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Simmon, 328 — Pineapple, 328 — Plum, 329 — Poplar, 321) — Po- 

 tato, 32i)— Privet or Prim, 330 — Quince, 330 — Radish, 330 — 

 Hiuspberry, 330 — Rhubarb, 331 — Rose, 331— Squash, 331 — 

 StniwlK-rry, 332 — Sugar-cane, 333 — Sumac, 334 — Sweet-potato, 

 3;S4— Tobacco, 335 — Tomato, 335— Violet, 335— Wheat, 33G 



— Willow, 330. 



CHAPTER XIX 



Live-Stock Rules and Records ...... 337-364 



Determining the Age of Farm Animals 337 



Cattle, 337 — Sheep, 338— Swine, 339— Horses, 339. 

 Gestation and Incubation Figures ....... 342 



Number of young at birth. 343 — Number of eggs in brood, 343. 

 Other Characteristics 344 



Average temperatures of farm animals, 344 — The pulse of farm 



animals, 344 — Period of heat, 344 — Quantity of blood in the 



bodies of farm animals, 345. 

 Temperatures for Cold Storage of Animal Products .... 345 

 Advanced Registry 346 



Schedule of charges for supervising records of cows, 348 — Hol- 



stein-Friesian records, 349 — Ayrshire records, 350 — Guernsey 



records, 351 — Jersey records, 354. 

 Fast Horse Records 357 



Trotters, 358 — Pacers, 358 — Fastest records for one mile, 358 



— Fastest records for two miles, 359 — Fastest records for three 

 miles, 359 — Fastest records for four miles, 359 — Fastest records 

 for five miles, 359 — Fastest records for six miles, 359 — For ten 

 miles, 359 — For eighteen miles, 359 — For twenty miles, 360 — 

 For thirty miles, 360 — For thirty-two miles, 360 — For fifty 

 miles, 360 — For one hundred miles, 360 — For decades, 300. 



Profit-find- Loss Figures 360 



Profit or loss in dairy cows, 360 — Profit or loss in fattening 

 steers, 362 — In fattening sheep, 362 — In fattening swine, 362. 



Coic-testing Associations 362 



Apparatus required, 364 — Value of cow-testing associations in 

 Virginia, 364. 



CHAPTER XX 



PoriLTRY 366-382 



Standard Weights of Poultry in Poiinds 366 



Descriptive Score-Card for Standard Poultry 367 



