538 



Index 



Dehorned cattle, advantages for feeding, 114 



definition of, 31 

 Delivery wagon horses, 485 

 Depilatory, 301 



Dew claws of calves, age when hardened, 132 

 Dipping live stock at markets, 94 

 Docking lambs, best age for, 217 



or shrinking weights of hogs at markets, 

 357-8 

 Draft horse in America, 429 

 mare, selection of, 503 

 mules, 520-1 

 stallion, selection of, 504 

 type, advantages of, to farmer, 499-500 

 description of, 432-46 

 origin of, 625-6 

 weight for age, 446 

 Dressing calves, 48 



percentage, average of — 

 calves, 48 

 cattle. 48 

 hogs, 337-8 

 sheep and lambs. 230 

 of calves, 48, 132 



cattle, 47-9, 122, 127, 130 

 hogs, 337-8 

 sheep, 230 

 see Slaughter and Slaughtering. 

 Dry-salt meats, 346-7 

 Dual-purpose breeds, 30 



cattle, profits from, 209-11 



utility of, 206-8 

 type, definition of, 28 



description of, 208-9 

 Dyeing woolen goods, 291 



Early maturity, demand for, in cattle, 98 

 Eastern chunks, 482 



Eastman, Timothy C, early beef exports by, 92 

 Eckles, C. H., investigation of variation in milk 



production, 191-3 

 English meats, 347 

 Escutcheon of dairy cattle, 173 

 Ewe, definition of, 217 



mutton breeding, type desired in, 275-7 

 Ewes, age to breed, 275 



ages most desired for breeding, 259-60 

 fat, 254 

 feeder, 259 



number to breed to one ram, 275 

 Export buyers, 87 

 mules, 522 

 Exports and imports, beef and veal, 146 

 beef, 27, 92 

 cattle, 27 

 dairy products, 27 

 mutton, 269 

 pork and lard, 383-4 

 products, 362-4 

 principal meat-export countries, 24 

 wools, 304-5 

 Express horses, 483-5 



Farm animals as producers of human food, 312-3 

 functions of, 21 



numbers and values in U. S., 22-3 

 see Live stock. 

 Farm chunks, 482-3 



crops, percentages fed to live stock, 21 

 mules, 520 

 Farming, live-stock, advantages of, 21-2 



vs. grain, 19-20 

 Fashions in market cattle, 96-105 

 Fat, color of, in beef, 55-6 



cows on the market, 128-9 



effects of, in appearance of horse, 444 



heifers on the market, 127-8 



internal, in steers of different breeds, 74 



steer class, 122-7 



storage by hogs and other animals, 339 



in bodies of cattle, 50-2 

 thickness of, in beef carcass, 54-5 

 Fatness, effect of feed on, in steers, 42-4 

 Fats of cattle, 65-6 

 Fed cattle, 121-2 



when marketed in large numbers, 121-2 

 lambs, 247-8 



Fed, eontinu*d 



western cattle, 121 

 Federal inspection for disease, 93-4 



regulations for shipping hogs from markets, 

 371-2 

 Feed, charges for, at Chicago, 87-8 



costs for horses at Chicago, 477 

 effect on composition of milk, 193-4 

 required for gains in hogs, 392 

 steers, 55 

 Feeder, bulls, 137 

 calves, 136 



cattle, age as a factor in selecting, 110-3 

 classes and grades of, 133-7 

 demands and prices by seasons, 108 

 how they differ from stockers, 133-4 

 markets, where located, 107 

 movement and prices, 106-8 

 numbers shipped from leading 



markets, 107 

 percentages at Chicago, 81-2 

 sale of, by seasons, 106 

 sorting of, 107-8 

 where bought, 106-7 

 ewes, 259 

 horses, 491 



lambs, weights of, 256-7 

 pig markets, 371-2 

 pigs, 371-2 

 sheep and lambs, 255-9 



markets in U. S.. 243 

 percentage of total at 



Chicago, 242 

 sale by seasons, 242, 255 

 steers, 134-5 



selection of, 106-18 

 wethers, 259 

 Feeding cattle, see Cattle feeding. 

 Feeds, fertilizing value of, 21 

 Feet, contracted, 527 

 Fill at markets, cattle, 80 



hogs, 354-5 

 sheep, 240 

 Filly, definition of, 400 

 Fine-wool sheep, breeds of, 216 



type, description of, 279-87 

 Fire horses, 487-8 

 Fistula, 528 



Five-gaited saddle horse, 461-5 

 Fleece of fine-wool sheep, 283-7 

 mutton sheep, 222-6 

 see Wool, 

 tying, 307 

 Fleeces, buck, 307 



cotted or matted, 307 

 grading, 294-300 

 of breeding ewes, 261 

 feeder lambs, 258 

 Flesh, effect of feed on, in hogs, 327-8, 331 

 steers, 42-4 

 thickness of, in beef carcass, 53-5 

 why dairy steer lacks, 74-7 

 Fleshing, natural, in feeder steers, 115 

 Foal, definition of, 400 

 Foot of horse, anatomy of, 408-11 



characteristics of a healthy, 411-2 

 Founder, 528-9 

 Fox trot described, 464 

 Free-martin, definition of, 702 

 Freight rates, effect on cattle and beef industry, 67 



Gains by hogs of different weights, 392 

 steers for different periods, 55 

 Gaits of horse described, 458, 462-5 

 Gammon, 334 

 Gelding, definition of, 400 

 General-purpose horse, 429 

 Gestation period of cattle, 161 



horses, 503 



sheep, 275 



swine, 398 

 Gilt, definition of, 315 

 Goat carcasses, 233 



skins, value of, 237 

 Goats and kids — 



charges for selling at Chicago, 239-40 



