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INDEX 



haidiness of, 230; hide of, 230; im- 

 provement of, 225 ; introduction to 

 America, 227; native home of, 225; 

 origin of , 22 5 ; prepotency of the, 23 1 ; 

 prices for, 233 ; size of the, 232. 

 General-purpose type cattle, dual or, 



307- 



German Coach horse. Si ; characteris- 

 tics, 84 ; distribution, S5 ; history, 

 81 ; history in America, S3 ; impor- 

 tant, 85; mares, 85; organization in 

 America, 83; studbook, 85; type, 82. 



German or Silesian Merinos, 343. 



Germany, home horse breeding in, 81 ; 

 , records horse breeding in, 8 1 ; super- 

 vision horse breeding in, 82. 



Glancer (335) alias Thompson's Black 

 Horse, 1 16. 



Goat. See Angora. 



Goat, age milch, 464; Appenzell, 462; 

 as milk producer, 460; Association 

 American Milch, 463 ; fecundity 

 milch, 464; importations America 

 milch, 465 ; lactation period, 463 ; 

 Langensalzaer, 462; Maltese, 460; 

 Nubian, 462; Saanen, 462 ; Schwarz- 

 thal, 463 ; Toggenburg, 461. 



Goats, milk-producing, 460 ; price milch, 

 464. 



Godolphin, 99; Barb, 15. 



Grant, Sir George Macpherson, 215. 



Green Mountain Maid, 48. 



Guadalupe Merinos, 342. 



Guernsey bulls of distinction, 284. 



Guernsey cattle, 276; as butter pro- 

 ducers, 280; butter records, 281, 282 ; 

 characteristics, 278 ; cross-bred or 

 grade, 283; distribution, 2S4 ; im- 

 provement, 276; in beef production, 

 283; introduction to America, 277; 

 maturing character, 283 ; milk records, 

 279; native home, 276; organizations 

 to promote, 285; origin, 276; size, 

 279. 



Guernsey milk, cheese value, 282. 



Guinea breed of pigs, 505. 



Hackney horse, 63; characteristics, 68 ; 

 color of the, 69 ; development of, 

 64; distribution of, 71 ; early British 

 home, 63 ; evolution of, 64 ; half-bred 

 or grade, 70 ; in America, 66 ; pony, 

 149; Horse Society, 71; soundness 

 of the, 69 ; speed and endurance, 66 ; 

 stock, original, 63 ; use word, 63. 



Hal family, 42. 



Hambletonian 10, 38, 39. 



Hambletonian family, 37. 



Hampshire Down sheep, associations to 

 promote, 407 ; as grazer, 406 ; cross- 

 bred or grade, 406 ; distribution, 406 ; 

 early improvement, 402 ; fecundity, 

 406 ; for early lambs, 405 ; for wool, 

 406; introduction to America, 404; 

 native home, 402 ; origin, 402 ; prices 

 for, 407 ; size of, 405. 



Hampshire swine. See T/iin Riiid. 



Harold (3703), 128. 



Hereford cattle, 201 ; as meat pro- 

 ducers, 209; breeders, early, 202; 

 nineteenth century, 203; characteris- 

 tics, 206; distribution, 210; intro- 

 duction to America, 205 ; native 

 home, 201 ; of note in America, 206; 

 organizations to promote, 212 ; origin, 

 201 ; prices for, 211. 



Hereford steers in American fat stock 

 shows, 210. 



Herefords of importance, foundation, 

 204. 



Herod (King Herod), 16. 



Hewer, John, 203. 



Hipparion, 4. 



Hitchin Conqueror (4458), 129. 



Holstein-Friesian, as producer of milk, 

 269; butter records, 271; milk for 

 cheese, 272. 



Holstein-Friesian bulls, great, 274. 



Holstein-Friesian cattle as butter pro- 

 ducers, 269 : breeding and maturing 

 power, 274; characteristics, 266; 

 distribution of, 275; families of 

 prominence, 274 ; grade or cross- 

 bred, 272 ; introduction to America, 

 264; measurements, 268; native 

 home of, 264 ; official testing of, 

 270; organizations for promoting, 

 274; origin name, 264 ; records, 270; 

 size of, 268; oxen, 273. 



Honest Tom (1062), 127. 



Honest Tom (1105), 128. 



Horse, connection of modem and pre- 

 historic, 6 ; discovery in America 

 prehistoric, i ; distribution prehis- 

 toric, 2 ; evolution of, 2 ; man and 

 prehistoric, 6 ; racing in England, 14 ; 

 reference books on, 167. 



Horses, number of record-making, 52; 

 prices paid for standard bred, 52. 



Hyracotherium, 3. 



Improved Black Top Merino, 362. 



Indian pony, 148. 



Infantado Merinos, 342. 



Irish Grazier pig, Poland-China and, 



486. 



