Index 



537 



Cattle, continued 



weights of, see Weight and Weights. 

 Caul of sheep, 229 

 Cavalry horses, 490 

 Center of beef consumption, 78 



slaughter, 78 

 Centers of production of live stock in U. S., 270 

 Cheese consumption in various countries, 196 



imports and exports, 27 

 Chicago, Bull's Head Stock Yards, 85 

 cattle market, 79-82 



slaughter, 91 

 sources of receipts, 79-80 

 charges for corn, 240, 354 

 hay, 87-8, 240 

 oats, 240 



public inspection of hogs, 354 

 selling cattle and calves, 87-8 

 hogs, 354 

 horses' 477-8 

 sheep and goats, 239-40 

 yardage, cattle, 87 

 hogs, 354 



sheep and goats, 240 

 development of meat packing at, 359 

 early cattle trade, 84 

 hog market, 353-7 



growth of, 353 

 -packing firms, 361 

 slaughter, 361 



and shipments compared, 354-5 

 packing plants, owners of, 91 

 percentages of feeder cattle, 81-2 

 prices, see Prices. 



receipts and sale by seasons, cattle, 81-2 

 hogs, 355 

 sheep, 241-3 

 effect on prices, hogs, 379-80 

 lambs, 265-6 

 of hogs monthly, 355 

 record receipts of hogs, 353 

 sale of feeder cattle by seasons, 106 

 sheep by seasons, 242 

 see Market, Markets, and Union Stock 



Yards, 

 sheep market, 239-43 



slaughter, 239, 241-2 

 weights, monthly averages, cattle, 80-1 

 hogs, 356-7 

 sheep, 240 

 Chitterlings, 350 

 Chunk horses, 482-3 



Cincinnati, early hog packing at, 358-9, 360 

 prices for hogs in early times, 358 

 shipments of cured pork, 359 

 Class, market, definition of, 119 

 Classes and grades of carcasses, beef and veal, 57-8 

 hogs, 341-3 

 mutton and lamb, 

 233 

 see Market classes and grades, 

 of Merinos, 285-7 

 sheep, 215-6 

 Classification by ages for showing, cattle, 31-2 

 hogs, 315-6 

 horses, 400-1 

 sheep, 217 

 of fine-wool sheep, 285-7 

 see Market classes, 

 types and breeds, cattle, 30 

 hogs, 315 

 horses, 431 

 sheep, 216 

 wools, 292-300 

 Clothing and combing wools, 290, 294-5 

 Coach horses, 488 

 Cob horses, 488 

 Cocked ankles, 527 

 Colostrum, 187 

 Colt, definition of, 400 

 Combing and clothing wools, 290, 294-5 

 Commission charges, Chicago, for selling — 

 cattle and calves, 88 

 hogs, 354 



sheep and goats, 239-40 

 Commission firms, 87, 89 



Community and cooperative breeding, 154 



Conestoga horses, 427-8 



Contracted feet, 527 



Cooperation in live-stock marketing, 88-9 



Cooperative breeding, 154 



bull associations, 197-8 

 commission companies, 89 

 marketing of wool, 308-10 

 shipping associations, 88-9 



Corn and hogs, 351, 355-6, 381 2, 386-8, 390-1, 



closely related, 386-8 

 as a feed for farm animals, 23-4 

 beef, 90 



-belt live-stock industry, 24-5 

 charges for, at Chicago market, 354 

 uses of, 386-8 

 Corns, 527 



Cotton-belt live-stock industry, 25 

 Cotton mules, 519 

 Cough, chronic, 527 

 Country hides, cattle, 65 

 Cow, definition of, 30 



-testing associations, 197 



study of records of, 188-90 

 Cows, fat, on the market, 128-9 



seasons of heavy slaughter, 129 

 see Beef cows and Dairy cows, 

 stock, 137 

 Cracked heels, 527-8 

 Cripple carts, 373 

 Crippled hogs, 373 



Crops, percentages fed to farm animals, 21 

 Crossbred, definition of, 151 

 Cumberland side, 342-3 

 Curb, 528 



Cured pork, advantages to hog producer, 345, 350 

 demand for, in early times, 382 

 early shipments of, 359 

 products, 345-7 



value of, produced in U. S. 347 

 Cuts of beef, 58-60 



mutton and lamb, 234-5 

 pork, 343-5 

 Cutter carcasses, 57 

 Cutters, 130-1 

 Cutters and canners, 130-1 

 Dairy breeds, 30 



differences in milk of, 185 

 bull, importance of a good, 201-4 

 selection of a, 201-5 

 should be a good individual, 204-5 



from tested ancestry, 201-5 

 type desired in, 176-9 

 cattle breeding, 195-205 



center of production in U. S., 270 

 cow, type desired in, 163-76 

 cows, average yield of milk in seven coun- 

 tries, 188 

 cost of feed as related to production 



and income, 189-90 

 long-distance records made by, 190-1 

 methods of judging, 163-4 

 notable tests of, 189, 190-1 

 number, value, and distribution in 



U. S., 195 

 records made by breed champions in 



U. S., 190-1 

 relation of production to net income, 



188-9 

 scrubs, records of production, 199-201 

 testing, value of, 196-7 

 value of records in breeding, 196-7 

 variations in usefulness of, 188-94 

 farming, advantages of, 205 



conditions suitable to, 196 

 steers for beef, 70-7 



why lacking thick flesh, 74-7 

 temperament, 174 

 type, definition of, 28 



description of, 163-79 

 Deacons, 132 



Dead animals, numbers removed from carsat 

 Chicago, 374 

 hogs, 373-4 

 sheep, 262 



