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Index 



Breeding beef cattle, conditions suitable to, 149 

 in U. S., 147-9 

 bucks, on market, 261 

 community, 154 

 cooperative, 154 

 ewes, on market, 259-61 

 for milk production, 195-205 

 the market, cattle, 145-62 

 hogs, 381-98 

 horses, 494-506 

 sheep, 267-78 

 good, essential in baby beef production, 

 100 

 importance of, 150-3 

 sheep class, 259-61 



conditions suitable to, 270-1 

 Breeds of beef cattle, internal fat of, 74 

 cattle, 29-30 



numbers in U. S., 30 

 dairy cows, differences in milk of, 185 

 hogs, 314-5 



numbers in U. S., 314-5 

 horses, 431 



numbers in U. S., 431 

 origin of, 424-31 

 jacks, 507 

 sheep, 215-6 



classes and grades of wo'il of, 299 

 numbers in U. S., 216 

 Broken wind, 526 

 Brood mares, selection of, 503 



working, 497-8 

 Buck, definition of, 217 



knees, 533 

 Bucks and stags, 254 



breeding, on the market, 261 

 Bull, age to begin using, 159 

 association, the, 197-8 

 definition of, 30 

 see Beef bull and Dairy bull. 

 Bulls and stags, on the market, 129 

 bologna, 130 

 butcher, 129 

 feeder, 137 

 Bull's Head Stock Yards, Chicago, 85 

 Butcher bulls, 129 



cattle, 127-9 

 cows, 128-9 

 heifers, 127-8 

 hogs, 367-8 



spread in price of, 377-8 

 Butter consumption in various countries, 195 6 



imports and exports, 27 

 Buyers at live-stock markets, 87 

 By-products from slaughtering — 

 cattle, 63-9 

 hogs, 348-50 



in early times, 360-1 

 sheep, 235-7 



Cab horses, 489 



Calf and cattle slaughter compared with other 

 slaughter, 335 

 crops of various states, 148-9 

 definition of, 30 

 Calves, charges for selling at Chicago, 88 

 losses of, 148-9 

 manner of dressing, 48 

 number, value, and weight at Chicago, 79 

 prices of, at Chicago, 140-1 

 see Cattle and Veal calves, 

 stocker and feeder, 136 

 yearlings, and older cattle, for feeding, 

 110-3 

 Canada, live-stock industry of, 25 



number of hogs packed annually, 362 

 Canner carcasses, 57 

 cattle, 131 

 sheep, 262 

 Canter described, 462 

 Capped elbow, 526 



hock, 526 

 Car routes of packing companies, 92 

 Carcass, bacon hog, 342-3 

 beef, 47-62 



see Beef carcass. 



Carcass, eonlinued 



classes and grades, beef and veal, 57-8 

 hog, 341-3 

 sheep and lamb, 233 

 goat, 233 

 hag, 335-51 



see Hog carcass, 

 sheep or lamb, 228-38 

 see Mutton carcass, 

 weights, beef, 53 



hog, 341, 342 

 lamb, 230, 233 

 sheep, 230, 233 

 veal, 58 

 Carding wools, 290 



Carloads, number of animals per car, 80 

 Carpet wool, 292 

 Carriage, evolution of, 426 

 horse class, 488-9 



in America, 429-30 

 origin and development of, 426-7 

 type, description of, 447-52 

 Casings for sausage, 237 

 Castration, best age for calves, 30 

 colts, 400 

 lambs, 217 

 pigs, 315 

 of lambs, importance of, 251-3 

 Cataract, 527 

 Cattle, advantages of, on farm, 28 



and calf slaughter compared with other 



slaughter, 335 

 average value in U. S., 145 

 beef, see Beef cattle, 

 breeding in West, status in various states 



155-6 

 by-products, 63-9 



effect on live prices, 66-7 

 value of, 64-6 

 centers of production in U. S., 270 

 Chicago, percentage slaughtered, 81-2 

 commission charges for selling at Chicago, 



88 

 dairy, see Dairy cattle, 

 dressing percentage of, 48-9 

 dual-purpose, see Dual-purpose, 

 early, 96-7 

 fashions in, 96-105 



feeder, see Feeder cattle and Feeder steers, 

 feeding, advantages of, 117-8 

 margin in, 110 

 source of profit in, 109-10 

 fill at market, 80 



general market terms applied to, 120-2 

 grassers and fed, 121-2 

 hides, prices, 65 



value affected by branding, 121 

 value of, 64-5 

 imports and exports, 27 

 market classes of, 119-44 



receipts, 79 

 marketing by seasons, 81-2 

 markets, American, 78-95 



see Markets, 

 native and western, 120-1 

 number, value, and distribution in U. S., 

 145-7 

 weight at Chicago, 79 

 numbers in leading countries, 145 



U. S., 145-7 

 offal, 48 



percentage passing through central mar- 

 kets, 78 

 prices, see Prices, 

 quarantine of, at markets, 94 

 seasonal variations in marketing, at Chi- 

 cago, 81-2 

 see Beef cattle. Bull, Calves, Cow, Dairy 



cattle, and Steer, 

 shipments by rail, early, 83 



early methods, 82-3 

 shrinkage in transit, 80 

 slaughter, see Slaughter and Slaughtering, 

 terms, definition of, 30-1 

 ticks and Texas fever, 94 

 types of, 28-9 



