INDEX 



387 



Herders, monthly cost of pro- 

 visions, 205. 

 Herds, size of, 126. 

 Hereford cattle, 93. 

 Higher ranges of the south- 

 west, 43. 

 Hitches, packing-, 368. 



the Basco, 370. 



Hobbled horses, how to ap- 

 proach, 124. 

 Hobbles, how made, 363. 



use of, 362. 



Hogs, branding and ear mark- 

 ing, 112. 



objection to on ranges, 112. 



on the ranges, 111. 

 Hollow horn, 284. 

 Hopples (see hobbles), 362. 

 Horn flies, history of, 320. 

 Horns, buttons on, 167. 



of cattle, telling age by, 167. 



rings upon, 167. 

 Horse, cups in teeth, 169. 



determining age of, 169. 

 Horses, diseases of, 310. 



hard on ranges, 77. 

 Hutchinson, Kansas, 85. 



Indian reservations, charge for 



stock upon, 200, 221. 

 Indians skinning cattle, 123. 

 Insect pests, 320. 

 Iodide of potassium, use of, 287. 



Jack rabbits devoured by coy- 

 otes, .329. 

 Johnson grass, 65. 



Kafir corn poisoning, danger of, 



280. 



Kansas, prairie dogs in, 343- 

 Kemp, description of, 110. 

 Kentucky blue grass, 70. 

 Kyaks, 370, 374. 



Lamb crop, average of, 144. 

 Lamb feeding, 141. 

 Lambing, critical period, 154. 



grounds, 73, 150, 225. 



in tents, 153. 



time of, 149. 

 Lambs, care of, 151. 



castrating, 151. 



docking, 151. 



increase of, 205. 



marking, 151. 



prices paid for, 142. 



weight of, 154. 

 Lampass, cure for, 283. 

 Lands, exchanging use of, 223. 

 Lard, use of, 249, 278, 279. 

 Large cattle outfits, 114. 

 Larkspur, 248. 



eradification of, 265. 



losses from, 264. 



purple, 264. 



symptoms and remedies, 276. 



Larkspur, tall, 264. 

 Lash rope, length of, 374. 

 Leasing of grazing lands, 143. 

 Lime and sulphur dip, 307. 

 Linseed oil, use of, 312. 

 Lip and leg ulceration, symp- 

 toms and remedies, 308. 

 Livestock, diseases of, 282. 



number of, 91. 

 Loading stock on cars, 135. 

 Lobelia, sometimes taken for 



camas, 266. 



Loco, area covered by plant, 

 256. 



remedies, 250, 263, 275. 



silvery, 265. 



symptoms, 260. 



years, 258. 



Locoed animals easily drowned, 

 262. 



horses, peculiarities of, 262. 



mule, story of, 261. 

 Long horn cattle^ 92. 

 Lupine causes bloat, 252. 



dry seeds of deadly, 266. 



elimination of, 266. 



hay, 266. 



identification of, 265. 



poisoning, symptoms and 



remedies, 277. 



Lump jaw (see big jaw), 286. 

 Lynxes, 330. 



Mallein test for glanders, 319. 

 Mallow, red false, 264. 

 Magnesium sulphate, use of, 



275. 

 Mange among horses, 303. 



in cattle, 298. 



Manti National Forest, 210. 

 Marking lambs, 151. 



stock by tattoo process, 182. 

 Marsh, Prof. C. D., 263, 275, 276. 

 Matador Cattle Co., 114. 

 Maximum limits, meaning of, 



217. 

 Meadows, damage of, 230. 



hay, 244. 



reseeding of, 242. 

 Merino foundation desirable, 



106. 



Merino sheep, 104, 106. 

 Mesquite beans, 38. 

 Mexican sheep herders, 203. 

 Milling of cattle, 132. 

 Mistletoe, feeding of, 58. 

 Mohair, length of, 110. 



value of, 110. 



Conk's hood (see aconite), 268. 

 Montana cost of grazing sheep, 

 200. 



herders required, 204. 

 Mormons, 87, 92. 



coming of, 84. 



expedition, 22. 

 Morphine, use of, 278, 313. 



