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INDEX 



Milch goat. See Goat. 



Milk veins, 247. 



Miss Russell, 48. 



Mohair, prices of, 458. 



Morgan family, 39. 



Mule, 161 ; a hybrid, 161 ; as carriage 

 or saddle animal, 165; best type of, 

 164; characteristics, 162; color of, 

 164; distribution of, 161 ; endurance 

 of, 164; in history, 161 ; Poitou, 165; 

 raising in United States, 16 1 ; resist- 

 ance to disease, 165; sex of, 166; 

 temperament of, 164. 



Mules, classification, 162: levee, 163; 

 lumber, 163; mine, 163; plantation, 

 162; prices paid for, 166; railroad, 



163. 



Mustangs, 148. 



Mutton conformation, 375. 



Mutton type of sheep, 375. 



National Delaine, 359, 360. 



Negrette Merinos, 342. 



New Forest and Dartmoor ponies, 

 148. 



Nivernais, 112. 



Norfolk Red Polled cattle, 310; amal- 

 gamation Suffolk and, 310. 



Nubian goat, 462. 



Ohio Importing Company, 183. 



Orloff horse, characteristics of, 54 ; color 

 of, 56 ; cross American trotter and, 

 57; importations of, 56; origin of, 

 54 ; speed of, 57 ; trotter, 54 ; types 

 of, 56. 



Orohippus, 3. 



Oxen, Devon, 324. 



Oxford Down sheep, as feeders, 398 ; 

 characteristics, 396; cross-bred or 

 grade, 398 ; distribution, 400 ; for 

 wool, 399 ; introduction to America, 

 396 ; native home, 395 ; organiza- 

 tions to promote, 401; origin, 395; 

 prices paid for, 401 ; prolific quality, 

 400 ; size of, 398. 



Pace, explanation of, 49 ; interchange- 

 able, trot and, 49. 



Pacer, the, 49 ; ancestry of the, 49. 



Pacers, sires of trotters and, 47. 



Pacing, brood mares, list of trotting or, 

 48 ; families, money-winning trotting 

 or, 52 ; horse, conformation of, 50 ; 

 records, 51 ; standard, 50. 



Packington Blind Horse, 127. 



Parahippus, 4. 



Paular Merinos, 341. 



Percheron horse, 98 ; Associations, 

 American, 104; cross-bred or grade, 

 107; deterioration, 101; distribution 

 in America, 107; early type, 100; 

 history in United States, important, 

 106; improvement in France, 104; 

 introduction to United States, 106; 

 origin, 98 ; original home, 98 ; popu- 

 larity of, no; prices paid for, 109; 

 Society of France, 104 ; type about 

 1877 of, 101 ; type of to-day, 102. 



Percheron shows in France, 109. 



Percheron sires, famous, 108. 



Percheron studbooks, 105. 



Picardy, 113. 



Pig, American type, 467 ; bacon type, 

 53 2 > 533? books on > 554; breeding 

 bacon, 535 ; Byfield, 484 ; disposition 

 fat type, 471; fleshing quality, 470; 

 general appearance, 467; hair, 471; 

 Russian, 484 ; weight bacon, 535. 



Pilot, 42 ; family, 42. 



Pliohippus, 4. 



Poitou, 165. 



Poland-China, adoption name, 486. 



Poland-China pig, adaptability to envi- 

 ronment, 490 ; and Irish Grazier pig, 

 486; as feeder, 491 ; as grazer, 491 ; 

 boars of note, 488 ; distribution, 494 ; 

 early-maturing, 491 ; evolution, Berk- 

 shire in, 486 ; characteristics, 489 ; 

 color, 490 ; cross-bred or grade, 493 ; 

 fecundity and prolificacy, 493 ; im- 

 provers, 487 ; meat, 493 ; native home, 

 484; organizations to promote, 494; 

 origin, 484 ; prices for, 495 ; size, 490 ; 

 sows of note, 488. 



Polled Durham cattle, 197; distribution 

 of, 200; double standard, 197; herd- 

 book, American, 200 ; origin word, 

 197; popularity of, 200; prepotency, 

 200 ; promotion of interests of, 200 ; 

 requirements for registering, 199 ; 

 single standard, 197. 



Polo pony, 146. 



Ponies, 146; New Forest and Dart- 

 moor, 148. 



Pony, Arab, 148 ; Exmoor, 147 ; height 

 of, 146; improvement of Shetland, 

 152; Indian, 148; Polo, 146; Welsh, 

 146; Welsh mountain, 147. 



Portuguese pigs, 505. 



Position legs horse, proper, 61. 



Prehistoric horse, 1 ; and man, 6 ; exist- 

 ence of, 1 ; color of, 5 ; connection 

 of modern and, 6. 



Premier (2646), 128. 



Price, John, 203. 



