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INDEX 



Southdown sheep, 378 ; adaptability 

 of, 384 ; as feeder, 383 ; breeding 

 qualities, 384; characteristics, 381; 

 criticism, 385 ; cross-bred or grade, 

 384 ; distribution, 385 ; early im- 

 provers of, 378 ; for wool, 384 ; in- 

 troduction to America, 381 ; mutton, 

 383 ; native home, 378 ; nobility 

 breeding, 380 ; organizations pro- 

 moting, 385; original stock, 378; 

 prices for, 386; size of, 382. 



Spain, annual Merino drives in, 340; 

 exportation Merinos from, 343 ; pro- 

 vincial flocks of, 341 ; sheep hus- 

 bandry in, 339. 



Spanish Merino, Black Top, 361. 



Spanish red pigs, 505. 



Spanish sheep, two groups, 340. 



Standard-bred horses, prices paid for, 52. 



Standard-bred trotter, what is a, 44. 



Standard Delaine, 360. 



Standard pacing, 50. 



Studbook, Thoroughbred, 24. 



Suffolk and Norfolk Red Polled Cattle, 

 amalgamation, 310. 



Suffolk Down sheep, as feeder, 423 ; 

 characteristics, 422; cross-bred or 

 grade, 423; distribution, 423; fecun- 

 dity, 423 ; for mutton, 423 ; for wool, 

 423; introduction to America, 421; 

 native home, 421 ; organizations to 

 promote, 424; size, 422 ; origin, 421. 



Suffolk horse, characteristics, 142; 

 cross-bred, 145; distribution, 145; 

 draft horse, 144; early career, 140; 

 fecundity and longevity of, 145 ; for- 

 eign blood to improve, 140; founda- 

 tion, 140; history modern, 141; in 

 America, history, 142 ; native home 

 of, 140; studbook, 145. 



Suffolk pig, characteristics, American, 

 530; distribution, American, 531 ; 

 English, 530 ; in breed comparison, 

 531 ; origin, American, 530. 



Suffolk Red Polled cattle, 309. 



Sussex cattle, 234 ; beef properties, 

 235 ; characteristics, 234 ; cross-bred 

 and grade, 236; distribution, 236; 

 early-maturing andgrazingvalue, 236; 

 introduction to America, 234 ; milk- 

 giving qualities, 235; native home, 

 234 ; origin, 234 ; promotion of, 237 ; 

 size, 235. 



Swedish Merinos, 343. 



Swine, of Miami Valley, 484 ; type val- 

 ued inJJnited States, 467. 



Swiss cJble, races, 326. See Brown 

 CiWlSS. s. s. s. s. s. s. s 



Tamworth pig, ancestry, 545 ; as bacon, 

 547 ; as a feeder, 548 ; as a grazer, 

 550; characteristics, 546; criticisms, 

 550; cross-bred or grade, 549; dis- 

 tribution, 550; early type, 545 ; fe- 

 cundity, 549 ; improvement, 545 ; in- 

 troduction America, 546 ; maturing 

 quality, 548; native home, 545; or- 

 ganizations to promote, 550; size, 



547- 



Thin Rind pig, as a grazer, 553; char- 

 acteristics, 552; distribution, 553; 

 fecundity, 553; grade or cross-bred, 

 553 ; meat, 553 ; organizations to pro- 

 mote, 553; origin of, 551 ; size, 552. 



Thoroughbred horse, 14; color of, 21 ; 

 conformation of, 20; distribution, 21 ; 

 height, 21 ; influence on American 

 saddle horse of, 26; origin of, 17; 

 speed of, 22, 23 ; studbook, 24 ; tem- 

 perament, 21 ; weight, 21. 



Thoroughbred sires, famous, 24, 25. 



Thoroughbreds, importationsto 

 America of, 19; names famous, 17; 

 prices of, 21 ; prominent American, 

 19; prominent British, iS. 



Toggenburg goat, 461. 



Tom Hal, 42. 



Tomkins family, 202. 



Trot, explanation of, 49. 



Trot and pace interchangeable, 49. 



Trotter, American, 36; cross of Orloff 

 and American, 57; definition standard- 

 bred, 44; in America, early use, 36; 

 speed of the, 46 ; type of American, 



43- 



Trotters and pacers, sires of, 47. 



Trotting, blood in America, source, 36. 



Trotting families of note, 37. 



Trotting horse, history of English, 36. 



Trotting or pacing brood mares, list, 48. 



Trotting or pacing families, money-win- 

 ning, 52. 



Trotting records, fast, 47. 



Trotting register, 44. 



Tunis Sheep, Breeders' Association, 

 428 ; characteristics, 426 ; cross-bred 

 or grade, 427 ; distribution, 428 ; 

 fecundity of, 428; for early lambs, 

 427 ; for mutton, 427 ; for wool, 428 ; 

 introduction to America, 425 ; native 

 home, 425 ; origin, 425; size, 427. 



Turk, Byerly, 15. 



Type of cattle, beef, 169; dairy, 243. 



Type, quality of dairy, 248. 



Udder, 246. 



United States, mule raising in, 161. 



