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INDEX 



Blood, 18. 



circulation of, 18. 

 Bone of horses, 115. 

 Bowed tendons, 43. 

 Breaking down, 42. 

 Breed, 36. 



the best, 36. 

 Breed character, 35 



factors determining, 36. 



objectionable features, 37. 

 Breeds, 147. 



horses, 147. 



cattle, 217. 



sheep, 252. 



swine, 285. 



Breeders, classes of, 3. 

 Breeding, definition, 4. 



for improvement, 4. 

 Breeding, 109. 



influence on way of going, 109. 



influence of, 181. 

 Breeding classes, 311. 



horses, 311. 



beef cattle, 311. 



dairy cattle, 314. 



sheep, 316. 



swine, 316. 

 Breeding stock, 297. 



selection, 297. 



sire, 297. 



dam, 297. 



prepotency, 298. 



masculinity, 302. 



femininity, 302. 



form, 303. 



constitution, 303. 



substance, 305. 

 Brown Swiss, 231. 



Canter, 105. 



Carcass cuts, beef, 183. 



mutton, 242. 



pork, 271. 

 Cattle, 182. 



breeds, 217. 

 Character, 34-35. 



breed, 35. 



sex, 35. 

 Chester White, 289, 



Cheviot, 259. 

 Chunk, 128. 

 Classes of horses, 113. 

 Clydesdale, 151. 

 Coach horse, 129. 

 Cob, 132. 

 Color, 56. 



significance of, 56. 



classification of, 57. 

 Combination horse, 140. 

 Comparison, 86. 

 Condition, 33. 



beef cattle, 191. 



dairy cow, 210. 



mutton sheep, 245. 



fat hog, 277. 



bacon hog, 282. 

 Conformation, 32. 



influence on way of going, 108. 



beef cattle, 190. 



dairy cow, 204. 



mutton sheep, 244. 



wool sheep, 248. 



fat hog, 274. 



bacon hog, 279. 

 Constitution, 33. 



breeding stock, 303. 

 Contraction of heels, 40. 

 Contraction of soles, 40. 

 Correlation, 58. 



law of, 58. 



of form and function, 58. 



of parts, 59. 

 Cotswold, 263. 

 Cross firing, 112. 

 Curb, 42. 



Dairy cattle, 197. 



production, 197. 



form and function, 197. 



manner of showing, 321. 

 Dairy cow, 198. 



reproduction, 198. 



temperament, 198-211. 



feeding capacity, 199. 



constitution, 199-210. 



udder, 199-205. 



type, 201. 



conformation, 204, 



