Index 



541 



Marketing, cooperation in, 88-9 



lambs, seasons for different regions, 248 

 live stock, steps in, 90 

 methods of, beef cattle, 78 

 hogs, 352 

 horses, 477-8 

 sheep, 239 

 seasonal variations in, cattle, 81-2 

 hogs, 355 

 sheep, 241-3 

 wool cooperatively, 308-10 

 properly, 307-8 

 Markets, American cattle, 78-95 

 early, 82 



hog, past and present, 352 -64 

 horse, 477 

 sheep, 239-43 

 buyers at, 87 

 cattle, location of, 78, 83-4 



size of, in South America, 79 

 development of large, 83-4 

 feeder cattle, 107 



where located, 107 

 pig. 371-2 

 sheep, 243 

 location of, 83-4 

 Mast, 381 

 Meat consumption in various countries, 24, 335 



per capita in U. S. for three 

 years, 384 

 -export countries, 24 

 fat, contains more energy than lean, 382 

 -import countries, 24 

 industry, three eras in, 91-2 

 packing, development at Chicago, 359 

 production in U. S., total values, 347 

 Meats, boiled, 347 



dry-salt, 346-7 

 English, 347 

 smoked, 347 

 sweet-pickled, 347 

 Merino type, description of, 279 -87 

 Merinos, classes of, 285-7 



importance of, in U. S., 279 

 Mess pork, 346, 382 

 Mexico, live-stock industry of, 25 

 Milk cistern, 182 



consumption in various countries, 195 



cows, see Dairy cows. 



ducts, 182-3 



effect of feed on, 193-4 



mirror, 173 



nature and composition of, 184-5 



production, breeding for, 195-205 



cause of variation in, 191-3 

 of average dairy cow, 188 

 secretion, 180-7 



stimuli to, 187 

 veins, 172-3 

 wells, 173 

 Milkers and springers, 137 

 Mills, Elisha, first packer in West, 90 

 Mining mules, 518-9 

 Mohair, 310 

 Moonblindness, 530 

 Morgan horse, origin of, 428 

 Mule, 507-15 



and horse compared, 509-12 

 Mules, market classes of, 516-22 



requirements for, 516-7 

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



512-5 

 numbers in leading countries, 513 

 production of, in U. S., 513-5 

 Muscle, effect of feed on, in steers, 42-3 

 Muscles, changes in cattle due to age, 50 

 Mutton and lamb carcass, 228-38 



consumption in various coun- 

 tries, 335 

 per capita in U. S., 384 

 slaughter, per cent of total, 335 

 value of, produced in U. S., 347 

 wholesale cuts of, 234-5 

 breeding ewe, type desired in, 275-7 

 ram, type desired in, 272-5 

 carcass and pelt, 228-38 



Mutton carcass, continued 



classes and grades of, 233 

 conclusions from study of, 238 

 differences due to sex, 233-4 

 qualifications of a good, 230-3 

 weights of, 230, 233 

 wholesale prices of, 233 

 consumption in U. S., total and per capita, 



268-9 

 cuts ot 234-5 

 exports, 268-9 

 imports, 268-9 



production in U. S. as measured by slaugh- 

 ter, 268-9 

 sheep, breeds of, 216 

 class, 247-54 



increase in numbers in U. S., 268 

 type, description of, 218-27 



National Live-Stock Exchange, 87 



Stock Yards, date opened, 85 

 Traders' Live-Stock Exchange, 87 

 Native cattle, 120-1 



lambs, often undocked and uncastrated 



244, 251-3 

 sheep, characteristics of, 244-6 

 Navicular disease, 529-30 

 New Zealand lamb carcasses in U. S., 269 

 Noils, 290 

 Norfolk trotter, origin of, 427 



Offal of cattle, 48 

 hogs, 337 

 sheep, 229-30 

 Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers' Association, 310 

 Oleo fats, value of, 65-6 

 oil, source of, 237 



value of, produced in U. S., 347 

 Oleomargarine, manufacture of, 65-6 



value of, produced in U. S., 347 

 Omaha Stock Yards, date opened, 85 

 Order buyers, 87 



Pace, slow, described, 463-4 

 Pacing gait described, 458 



records, 454 

 Pack and riding mules, 521-2 

 Packer hides, cattle, 65 



the first, in West, 90 

 Packers' branch houses, 92 



car routes, 92 

 Packers, country hog buying by, 352 

 do they control prices, 67-8 

 early, demand for heavy hcgs, 388-9 

 government supervision of. 88 

 Packing, eariy, at Cincinnati, 358-9, 360 

 hogs, 368-9 



-house by-products, see By-products, 

 industry, American, total value of prod- 

 ucts in one year, 93 

 an aid to cattle producer, 68 

 competition in, 67-8 

 development of, 90-2 

 narrow margins of profits, 68 

 three eras in evolution of, 91-2 

 plant, the modern, 92-3 

 plants, owners of, at Chicago, 91 

 pork, past and present, 352-64 

 Packingtown, 91 

 Paddling, 420 

 Park horses, 488-9 



Pasterns, slope of, effect on action, 120 

 Pedigree, dangers of, 204-5 



important in swine breeding, 397-8 

 value of, in selecting dairy bull, 203-5 

 with performance, 203-5 

 Pelt of sheep, value and use of, 235-7 

 Periodic ophthalmia, 530 

 Pickled pork, 346, 347 

 Pig and dairy cow compared, 312-3 



economy of, as meat producer, 312 

 Pigs, fall-farrowed, when marketed, 356-7 

 feeding, 371-2 

 losses of, 312-3 

 on the market, 371 

 roasting, 373 



