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INDEX 



Dairy cattle, wedges of, 59, 274, 

 276, 277, 278 

 classes, calves, 314 



heifer development, 313 

 mature form, 313 

 form of, 273 

 function of, 274 



correlation with other factors 

 of, 275 

 records measure productiveness 

 of, 82, 83, 85 

 are reliable when covering long 

 period, 83 

 temperament of Guernsey, 296 

 Deafness, indicated by lack of ear 



movement, 217 

 Deception from trimming, 375 

 Decisions, uniformity of, 44 

 Defects, exterior, classified, 50 



in way of going, 219 

 Delaine Merino, characteristics of, 

 413 

 standard of excellence and 

 scale of points of, 414 

 Detailed structural form of beef 

 animal, 242 

 of dairy animal, 284-289 

 of horse, 100 

 of mules, 201 

 of sheep, 365 

 of swine, 329-331 

 Devons, nativity and characteris- 

 tics of, 262 

 standard of excellence and scale 

 of points of, 263 

 Digestive system, factors indicat- 

 ing a strong, 30 

 importance of, 30 

 Disease of frog, 218 

 Dorset Horn, characteristics of, 402 

 standard of excellence and 

 scale of points of, 403 

 Draft animals, breeds of horses, 118 

 conformation of, 113 

 group or type of, 113 

 temperament or nervous de- 

 velopment of, 67 

 mules, description of, 205 

 or short leet, 56 

 Drafter, description of, 128, 129 

 Dressing percentages of cattle, 234 



of swine, 327, 328, 329 

 Dual purpose breeds, 256 

 Durability of dairy animal, 284 



Durability of light harness horse, 



149 

 Duroc-Jersey, characteristics of, 

 339 

 scale of points of, 340 

 Dutch Belted, nativity and char- 

 -acteristics of, 308 

 standard of excellence and 

 scale of points of, 310 

 Dwelling, 220 



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Ears of horses, jacks, jennets and 



mules, 216 

 Endurance associated with consti- 

 tution, 115, 149 



of mules, 200 



or speed records, 85 

 Essex, characteristics of, 347 

 Established herds, 82 

 Expresser, description of, 132 



overlaps other classes, 112 

 Eyes, description of, 217 



indicate certain characters, 217 



Fads of breeders, 87 



Farm mules, description of, 206 



Fat cattle, characteristics of, 264 



hog, form of, 59 



production, dependent upon ner- 

 vous development, 32 



sheep and lambs, characteristics 

 of, 417 



type of swine, 320 

 Feeders, characteristics of, 265, 



360, 418 

 Feet, diseases of, 218 

 Fine- wool breeds, 385, 411 

 Fistula, location and detection of, 



218, 434 

 Fleece, Angora, 421 



characteristics of, 377 



lustre of, 381 



method of examination of, 378 



purity of, 381 



quality of, 379 



quantity of, 380 



soundness of, 383 



types of, 377 



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