556 



INDEX 



fecundity and prolificacy, 481 ; foun- 

 dation stock, 472; improvers early, 

 473 ; improvers, modern, 474 ; in 

 Poland-China evolution, 486; intro- 

 duction to America, 474 ; native 

 home, 472 ; organizations for pro- 

 moting, 482 ; pork, 480 ; prepotency, 

 482; prices, 483; size, 477; style 

 and finish, 482. 



Big China pig, 485. 



Black Faced Highland sheep, charac- 

 teristics, 453; cross-bred or grade, 

 454 ; distribution, 454 ; introduction 

 in America, 453 ; native home, 452 ; 

 origin, 452 ; special field in America 

 for, 454 ; special value, 453. 



Black Top Merino, characteristics, 362 ; 

 Spanish Merino, 361. 



Blake strain, 140. 



Blythwood Conqueror (14997), 128. 



Books, miscellaneous live-stock, 554; 

 on cattle, reference, 332 ; on horse, 

 reference, 167; on pigs, 554; on 

 sheep and goats, 466. 



Booth family, 1 78. 



Border Leicester sheep, 435 ; charac- 

 teristics, 436 ; in America, 436 ; or- 

 ganization to promote, 436; rams 

 on Cheviot ewes, 436. 



Boulonnais, in. 



Breton, 112. 



Brienz 168, dairy test, 329. 



British home Hackney, early, 63. 



Bronchos, 148. 



Broomfield Champion (95), 116. 



Brown Swiss cattle, 326; adaptability, 

 330; as beef producers, 330; Breed- 

 ers' Association, American, 331 ; 

 characteristics, 327 ; dairy qualities, 

 328 ; distribution, 330 ; in crossing 

 or grading, 331 ; in United States, 

 introduction, 326; native home, 

 326; origin, 326; size, 328. 



Bury Chief Victor (11105), 128. 



Byerly Turk, 15. 



Byfield pig, 484. 



Canadian cattle. See French Canadian. 



Cheshire pig as a feeder, 516; as a 

 grazer, 517; Breeders' Association, 

 517; characteristics, 515; cross-bred 

 or grade, 516; distribution, 517; fe- 

 cundity, 517; meat, 516; native home, 

 514; origin, 514; popularity, 517; size, 



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Chester White pig as feeder, 501 ; as 

 grazer, 503 ; breeding qualities, 502 ; 

 characteristics, 500; cross-bred or 



grade, 502 ; distribution, 503 ; meat 

 of, 503 ; organizations to promote, 

 503 ; origin Improved, 497 ; origin 

 Ohio Improved, 499 ; original type, 

 497 ; prices paid for, 504 ; size, 500. 



Cheviot sheep as grazer, 417; charac- 

 teristics, 416; cross-bred or grade, 

 418; distribution, 419; for mutton, 

 417; for wool, 418; hardiness, 418; 

 introduction to United States, 416; 

 native home, 415; on range, 419; 

 organizations to promote, 420 ; origin, 

 415; prices for, 420; prolific charac- 

 ter, 418; size, 417. 



Clay family, 41. 



Cleveland Bay horse, 86; as a breed, 

 purity, 87 ; as roadster, 90 ; charac- 

 teristics, 89 ; distribution, 90 ; early 

 purpose, 87 ; half-bred or grade, 90 ; 

 in America, 88 ; native home, 86 ; 

 origin, 86 ; studbooks, 90. 



Clyde, alias Glancer (153), 116. 



Clydesdale horse, 114; as a breed, 

 distribution, 122; breeders' associa- 

 tions, 122; characteristics, 118 ; criti- 

 cisms of, 123; early history, 114; 

 half-bred or grade, 1 23 ; high prices 

 for, 123; introduction to America, 

 120; of merit in America, 121; ori- 

 gin modern, 114; sires, important, 

 115, 118; to United States, promi- 

 nent introducers of, 122 ; use English 

 blood on, 115. 



Coach horse, action, 62 ; sub-classes, 62. 



Coates^s Herdbook, 195. 



Colling brothers, 176. 



Cotswold sheep, ancestry, 437 ; as 

 feeder, 440 ; as grazer, 441 ; breeding 

 qualities, 441; characteristics, 439; 

 distribution, 442 ; for crossing and 

 grading, 441 ; for mutton, 440 ; for 

 wool, 442 ; introduction to America, 

 438 ; native home, 437 ; organizations 

 for promoting, 442 ; origin name, 437 ; 

 size, 440. 



Cruickshank, Amos, 179. 



Dairy type compared, dual-purpose and, 

 307 ; of cattle, 243 ; quality of, 248. 



Darley, Arabian, 15. 



Darnley (222), 117. 



Dartmoor ponies, New Forest and, 148. 



Davy, John Tanner, 320. 



Delaine, type, maintenance, 362. 



Delaine, word, 357. 



Delaine Merino, 357 ; adaptability of, 

 364 ; as a feeder, 364 ; breeding qual- 

 ity, 364 ; cross-bred or grade, 364 ; 



