INDEX 



461 



Muscular development, relation of 



bone to, 93, 94, 226, 227 

 value of animals dependent 



upon, 30 



Mutton type, characteristics of, 

 376-382 



N 



NATURAL thrift, 75 

 Nerve cutting, 53 

 Nervous development of ass, 185 

 of beef cattle, 231 

 characterization of, 33 

 controls temperament, 69 

 correlation with other func- 

 tions, 33, 98 

 indicates use and value of 



animal, 33, 34 

 in different classes of animals, 



33,68 

 temperament of dairy breeds, 



68, 283, 284 

 indicates endurance, 98 



milk production, 68 

 of speed horses, 68 

 Norman, 121. See Percheron. 

 Nostrils, description of, 218 



OFFICIAL standard of the American 

 Trotting Register Association, 

 153 

 O. I. C. swine, characteristics of, 



346 

 standard of excellence and 



scale of points cf, 346 

 Open joint, 216 

 Operations practised to improve 



show condition, 52 

 should be discriminated against, 



52-53 



Oxford, characteristics of, 406 

 standard of excellence and scale 

 of points of, 408 



PACE described, 101 

 Pacing standard, 153, 154 

 Paddling, 220 



Pampered condition, 70 



Park horse, 146 



Parrot mouth, 218, 445 



Pedigree and individuality, 77 

 not all-important, 75, 76 

 should be considered, 79, 80 



Percentage of different cuts in 

 swine, 332, 333, 334 



Percheron, nativity and descrip- 

 tion of, 119-122 



Persistency of dairy animal, 287 



Point of approach, 47, 48 



Pointing, 221 



Poitou jack, nativity and descrip- 

 tion of, 189 



Poland-China, disqualifications of, 



343 

 nativity and characteristics of, 



339 



standard of excellence and 

 scale of points of, 341-343 



Polled Durham, breed character- 

 istics of, 248, 249 

 Hereford, breed characteristics 



of, 255 



Jersey, breed characteristics of, 

 297 



Polo ponies, description and re- 

 quirements of, 174 



Ponies between 11-2 and 14-2, 176 

 description of, 174 

 under 46 inches, 175 



Pony, breeds of, 170 

 classes of, 174 

 group or type of, 170 



Position of animals for judging, 46 



Pounding, 221 



Prepotency, definition of, 75 

 of Guernsey, 302 



Productiveness, 75 



Propelling power, 97 



Pure-bred live stock associations, 

 439 



QUALITY of Angora goat, 429 



fleece, 431 



of breeding animals, 177 

 of dairy animals, 280 

 of draft horse, 115, 116 

 of fleece, 385 



of heavy harness horse, 135 

 how determined, 62 

 indications of, in beef cattle, 229 



