INDEX 



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Prince of Wales (673), 116. 

 Prince William (3956), 128. 

 Protohippus, 4. 

 Protorohippus, 3. 

 Przewalskii's horse, 6. 



Quartly, Francis, 319. 



Racing in England, horse, 14. 



Rambouillet sheep, the, 366; ancestry, 

 366 ; as mutton producer, 371; as 

 wool producer, 372 ; breeding quali- 

 ties, 372 ; characteristics, 370 ; cross- 

 bred or grade, 372 ; distribution, 373 ; 

 early maturity, ^J2> ', French Merinos 

 or, 344 ; hardy quality, 273 ; improve- 

 ment, 367 ; introduction to United 

 States, 368 ; native home, 366 ; or- 

 ganizations to promote, 373 ; prices 

 for, 374 ; size of, 371. 



Red or sandy-colored pigs in America, 



Red pigs. See Duroc-Jersey. 



Red Polled cattle, 309 ; amalgamation 

 Suffolk and Norfolk, 310; as beef 

 producers, 314; as butter producers, 

 316; as milk producers, 315; char- 

 acteristics, 312; in crossing or grad- 

 ing, 316; deficiencies of, 317; distri- 

 bution, 318; groups and tribes, 311 ; 

 introduction to America, 312; milk 

 records, 315; native home, 309; or- 

 ganizations promoting, 318; origin, 

 309; weight, 314. 



Red swine, Berkshire as source, 506. 



Roadster type, 33. 



Romney Marsh. See Kent. 



Russian pig, 484. 



Saanen goat, 462. 



Saddle animal, mule as carriage or, 

 165. 



Saddle horse, American, 26; Breeders' 

 Association, American, 32 ; charac- 

 teristics of, 28 ; foundation stock 

 American, 27 ; gaits of, 28, 29 ; his- 

 tory, American, 26 ; influence Thor- 

 oughbred on American, 26. 



Saddle horses, famous, 28 ; prices paid 

 for, 32. 



Sandy-colored pigs in America, red or, 



5°5- 

 Saxon Merinos, 343. 

 Schwarzthal goat, 462. 

 Scotch Clydesdale Horse Society, 



122. 

 Shadingfield strain, 141. 

 Shales, The Original, 65. 



Shetland ponies, of interest, 154 ; prices 

 paid for, 1 53. 



Shetland pony, 150; ancestry, 150; 

 characteristics, 151 ; improvement of, 

 152 ; in America, use of, 153 ; native 

 home, 1 50 ; organization, 1 54 ; type 

 of, 150. 



Shire horse, characteristics, 129 ; breed- 

 ing in England, 124; critics in Amer- 

 ica of, 130; demand for the, 131; 

 distribution of the, 131 ; early history, 

 1 24 ; importations to America of, 

 130; importers of, 132; in crossing, 

 use of, 131; in show ring, 132; 

 modern, 126; old-fashioned, 125; 

 organizations to promote the, 131 ; 

 origin of, 124; Robert Bakewell, im- 

 prover of, 125; Society, 131; stal- 

 lions, important, 127 ; varieties of the, 

 126. 



Shorthorn cattle, as butcher's beast, 

 187; as milk producer, 190; at 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition 

 dairy test, 192; breeders, other 

 important, 180; characteristics, 184; 

 color of, 186; dairy records, 191 ; 

 grading or crossing, 189; herdbook, 

 American, 195 ; imported to America, 

 first, 183; improvers of the, 176; 

 origin of, 175 ; original home of, 175 ; 

 quality of, 187 ; steers at International 

 Exposition, 188; steers in show ring, 

 188. 



Shorthorns in America, men who have 

 promoted, 196; of interest, indi- 

 vidual foundation, 180; prices re- 

 ceived for, 193. 



Shropshire sheep as grazer, 392 ; char- 

 acteristics, 389 ; cross-bred or grade, 

 391 ; distribution of, 393 ; early im- 

 provers, 388 ; early-maturing, 392 ; 

 fecundity of, 391 ; for general pur- 

 pose, 393 ; for mutton, 390 ; for 

 wool, 392 ; introduction to America, 

 388 ; native home, 387 ; organiza- 

 tions to promote, 393 ; origin, 387 ; 

 prices for, 394 ; size of, 390 ; vigor 



.of, 393- 

 Silesian Merinos, German or, 343. 

 Small white swine, strains or families, 



5 2 5- 

 Small Yorkshire pig, as a grazer, 528; 

 characteristics, 526; cross-bred or 

 grade, 528 ; distribution, 529 ; early- 

 maturing, 527; fecundity, 528; in- 

 troduction to America, 525 ; meat, 

 528 ; organizations to promote, 529 ; 

 origin, 525; popularity, 528; size, 527. 



