INDEX 



447 



Chester White, characteristics of, 



340 

 Cheviot, characteristics of, 399 

 standard of excellence and scale 

 of points of, 401 

 Chunk, classes of, 131 

 description of, 131 

 Circulatory system, affects elabora- 

 tion of milk, 30, 31, 271 

 importance of, 30 

 Class characteristics of beef cattle, 

 264r-268 

 of dairy cattle, 313-314 

 of draft horses, 128 

 of heavy harness horses, 145 

 of Ught harne^ horses, 153- 



155 

 of mules, 205-210 

 of ponies, 173-175 

 of sheep, 416-418 

 of swine, 358-360 

 Classes of beef cattle, 264 

 of dairy cattle, 313 

 of draft horses, 128 

 of heavy harness horses, 145 

 of horses, 111 



of light harness horses, 153, 155 

 of mules, 205 

 of ponies, 173 

 of saddle horses, 161 

 of sheep, 416 

 of swine, 360 

 Classification of horses, 110 



of Ught horses, 133 

 Cleveland Bay, description of, 141- 



145 

 Clydesdale, nativity and descrip- 

 tion of, 123 

 Coach horse, description of, 145 

 Cob, description of, 145 

 Color of Guernsey, 296 



of jacks, 184 

 Colts and fillies, 180 

 Combination horse, description of, 



161, 162 

 Condition, definition of, 68, 69, 70 

 for breeding, 69 

 for market, 68 

 indicates healthfulness, 80 

 of ass, 183 

 of beef cattle, 233 

 of mules, 199 

 of mutton sheep, 374 

 of swine, 326, 353 



Conformation of beef animals, 226 

 Constitution and vigor of Angora 

 goat, 419 

 associated with endurance or 



durability, 115, 149 

 of beef animals, 229 

 of beef breeding cattle, 269 

 of dairy animals, 279 

 of Guernsey, 296 

 of horses, draft, 115 

 how determined, 63 

 importance of, in breeding 



animals, 63 

 of mutton sheep, 373 

 of swine, 325 

 Cotswold, nativity and character- 

 istics of, 389 

 standard of excellence and scale 

 of points of, 390 

 Cotton mules, description of, 209 

 Craig quotation, 22 

 Cribbing, 53 

 indicated by condition of teeth, 

 217 

 Cross firing, 220 



Cruikshank, Amos, plan of breed- 

 ing, 77 

 Culling herds, 72 



inferior animals, 55 

 Curb, 216 



Dairy cattle, breed characteristics 

 of, 290-311 



breeding requisites of, 314 



capacity of, 280 

 as indicated by milk and 

 butter standards, 281 



class characteristics of, 313- 

 314 



classes of, 313 



constitution of, 279 



durability and persistency of, 

 284 



form of, 273 



function of, 274 



mammary system of, 282 



nervous temperament of, 280 



purpose of, 271 



quahty of, 277 



score card of, 289 



structural form and examina- 

 tion of, 284-289 



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