INDEX 



Aberdeen Angus cattle, 213 ; as a dairy 

 cow, 220; characteristics, 217 ; cross- 

 ing or grading, 220; early improvers, 

 214; geographical distribution of, 

 224 ; in America, famous, 223 ; intro- 

 duction to America, 216; native 

 home of, 213; organizations, 224; 

 origin, 213; prices brought by, 222. 



Aberdeen Angus steer at International 

 Live Stock Exposition, 222. 



Aberdeen Angus steers, 221 ; prices 

 brought by, 223. 



Aberdeen Angus tribes in favor, 216. 



Action coach horse, 62. 



Aguirre Merinos, 342. 



American Merino, 339 ; as wool pro- 

 ducer, 349; breeding qualities, 351 ; 

 characteristics, 348 ; cross-bred or 

 grade, 350 ; maturing qualities, 352 ; 

 mutton qualities, 350; show-ring vic- 



tor Y> 355 5 size > 349- 



American studbook, 80. . 



American Yorkshire Club, 544. 



Anchitherium, 4. 



Angora Goat Breeders' Association, 459. 



Angora goat, description, 456 ; distribu- 

 tion, 459; fleece of, 457 ; introduction 

 to America, 455 ; mutton, 458 ; native 

 home, 455; prices, 459; prolificacy, 

 459 ; renovator brush land, 458 ; va- 

 rieties, 455. 



Appenzell goat, 462. 



Arab horse, 7 ; characteristics, 1 2 ; cross- 

 bred, 13; families, 9; foundation, 

 9; in American history, 10; native 

 home, 8; notable, 12; origin, 8; 

 registration of, 13. 



Arab pony, 148. 



Arab studs in England and America, 11. 



Arabian, Darley, 15. 



Ardennais, 113. 



Ass, the, 155; African wild, 155; an- 

 cestry of, 155; Asiatic wild, 155; 

 characteristics, 155; to America, in- 

 troduction, 160. 



Australian Merinos, 344. 



Ayrshire cattle, 287 ; as beef producers, 

 293 ; as butter cows, 292 ; as milk 



producers, 291 ; characteristics, 289; 

 cross-bred or grade, 294 ; distribution, 

 294 ; early improvers, 288 ; introduc- 

 tion America, 289 ; native home, 287 ; 

 origin, 287 ; size, 291. 

 Ayshire herd milk records, 291 ; in pub- 

 lic tests, 292 ; milk for cheese, 293 ; 

 milk records, 292 ; organizations pro- 

 moting interests, 294. 



Bacon pigs, breeding, 535 ; weight, 



535- 



Bacon type pig, characteristics, 533 ; 

 demand for, 532. 



Bakewell, Robert, improver of Shire, 

 125, 429. 



Bar None (2388), 128. 



Barb, Godolphin, 15. 



Baron's Pride (9122), :i8. 



Bates, Thomas, 177. 



Beautiful Bells, 48. 



Beef animal, general appearance of, 

 169; quality of, 173. 



Beef cattle, fleshing of, 174. 



Beef type compared, dual-purpose and, 

 307 ; of cattle, 169. 



Belgian Draft Horse, American Asso- 

 ciation of Importers of, 137 ; char- 

 acteristics of, 137; cross-bred, 139; 

 distribution, 139; exhibitions in 

 United States, 136; history in 

 America, 136. 



Belgian horse, 133. 



Belgium as a horse-breeding country, 

 133; draft-horse shows in, 135; horse- 

 breeding methods in, 134; Official 

 Draft Horse Society of, 133. 



Bellfounder, 37, 66. 



Belted cattle. See Dutch Belted. 



Benedict (103 15) 9300, 118. 



Berkshire pig, adaptability to environ- 

 ment, 478 ; as feeder, 479 ; as grazer, 

 479 ; as source red swine, 506 ; boars, 

 476; characteristics, 476; charac- 

 teristics old type, 473 ; color, 476 ; 

 cross-bred or grade, 480 ; distribu- 

 tion, 482; early improvement, 472; 

 early-maturing, 478 ; families, 475 ; 



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