INDEX 



457 



Dairy cattle, wedges of, 60, 277, 



279, 280, 281 

 classes, calves, 319 



heifer development, 318 

 mature form, 318 

 form of, 276 

 function of, 277 



correlation with other factors 



of, 278 

 records measure productiveness 



of, 83, 84, 86 

 are reliable when covering long 



period, 84 



temperament of Guernsey, 301 

 Deafness, indicated by lack of ear 



movement, 218 



Deception from trimming, 380 

 Decisions, uniformity of, 45 

 Defects, exterior, classified, 51 



in way of going, 220 

 Delaine Merino, characteristics of, 



421 

 standard of excellence and 



scale of points of, 422 

 Detailed structural form of beef 



animal, 243 



of dairy animal, 287-292 

 of horse, 101 

 of mules, 202 

 of sheep, 371-376 

 of swine, 334-336 

 Devons, nativity and characteris- 

 tics of, 265 

 standard of excellence and scale 



of points of, 266 



Digestive system, factors indicat- 

 ing a strong, 31 

 importance of, 31 

 Disease of frog, 219 

 Dorset Horn, characteristics of, 411 

 standard of excellence and 



scale of points of, 412 

 Draft animals, breeds of horses, 119 

 conformation of, 114 

 group or type of, 114 

 temperament or nervous de- 

 velopment of, 68 

 mules, description of, 206 

 or short leet, 57 



Drafter, description of, 129, 130 

 Dressing percentages of cattle, 236 



of swine, 332-334 

 Dual purpose breeds, 259 

 Durability of dairy animal, 287 



Durability of light harness horse, 



150 

 Duroc- Jersey, characteristics of, 



344 



scale of points of, 345 

 Dutch Belted, nativity and char- 

 acteristics of, 313 

 standard of excellence and 



scale of points of, 315 

 Dwelling, 221 



EARS of horses, jacks, jennets and 



mules, 217 



Endurance associated with consti- 

 tution, 116, 150 



of mules, 201 



or speed records, 86 

 Essex, characteristics of, 352 

 Established herds, 83 

 Expresser, description of, 133 



overlaps other classes, 113 

 Eyes, description of, 218 



indicate certain characters, 218 



FADS of breeders, 88 



Farm mules, description of, 207 



Fat cattle, characteristics of, 267 



hog, form of, 60 



production, dependent upon ner- 

 vous development, 33 



sheep and lambs, characteristics 

 of, 427 



type of swine, 325 

 Feeders, characteristics of, 268, 



365, 428 



Feet, diseases of, 219 

 Fine-wool breeds, 393, 419 

 Fistula, location and detection of, 



219, 444 

 Fleece, Angora, 431 



characteristics of, 382 



lustre of, 390 



method of examination of, 383 



purity of, 387 



quality of, 385 



quantity of, 386 



soundness of, 390 



types of, 382 



