INDEX 



389 



Quick sand, 123. 

 Quinine bush, 61. 

 Quirts, 119, 361. 



Rambouillet sheep, 106. 

 Rams (see bucks), 155. 

 Range, conditions past and 

 present, 116 



horses, 97. 



methods, 124. 



wars, 27. 

 Ranges, carrying capacity, 232. 



close grazing of, 236. 



rotation system, 238. 

 Rattlesnakes in prairie dog 



holes, 340. 



Reclamation service, 210. 

 T?ed desert, the, 61, 143. 

 Red-top grass, 242. 

 Reseeding, harrowing land, 243. 



ranges, 238. 



use of sheep in, 243. 

 Restoring original conditions, 



235. 



Riatas, 119. 

 Roosevelt dam, 210. 

 Rope, how to use, 360. 



on saddle, 360. 



tied to horn, 361. 

 Rotation system, 238. 

 Round-up herds, size of, 126. 



outfit, work of, 124. 

 Rubber weed, 269. 

 Running irons, 198. 

 Russian thistle, 63. 

 Rye grass, 242. 



wild, 270. 



Sacaton, 54. 



Saddle blankets, 359. 



horse, gaiting, 350. 



horses, gaits of, 349. 



history of American, 354. 



how to mount, 351. 



selection of, 350. 



sore backed, 360. 



tricks in riding, 353. 

 Saddles, double rigged, 356. 



McClellan, 355. 



pack, 365. 



Texas, 356. 



types of, 348, 355. 

 Sages, 57. 

 Salt and sulphur for stock, 174. 



danger of using, 175. 



hungry stock, 177. 



kind to use, 174. 



lakes, 175. 



licks, 174. 



lick, making of, 176. 



petre, drench, 315. 



petre, use of, 28. 



rock, making sore tongues, 



rock vs. fine, 175. 

 sage, 57, 63. 



Salting stock, 174, 178. 

 Sample attack, 28. 

 Santa Fe, railroad, old trails 

 along, 229. 



trail, 230. 



San Joaquin Plains, 72. 

 Scabies, dipping cattle for, 300. 



in cattle, 298. 



spraying cattle for, 301. 

 Scents, how made, 337. 

 Screw worms, danger from, 321. 



flies, 321. 

 Scrub oak, 268. 



injurious to cattle, 61. 



stock losses from, 268. 

 Seeds, how to test, 244. 

 Service berry, 65. 

 Settlers, majority cattle rais- 

 ers, 216. 



second attack on arid re- 

 gion, 85. 



Sex, keeping track of in brand- 

 ing, 184. 



Shad scale, 57, 63. 

 Shearing, blankets for sheep 

 after, 147. 



time of, 147. 



Sheep, average weight of 

 fleece, 205. 



bedding down at night, 158. 



coarse wooled, 106. 



cost of raising, 203, 205. 



cost of running, 206. 



deterioration of, 201. 



determining age of, 172. 



dipping, cost of, 307. 



dips, for killing screw 

 worms, 322. 



diseases of, 304. 



double profit from, 144. 



first in United States, 100. 



goats used in loading, 156. 



grazing, value of, 214. 



herders, average number of 

 sheep to each, 205. 



herders, wages paid, 204. 



herder, work of, 150. 



increased cost of production, 

 143. 



in fenced enclosures, 160. 



loading in cars, 156. 



loss from bloat, 253. 



maintenance cost, 206. 



men, advent of 26. 



men, find fault, 211. 



on range, handling of, 140. 



open wooled, 107, 140. 



percentage of increase, 144, 

 211. 



ranch, investment for, 202. 



report of Tariff Board, 203. 



scab among, 304. 



scab, dipping for, 306. 



scab, doctoring for, 306. 



scab, in Bible, 305. 



scab, remedies, 306. 



