INDEX. 



ABERDEEN-ANGUS, nativity and 



description of, 250 

 standard of excellence and scale 



of points, 251, 252 

 Action, 49, 98 

 defects of, 220 

 of draft horse, 117 

 examination of, 111 

 of heavy harness horse, 136 

 of jacks and jennets, 185 

 of mules, 201 

 Adaptation, 73 



of Angora goat, 432 

 Advanced registry for dairy cattle, 



293 

 Age, determination of, in cattle, 



242, 243 



in horse, 106 



in sheep, 368 



in swine, 325 



limitations, 76 



of mules, 196 

 of sheep at maturity, 380 

 of swine at maturity, 326, 331 



classification, 325 



American jack, description of, 192 

 Guernsey Cattle Club Notes, 300 

 Merino, characteristics of, 420 

 Saddle Horse, description of, 



158, 159, 160 

 Association, 99 



requirements for Ameri- 

 can Saddle Horse, 159 

 Standardbred, description of, 



151, 152, 153 



official standards, 153, 154 

 Andalusian jack, nativity and de- 

 scription of, 189 



Angora goats, adaptation of, 432 

 (454) 



Angora goats, breed and sex char- 

 acteristics of, 431 



constitution of, 429 . 



fleece of, 431 



form of, 429 



general appearance of, 428 



importance of, 428 



purpose of, 428 



quality of, 429 



standard of excellence and 

 scale of points of, 432 



uses of, 428 

 Appendix, 439-453 

 Ass, 183. See Jacks and Jennets. 

 Auction rules, 448 

 Ayrshire, 73 

 nativity and characteristics of, 



307 

 standard of excellence and scale 



of points, 308-310 



B 



BACON hog, form of, 60 



type, 355 

 Beef cattle, breed characteristics, 



of, 247-257 



brief description of, 449, 450 

 capacity of, 234 

 class characteristics of, 267- 



271 



condition of, 234 

 conformation of, 227 

 constitution of, 230 

 coordination of bone and 



muscle of, 229 



determination of age of, 242 

 dressing percentages of, 236 

 fleshing qualities of, 229 

 indications of quality of, 229 



