540 



Index 



Horse, coniinued 



market auction rules, 478 



requirements, 478-80 

 markets, receipts, 477 

 muscular system of, 402-3 

 nervous system of, 404 

 prices at Chicago, 492-3 

 respiratory system of, 403-4 

 roadster, see Road and Roadster, 

 saddle, see Saddle horse, 

 see Mare and Stallion, 

 skeleton of, 402 



compared with man, 407 

 stride of, phases of, 416 

 terms, definitions of, 400 

 utility of, 399 

 where wear comes in, 416 

 work, average life of, 495-6 

 Horses, breeds of, 431 

 losses of, 495-6 

 market classes of, 477-93 

 methods and cost of marketing, 477-8 

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



494-5 

 numbers in leading countries, 494 

 purebred and registered, numbers in U. S., 

 431 



percentage in U.S., 504 

 types and breeds of, 431 

 Hot-house lambs, 261-2 

 Hunter horse, description of, 469-73 

 origin of, 426 

 production of, 473 



Imports, beef, 27 



cattle, 27 



dairy products, 27 



mutton, 268-9 



New Zealand lamb carcasses, 269 



of American pork products into leading 

 countries, 363-4 



principal meat-import countries, 24 



wools, 304-5 

 Inspection, federal, for disease, 93-4 



of hogs at markets, charge for, 354 

 Interfering, 420 



Jack, best type of, 507-8 

 Jacks, breeds of, 507 



prices paid for, 507 

 Jennet, the, 507 

 Jersey Reds, weights of, 388-9 



Kansas City Stock Yards, date opened, 85 

 Kemp, 226, 306 

 Knuckling, 527 



Lamb, cuts of, 234-5 

 V definition of, 217 



feeding in the West, 248 



prices as related to supply, 265-6 



highest and lowest months at Chi- 

 cago, 264-6 

 recent demand for, 228 

 see Mutton and Sheep. 

 Lambs, castration of, importance of, 251-3 

 fat, 247-51 

 feeder, 256-9 



weights of, 256-7 

 hot-house, 261-2 



market classes and grades of, 244-66 

 movement to market from different 



regions, 248 

 spring, 248 

 throw-out, 262 



weight desired at markets, 249-50 

 wethers and bucks compared in gains, 251 

 why some sell at a loss, 251-3 

 I aminitis, 528-9 



I ard consumption in U. S., 383, 384 

 grades of, 348 

 hog carcass, 335-51 

 production annually in U. S., 383 

 -type hog, description of, 317-26 



development of, in U. S., 381-2 

 most profitable described, 318-9 



Lard, continued 



value of, produced in U. S., 347 



Lateral cartilages, 408 



Lead mules, 521 



Lean meat, color of, in beef, 55 



Legs of horse, anatomy of, 404-5 



attachment of, 413-4 



defects in conformation, 417-21 



swollen, 533 



I-ibby, .\rthur, introduction of canned products 



by, 90 

 Light-harness type, description of, 453-9 

 Light hog class, 369-71 



light hogs, 371 



mixed hogs, 371 



Live stock as producers of human food, 312-3 

 centers of production in U. S., 270 

 exchange, 87 



farming, advantages of, 21-2 

 industry, growth in U. S., 23 



survey of, in North America 

 24-5 

 marketing, see Marketing, 

 markets, see Market and Markets, 

 numbers and values on farms in U. S., 



22-3 

 on farms, functions of, 21 

 percentages of world totals in U. S., 23 

 rank of states in value of, 22-3 

 shipping associations, 88-9 

 vs. grain farming, 19-20 



comparison of crop yields, 20 

 Loggers, 481-2 



Manure, value of, 20-1 

 Marbhng in beef, 51-2, 55 

 Mare, age to breed, 503 



best type of, for horse breeding, 503 



mule breeding, 508-9 

 definition of, 400 

 working the brood, 497-8 

 yeld, definition of, 400 

 Margin in cattle feeding, 110 

 Market cattle, how classed and graded, 138 



class and type, distinctions between, 119- 

 20 

 definition of, 119 

 classes and grades of cattle, 119-44 

 hogs, 365-75 

 horses, 477-93 

 mules, 516-22 

 sheep, 244-66 

 wool, 294-300 



government stand- 

 ards, 299-300 

 average prices of, cattle, 140-3 

 hogs, 375-6 

 horses, 492-3 

 sheep, 263-6 

 of goats, 263 

 live stock, not official or standard- 

 ized, 139 

 mules, 516-22 

 demands, importance of, to breeder and 



feeder, 25-6 

 essential factors in a large, 85-7 

 grade, definition of, 119 

 grades of cattle, 119 

 hogs, 365-6 



why unnecessary, 366, 378 

 sheep, 244 

 wool, 294-300 

 see Grades and Grading, 

 prices, see prices, 

 receipts, cattle, 79 



effects on prices, hogs, 379-80 

 lambs, 265-6 

 hogs, 352-3 

 horses, 477 

 sheep, 239 

 requirements for horses, 478-80 



mules, 516-7 



terms applied to cattle, 120-2 



sheep, 244-6 



