456 



INDEX 



ChesterWhite,characteristicsof,345 

 Cheviot, characteristics of, 408 

 standard of excellence and scale 



of points of, 410 

 Chunk, classes of, 132 

 description of, 132 

 Circulatory system, affects elabora- 

 tion of milk, 31, 32, 274 

 importance of, 31 

 Class characteristics of beef cattle, 



267-271 



of dairy cattle, 318-319 

 of draft horses, 129 

 of heavy harness horses, 146 

 of light harness horses, 154- 



156 



of mules, 206-211 

 of ponies, 174-176 

 of sheep, 426-428 

 of swine, 363-365 

 Classes of beef cattle, 265 

 of dairy cattle, 318 

 of draft horses, 129 

 of heavy harness horses, 146 

 of horses, 112 



of light harness horses, 154, 156 

 of mules, 206 

 of ponies, 174 

 of saddle horses, 162 

 of sheep, 426 

 of swine, 365 

 Classification of horses, 111 



of light horses, 134 

 Cleveland Bay, description of, 142- 



146 



Clydesdale, nativity and descrip- 

 tion of, 124 



Coach horse, description of, 146 

 Cob, description of, 146 

 Color of Guernsey, 301 



of jacks, 185 

 Colts and fillies, 181 

 Combination horse, description of, 



162, 163 



Condition, of ass, 184 

 of beef cattle, 234 

 for breeding, 70 

 definition of, 69, 70, 71 

 indicates healthfulness, 81 

 for market, 69 

 of mules, 200 

 of mutton sheep, 379 

 of swine, 331, 358 

 Conformation of beef animals, 227 



Constitution and vigor of Angora 



goat, 429 

 associated with endurance or 



durability, 116, 150 

 of beef animals, 230 

 of beef breeding cattle, 272 

 of dairy animals, 282 

 of Guernsey, 301 

 of horses, draft, 116 

 how determined, 64 

 importance of, in breeding 



animals, 64 

 of mutton sheep, 378 

 of swine, 330 



Corriedale, nativity and character- 

 istics of, 425 



Cotswold, nativity and character- 

 istics of, 397 

 standard of excellence and scale 



of points of, 398 

 Cotton mules, description of, 210 

 Craig quotation, 22 

 Cribbing, 54 



indicated by condition of teeth, 



218 ^ . 



Cross firing, 221 



Cruikshank, Amos, plan of breed- 

 ing, 78 

 Culling herds, 73 



inferior animals, 56 

 Curb, 217 



DAIRY cattle, breed characteristics 

 of, 293-316 



breeding requisites of, 319 



capacity of, 283 



as indicated by milk and 

 butter standards, 284 



class characteristics of, 318-319 



classes of, 318 



constitution of, 282 



durability and persistency of, 

 287 



form of, 276 



function of, 277 



mammary system of, 285 



nervous temperament of, 283 



purpose of, 274 



quality of, 280 



score card of, 292 



structural form and examina- 

 tion of, 287-292 



