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Index 



Pigs, continued 



see Hogs, Pork, and Swine, 

 spring-farrowed, when marketed, 356 

 Pluck, 229, 237 

 Plug horses, 492 

 mules, 522 

 Pododerm, 409 



Poland-Chinas, weights of early, 388-9 

 Poll evil, 530 

 Polled cattle, advantages for feeding, 114 



definition of, 31 

 Polo, history of, 473 



pony, description of, 473-6 

 origin of, 427 

 production of, 476 

 Ponies, 491-2 

 Pony breeding, 501 

 Population and cattle in U. S., 145 

 agricultural, 27-8 

 of U. S., 27-8 

 Pork, annual exports less imports, 383-4 

 barreled or pickled, 346 

 consumption in U. S., 383, 384 



various countries, 335 

 cured, see Cured pork, 

 cuts of, 343-5 

 dry-salt, 346-7 

 English, 347 

 exports of, 362-4 



factors in cost of production, 312-3 

 foreign demand for, 382 

 fresh and cured, value of, in U. S., 347 

 -importing countries, 363-4 

 mess, 346, 382 

 -packing centers, leading, 361 



development at Chicago, 359 

 early, at Cincinnati, 358-9, 360 

 growth in U. S., 361-2 

 number of hogs yearly in U. S. 



and Canada, 362 

 past and present, 352-64 

 seasons and year, 361-2 

 winter and summer seasons com- 

 pared, 361-2 

 production, conditions suitable for, 385-5 



in U. S., annually, 383 

 products, cured, 345-7 



exports of, 362-4 

 sold fresh, 345 

 value of, 347 

 slaughter in U. S. annually, 383 

 per cent of total, 335 

 smoked, 347 

 soft, 340-1 

 sweet-pickled, 347 

 value of, produced in U. S., 347 

 wholesale cuts of, 343-5 

 trade in, 345-6 

 Pregnancy, duration of, in cows, 161 

 ewes, 275 

 mares, 503 

 sows, 398 

 Prepotency, definition of, 150 

 Prices at Chicago — 



as related to supply, hogs, 379-80 

 lambs, 265-6 

 market classes of cattle, 140-4 

 hogs, 375-80 

 horses, 492-3 

 sheep, 263-6 

 monthly and yearly averages — 

 beef steers, 142-4 

 hogs, 379-80 

 lambs, 263-6 



stocker and feeder cattle, 1 < !) 

 spread in, cattle, 377-8 

 hogs, 376-8 

 sheep, 377-8 

 Prices at Cincinnati, hogs in early times, 358 



for live stock, two kinds of fluctuations, 142 

 Prime heavy hogs, 366-7 

 Prolificacy in swine, 397 

 Purebred, definition of, 150-1 



live stock, points of superiority, 153 



utility value of, 152-3 

 see Registered purebred live stock. 



Quarantine divisions at markets, 94 



Rack described, 463 



Railroads, early shipments of cattle by, 83 

 Ram, age to begin using, 275 

 definition of, 217 



mutton breeding, type desired in, 272-5 

 number of ewes to breed to, 275 

 Rambouillet, 287 

 Range, see Western range. 

 Records, fastest trotting and pacing, 454 



highest, by dairy cows in U. S., 190-1 

 value in breeding dairy cattle, 196-7 

 202-5 

 for beef, 162 

 Refrigeration, artificial, 91-2 

 Refrigerator car, 91-2 



effect on number of live hcgs 

 shipped from Chicago, 353 

 Registered purebred live-stock — 

 number in U. S., cattle, 30 



hogs, 314-5 

 horses, 431 

 sheep, 216 

 percentage in U. S., cattle, 150, 198 

 hogs, 398 

 horses, 504 

 sheep, 271 

 Renick, George, cattle feeding operations of, 82-3 

 Ringbone, 531 

 Road horse class, 489-90 



puff, 534 

 Roadster type, description of, 453-9 



origin of, 428 

 Roaring, 531-2 

 Roasting pigs, 373 

 Roughs, 372 



Route cars of packing companies, 92 

 Rudimentaries of bull, 177 

 Runabout horses, 489-90 

 Running horse, origin of, 425 



walk described, 464-5 



Saddle Horse, American, origin of, 428-9 

 class, 490 

 first, origin of, 424 

 type, description of, 460-8 

 Sand crack, 532 

 Sausage casings, 237 



value produced in U. S., 347 

 Scouring wool, 302 

 Scrub animal, definition of, 151 



dairy cows, records of production, 199-201 

 Scurs, definition, 31 

 Secretion of milk, 180-7 

 Sex differences in beef carcasses, 58 



hog carcasses, 338-9, 350, 358 

 sheep carcasses, 233-4 

 Shearing sheep, 288 



hand vs. machine, 307 

 Shearling, definition of, 217 

 Sheep, adaptability of, 270-1 



and lambs, marketing by seasons, 241-3 



number slaughtered under fed- 

 eral inspection in U. S., 263 

 at Chicago, number, value, and weight, 



239-40 

 branding with paint, 306 

 breeding, conditions suitable to, 270-1 



for market, 267-78 

 breeds, 215-6 



wool of, classified, 299 

 by-products from slaughtering, 235-7 

 carcass, 228-38 



see Mutton carcass, 

 caul, 229 



center of production in U. S., 270 

 classes of, 215 



charges for selling at Chicago, 239-40 

 dressing, method of, 228-9 

 percentage of, 230 

 feed and labor requirements, 213-4 

 feeder markets, 243 



sale by seasons at Chicago, 242 

 fill at markets, 240 

 industry in U. S. in early times. 267 



