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INDEX 



Page 

 Balance of form, beauty and.. 4 



Base narrow 89 



wide 89 



Beat, the 51 



Beauty and balance of form. . . 4 



Beef animal, back 245 



breast 242 



brisket 242 



body 245 



cheeks 239 



chest 245 



crops 45 



ears 239 



eyes 238 



face of 239 



final purpose of 218 



flanks 249 



forehead 239 



forequarters 241 



front legs 244 



general appearance 229 



general form 230 



hair 232 



head of 238 



hide 231 



hindquarters 249 



hips 249 



loin 247 



method in judging the. . . . 227 



muzzle 238 



quality in 231 



ribs 247 



size and weight 229 



shoulder 241 



tail-head 251 



thigh 251 



withers 241 



Beef breeds, descriptive notes 



more important 265 



Beef bull, breed characteristics 262 



constitutional vigor 261 



sex character in 259 



Beef bulls, judging 259 



Beef, carcass 221 



and its cuts 218 



finish 226 



form of 225 



quality 226 



thickness 225 



Beef cattle, comparative study 253 



neck 240 



for breeding, judging 259 



handling 236 



in ring, reasons for placing 256 

 or steer, score card for. . . 228 



rump 250 



scale of points for 228 



chuck, piece of 224 



Page 

 Beef cattle, cow, sex character. 262 



size 263 



udder 262 



dressed carcass of 220 



flank piece of 225 



grading the carcass of. ... 225 



loin of 222 



plate piece of 225 



rib piece 223 



round of 223 



shank piece of 225 



tenderloin 222 



type of cattle by scale of 



points, judging 227 



Belgian horse 125 



Belly bacon hog 540 



lard hog 501 



Belted cattle, Dutch 343 



Berkshire swine 511 



scale of points 513 



Blade of the horse, shoulder. . . 36 



Blind spavin 200 



Blood as factor in milk produc- 

 tion 295 



Boar, breed characteristics. . . . 544 



frame of 544 



sex character 542 



size of 544 



temperament of 543 



Body bacon hog 537 



beef animal 245 



Class C Merino 424 



conformation of the stal- 

 lion 119 



dairy cow 287 



draft horse 89 



heavy harness horse 152 



lard hog 499 



light harness horse 139 



of jack 180 



mutton sheep 396 



saddle horse 163 



Bog spavin 201 



Bone dairy animal 281 



of hog, character 491 



spavin 200 



Bones of man and horse, re- 

 semblances between 38, 39 



Bow -kneed 89 



Bow-legged 89 



Boys' stock judging contests, 



rules for 558 



Breast bacon hog 537 



beef animal 242 



bone of the horse, sternum 



or 36 



lard hog 497 



