INDEX 



559 



Jack, Catalonian, 157; height for, 159; 

 Majorca, 158; Maltese, 156; Poitou, 

 158. 



Jacks and jennets, American Breeders' 

 Association, 160 ; high prices for, 160. 



Jeffries, Thomas, 204. 



Jennets, American Breeders' Associa- 

 tion of Jacks and, 160. 



Jersey bulls siring tested daughters, 

 261. 



Jersey cattle, 249; as beef producers, 

 259; as milk-fat producers, 255; as 

 producers of milk, 258 ; butter rec- 

 ords, notable, 256; characteristics, 

 252; distribution, 262; early matur- 

 ity, 262 ; for crossing and grading, 

 259 ; importation to America, 252 ; in 

 England, improvement, 251 ; native 

 home, 249 ; organizations for promot- 

 ing, 263 ; origin, 249 ; prices for, 261 ; 

 reproductive power, 262 ; size, 255. 



Jersey families of distinction, 260 ; 

 island, purity cattle on, 250 ; milk 

 for cheese making, 258 ; type, im- 

 provement old, 250. 



Jersey Red pig. See Duroc-Jersey. 



John Bull (1169), 127. 



Justin Morgan, 39. 



Keheilan, 9. 



Keheilet, 9, 10. 



Kent sheep, early type, 450; in 

 America, 451 ; modern type, 451 ; 

 native home, 450. 



Kerry cattle, 303 ; as beef producer, 

 305 ; as milk producer, 304 ; char- 

 acteristics, 303; distribution, 306; 

 hardy character, 305 ; in cross-breed- 

 ing, 306 ; maturing characteristics, 

 305 ; native home, 303 ; organiza- 

 tion, 306 ; size, 304 ; true, 303. 



Langensalzaer goat, 462. 



Large white pig, 536. 



Large Yorkshire pig, ancestry, 536 ; as 

 a bacon producer, 541 ; as feeders, 

 542 ; characteristics, 538 ; cross-breds, 

 540 ; distribution, 543 ; early improv- 

 ers, 538 ; early-maturing, 540 ; intro- 

 duction to America, 543 ; popularity 

 in United States, 543; prolificacy, 

 542; size, 539; slaughter test, 541. 



Leicester sheep as grazer, 434 ; Bake- 

 well type, 431; Border type, 435; 

 breeding qualities, 434 ; characteris- 

 tics Border, 436 ; cross-bred Cheviot- 

 Border, 436 ; cross-bred or grade, 432 ; 

 distribution, 434 ; for mutton, 432 ; 



for wool, 433 ! improvement, 429 ; 

 in America, Border, 436; introduc- 

 tion to America, 430 ; native home, 

 429 ; origin, 429 ; organizations to 

 promote, 435; organization to pro- 

 mote Border, 436 ; popularity, 434 ; 

 size, 432. 



Lincoln sheep as grazers, 446 ; breeders 

 and improvers of, 448 ; breeding 

 quality, 447 ; characteristics, 444 ; 

 cross-bred or grade, 446 ; distribution, 

 448 ; for mutton, 445 ; for wool, 446 ; 

 introduction America, 443 ; native 

 home, 443 > organizations to promote, 

 448 ; origin, 443 ; prices for, 449 ; size, 

 445 ; Lincolnshire Lad II (1365), 127. 



McCombie, William, 214. 



Maltese goat, 460. 



Mambrino Chief, 38 ; family, 38. 



Man and prehistoric horse, 6. 



Martin's Boxer strain, 141. 



Matchem, 16. 



Merino sheep, Aguirre, 342 ; American, 

 339 ; as wool producer, American, 349 ; 

 Australian, 344 ; Black Top Spanish, 

 361 ; breeding qualities American, 

 351; characteristics, 335, 348; Class 

 A, 333 ; Class B, 334 ; Class C, 334 ; 

 conformation, 333; cross-bred or 

 grade American, 350; Delaine, 357; 

 distribution, 352 ; drives in Spain, an- 

 nual, 340 ; early improvers, 346 ; Eng- 

 lish, 344 ; Escurial, 342 ; exportation 

 from Spain, 343 ; fiber, fineness, 350 ; 

 fleece to body, relationship weight, 

 349 ; German or Silesian, 343 ; Gua- 

 dalupe, 342 ; Improved Black Top, 

 362 ; Infantado, 342 ; introduction to 

 United States, 344 ; mania for, 346 ; 

 maturing qualities, American, 352 ; 

 mutton qualities, American, 350; 

 native home, 339 ; Negrette, 342 ; 

 organizations to promote, 352 ; origin, 

 343 ; origin, Delaine, 357 ; Paular, 

 341 ; Rambouillets or French, 344 ; 

 rams, famous, 353 ; Saxon, 343 ; size, 

 American, 349; show-ring victory, 

 355 ; Swedish, 343 ; three classes, 

 333; type, 333; wool, 338; prices 

 for, 354 ; subtypes or families, 355 ; 

 use of three classes, 335. 



Mesohippus, 3. 



Messenger, 37. 



Middle White or Middle Yorkshire 

 swine, 544. 



Middle Yorkshire or Middle White 

 swine, 544. 



