ; families, 9 ; foundation, 

 9; in American history, 10; native 

 home, 8; notable, 12; origin, 8; 

 registration of, 13. 



Arab pony, 148. 



Arab studs in England and America, 1 1. 



Arabian, Darley, 15. 



Ardennais, 113. 



Ass, the, 155; African wild, 155; an- 

 cestry of, 155; Asiatic wild, 155; 

 characteristics, 155 ; to America, in- 

 troduction, 1 60. 



Australian Merinos, 344. 



Ayrshire cattle, 287 ; as beef producers, 

 293 ; as butter cows, 292 ; as milk 



producers, 291 ; characteristics, 289; 

 cross-bred or grade, 294 ; distribution, 

 294 ; early improvers, 288 ; introduc- 

 tion America, 289 ; native home, 287 ; 

 origin, 287 ; size, 291. 

 Ayshire herd milk records, 291 ; in pub- 

 lic tests, 292 ; milk for cheese, 293 ; 

 milk records, 292 ; organizations pro- 

 moting interests, 294. 



Bacon pigs, breeding, 535 ; weight, 



535- 



Bacon type pig, characteristics, 533 ; 

 demand for, 532. 



Bakewell, Robert, improver of Shire, 

 125, 429. 



Bar None (2388), 128. 



Barb, Godolphin, 15. 



Baron's Pride (9122), 118. 



Bates, Thomas, 177. 



Beautiful Bells, 48. 



Beef animal, general appearance of, 

 169; quality of, 173. 



Beef cattle, fleshing of, 174. 



Beef type compared, dual-purpose and, 

 307 ; of cattle, 169. 



Belgian Draft Horse, American Asso- 

 ciation of Importers of, 137 ; char- 

 acteristics of, 137; cross-bred, 139; 

 distribution, 139; exhibitions in 

 United States, 136; history in 

 America, 136. 



Belgian horse, 133. 



Belgium as a horse-breeding country, 

 133; draft-horse shows in, 135; horse- 

 breeding methods in, 134; Official 

 Draft Horse Society of, 133. 



Bellfounder, 37, 66. 



Belted cattle. See Dutch Belted. 



Benedict (10315) 9300, 118. 



Berkshire pig, adaptability to environ- 

 ment, 478 ; as feeder, 479 ; as grazer, 

 479 ; as source red swine, 506 ; boars, 

 476; characteristics, 476; charac- 

 teristics old type, 473; color, 476; 

 cross-bred or grade, 480 ; distribu- 

 tion, 482 ; early improvement, 472 ; 

 early-maturing, 478 ; families, 475 ; 



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