Index 



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Sheep, continued 



market classes and grrades, 244-66 



markets and their receipts, 239^3 



most profitable kind to grow, 216-7 



must be handled at markets, 241 



native and western, 244-6 



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



269-70 

 numbers in leading countries, 268 

 oflfal, 229-30 

 pelt, value of, 235-7 

 prices at Chicago, 263-6 

 purebred and reg:istered, percentage in 



U. S., 271 

 raising, advantages of, 214-5 

 present status of, 213 

 see Ewe, Lamb, Mutton, and Ram. 

 shearing, 288 

 shrinkage in shipping, 240 

 slaughter compared with other slaughter, 335 



see Slaughter and Slaughtering, 

 sorting and selling at Markets, 241 

 source of improvement in, 271-2 

 spread in price of, 377-8 

 terms, definition of, 217 

 types of, 215-7 



weights, monthly averages at Chicago, 240 

 Shoddy, 291 



Shoeing, cost at Chicago, 478 

 Short-feds, 121 

 Shote, definition of, 315 



Show-yard classification by ages, cattle, 31-2 

 hogs, 315-6 

 horses, 400-1 

 sheep, 217 

 Shrinkage in slaughtering and proces.sing, hogs, 

 348-9 

 transit, beef cattle, 80 

 hogs, 354 

 sheep, 240 

 of wools, 297-9 

 Sickle hocks, 420-1 

 Sidebone, 532 

 Skins of goats, value of, 237 

 sheep, value of, 237 

 Slaughter at Chicago, number of calves, 91 

 cattle, 91 

 hogs, 361 

 sheep, 239 

 in U. S. annually, beef, 145-6 

 hogs, 383 

 mutton, 268-9 

 pork compared with 

 other meats, 335 

 veal, 145-6 

 see Dressing. 

 Slaughtering and dressing cattle, 47-8 

 hogs, 336-7 

 sheep, 228-30 

 bofirs on farms, 352 

 see Dressing. 

 Sloan, Tod, his method of riding, 414-5 

 Smoked meats, 347 

 Soil fertility, maintenance of, 20 

 Sorting at markets, feeder cattle, 107-8 

 hogs, 374-5 

 sheep, 241 

 wool, 300-1 

 Soundness as a factor in value of horse, 478-9 



in breeding ewes, 261 

 Southern chunks, 483 

 Southerns, 121 

 Sow, age to begin breeding, 398 



type desired in, 395-8 

 Sows, big type, ease of farrowing, 394 



pregnant, dockage at markets, 357-8 

 seedy, 338-9 

 Spanish horse, origin of, 425 



Merino, 279 

 Spavins, 525 



Spayed heifer, definition of, 30 

 Spaying heifers, reasons for, 104-5 

 Speculators, 87 

 Splint, 532-3 



Spraying hogs at markets, 94 

 Spread in price of beef steers, 144 



Spread in price of, continued 



cattle, 377 8 



hogs, 376-8 



sheep, 377-8 



Spring lambs, 248 



Springer cows and heifers, 137 



Sprung knees, 533 



St. Louis Stock Yards, date opened, 85 

 Steg, definitions of, 30, 217, 315, 400 

 Stags, 129, 254, 372 



dockage in weight on hog market, 357-8 

 Stallion, age to begin using, 503 

 definition of, 400 

 type desired in, 504 

 Standardbred horse, origin of, 428 

 type of, 453-9 

 Stearin, 349 



value of, produced in U. S., 347 

 Steer and heifer beef compared, 102-5 

 beef type vs. dairy type, 70-7 

 class on market, 122-7 

 definition of, 30 

 Steers, beef, prices monthly and yearly at Chicago 

 142-4 

 spread in, 144 

 changes in, due to feeding, 42-4 

 good to prime, spread in prices, 378 

 see Cattle and Feeder, 

 weights at various ages, 45-6 

 Stepping pace described, 463-4 

 Stock cows, 137 

 heifers, 137 



yard companies, revenue of, 85 

 company, functions of, 85 

 yards, government supervision of, 88 

 Stocker and feeder calves, 136 



cattle, classes and grades, 133-7 

 sale by seasons, 106 

 where bought, 106-7 

 how differs from feeder, 133-4 

 see Feeder. 

 Stockers, yearling, 135-6 

 Stomach worm of sheep, 245-6 

 Stringhalt, 533 

 Sub-class, 123-4 

 Sugar mules, 519-20 

 Suprarenalin, 237 

 Sweet-pickled meats, 347 

 Sweetbreads, 66 



Swift and Company, branch houses and car routes, 

 92 

 G. F., first refrigerator car shipment by, 92 

 Swine, advantages of raising, 311 

 breeds of, 314-5 

 see Hog, Pig, and Pork, 

 types of, 313-4 

 Swollen legs, 533 



Tallow, 65-6 



and oleo oil, value produced in U. S., 347 

 Tankage, meat meal, manufacture of, 66 

 Teats of dairy cow, 171-2 



structure of, 181-2 

 Teeth as indication of age of cattle, 46 



horses, 421-3 

 sheep, 227 

 Temperament, dairy, 174 

 Tests of dairy cows at expositions, 189 

 Texas and western range cattle, 120-1 



cattle, movement into other states, 147-9 

 Thick wind, 531-2 

 Thoroughbred, origin of, 425 

 Thoroughpin, 533 

 Three-gaited saddle horse, 465 

 Throw-out lambs, 262 

 Thrush. 533-4 

 Thyroidin, 237 



Tick-infested cattle at markets, 94 

 Top, 290 



Tractor, effect on horse industry, 430-1 

 Traders, 87 



Traders' Live-Stock Exchange, 87 

 Transportation, early methods of, 82-3 

 Tripe, 66, 237 



Trotting gait described, 458 

 horse, origin of, 428 



