446 



INDEX 



Beef cattle, marbling of meat of, 

 235 

 nervous development of, 230 

 percentage of different cuts of 



beef of, 237 

 products and their uses, 223 

 relation of structure to high- 

 priced cuts, 223 

 score card of, 246 

 weight and maturity of, 231 

 dressing percentages of, 234 

 marbling of, 235 



percentage of different cuts of, 

 237 

 Belgian, nativity and characteris- 

 tics of, 121, 122, 123 

 Berkshire, nativity and character- 

 istics of, 332 

 standard of excellence and scale 

 of points, 334 

 Bibhography, 426-428 

 Blemishes decrease , value of ani- 

 mal, 50 

 definition of, 51 

 not transmitted, 51 

 one class of defects, 50 

 Block tests, 85 

 Bog spavins, 215 



Bone and muscle, coordination of, 

 225 

 indicates quality, 62, 115 

 quaUty of, indicated by canon 



bone, 93, 95 

 size of, indicates scale, 29 

 Bony growths, 213 

 Breed character, 70 



characteristics of Angora goat, 

 421 

 of beef cattle, 246-256 

 of dairy cattle, 290-311 

 of draft horses, 118-128 

 of dual purpose cattle, 256-264 

 of heavy harness horses, 136- 



145 

 of jacks and jennets, 186-192 

 of light harness horses, 150- 



153 

 of ponies, 169-173 

 of saddle horses, 157-161 

 of sheep, 385-407, 411-416 

 of swine, 332-350 

 selection, 81 

 Breeder, attributes of, 425 

 two classes of, 78 



Breeders' fads, 87 

 Breeding animals, conformity to 

 breed type, 268 



constitution and vigor of, 269 



form of, 176, 268 



quaUfications of, 70 



quality of, 176 



sex characteristics of, 178, 270 



temperament of, 177, 269 

 attributes, 175 

 classes of sheep, 416 

 condition, 69 

 requisites, 268, 314, 368 

 test, 73 

 Breeds, beef cattle, 246 

 draft horses, 118 

 dual purpose, 256 

 factors contributing to their 



origin, 18 

 heavy harness horses, 136 

 horses, classification. 111 

 jacks, 186 



light harness horses, 136 

 ponies, 169 

 saddle horses, 157 

 sheep, 385 

 swine, 332 

 Brown Swiss, characteristics of, 306 



standard of excellence and 

 scale of points of, 307 



Cab horse, description of, 145 

 Calves, characteristics of, 267 

 Canter, description of, 100 

 Capacity of beef cattle, 233 

 of dairy animal, 280 

 how determined and developedj65 

 indicated by milk and butter 



standards, 281 

 of mutton sheep, 374 

 of swine, 325 

 Carcass of swine, uses of, 319, 350 

 Catalonian jack, nativity and de- 

 scription of, 187 

 Cavalry horse, characteristics of, 

 164 

 specifications of Quarter- 

 master-General for, 165 

 Cheshire, characteristics of, 348 

 standard of excellence and scale 

 of points of, 348 



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