INDEX 



455 



Beef cattle industry, evolution and 



importance of, 222 

 marbling of meat of, 236 

 nervous development of, 231 

 percentage of different cuts of 



beef of, 238 



products and their uses, 224 

 relation of structure to high- 

 priced cuts, 226 

 score card of, 247 

 weight and maturity of, 232 

 dressing percentages of, 236 

 marbling of, 236 



percentage of different cuts of, 238 

 Belgian, nativity and characteris- 

 tics of, 122, 123, 124 

 Berkshire, nativity and character- 

 istics of, 337 

 standard of excellence and scale 



of points, 339 

 Bibliography, 436-438 

 Blemishes decrease value of ani- 

 mal, 51 



definition of, 52 

 not transmitted, 52 

 one class of defects, 51 

 Block tests, 86 

 Bog spavins, 216 

 Bone and muscle, coordination of, 



226 



indicates quality, 63, 116 

 quality of, indicated by canon 



bone, 94, 96 



size of, indicates scale, 30 

 Bony growths, 213 

 Breed character, 71 

 characteristics of Angora goat, 



431 



of beef cattle, 247-259 

 of dairy cattle, 293-316 

 of draft horses, 119-129 

 of dual purpose cattle, 259-267 

 of heavy harness horses. 137- 



146 



of jacks and jennets, 187-193 

 of light harness horses, 151- 



154 



of ponies, 170-174 

 of saddle horses, 158-162 

 of sheep, 393-415, 419-428 

 of swine, 337-353 

 selection, 82 



Breeder, attributes of, 435 

 two classes of, 79 



Breeders' fads, 88 

 Breeding animals, conformity to 

 breed type, 271 



constitution and vigor of, 272 



form of, 177, 271 



qualifications of, 71 



quality of, 177 



sex characteristics of, 179, 273 



temperament of, 178, 272 

 attributes, 176 

 classes of sheep, 428 

 condition, 70 

 requisites, 271, 319, 363 

 test, 74 



Breeds, beef cattle, 247 

 draft horses, 119 

 dual purpose, 259 

 factors contributing to their 



origin, 19 



heavy harness horses, 137 

 horses, classification, 112 

 jacks, 187 



light harness horses, 137 

 ponies, 170 

 saddle horses, 158 

 sheep, 393 

 swine, 337 

 I Brown Swiss, characteristics of, 311 



standard of excellence and 

 scale of points of, 312 



CAB horse, description of, 146 

 Calves, characteristics of, 270 

 Canter, description of, 101 

 Capacity of beef cattle, 234 

 of dairy animal, 283 

 how determined and developed,66 

 indicated by milk and butter 



standards, 284 

 of mutton sheep, 379 

 of swine, 330 



Carcass of swine, uses of, 322, 355 

 Catalonian jack, nativity and de- 

 scription of, 188 

 Cavalry horse, characteristics of, 



165 



specifications of Quarter- 

 master-General for, 166 

 Cheshire, characteristics of, 353 

 standard of excellence and scale 

 of points of, 353 



