452 



INDEX 



Muscular development, relation of 

 bone to, 92, 93, 225, 226 

 value of animals dependent 

 upon, 29 

 Mutton type, characteristics of, 

 371-377 



N 



Natural thrift, 74 

 Nerve cutting, 52 

 Nervous development of ass, 184 

 of beef cattle, 230 

 characterization of, 32 

 controls temperament, 68 

 correlation with other func- 

 tions, 32, 97 

 indicates use and value of 



animal, 32, 33 

 in different classes of animals, 

 32, 67 

 temperament of dairy breeds, 

 67, 280, 281 

 indicates endurance, 97 



milk production, 67 

 of speed horses, 67 

 Norman, 120. See Percheron. 

 Nostrils, description of, 217 



Official standard of the American 

 Trotting Register Association, 

 152 

 O. I, C. swine, characteristics of, 

 341 

 standard of excellence and 

 scale of pouits of, 341 

 Open joint, 215 



Operations prastised to improve 

 show condition, 51 

 should be discriminated against, 

 51-52 

 Oxford, characteristics of, 397 

 standard of excellence and scale 

 of points of, 399 



Pace described, 100 

 Pacing standard, 152, 153 

 Paddling, 219 



Pampered condition, 69 



Park horse, 145 



Parrot mouth, 217, 435 



Pedigree and individuality, 76 

 not aU important, 74, 75 

 should be considered, 78, 79 



Percentage of different cuts in 

 swine, 327, 328, 329 



Percheron, nativity and descrip- 

 tion of, 118-121 



Persistency of dairy animal, 284 



Point of approach, 46, 47 



Pointing, 220 



Poitou jack, nativity and descrip- 

 tion of, 188 



Poland-China, disqualifications of, 

 338 

 nativity and characteristics of, 



334 

 standard of excellence and 

 scale of points of, 336-338 



Polled Durham, breed character- 

 istics of, 247, 248 



Polo ponies, description and re- 

 quirements of, 173 



Ponies between 11-2 and 14-2, 175 

 description of, 173 

 under 46 inches, 174 



Pony, breeds of, 169 

 classes of, 173 

 group or type of, 169 



Position of animals for judging, 46 



Pounding, 220 



Prepotency, definition of, 74 

 of Guernsey, 297 



Productiveness, 74 



PropelUng power, 96 



Pure-bred live stock associations, 

 429 



Q 



Quality of Angora goat, 419 

 fleece, 421 

 of breeding animals, 176 

 of dairy animals, 277 

 of draft horse, 114, 115 

 of fleece, 379 



of heavy harness horse, 134 

 how determined, 62 

 indications of, in beef cattle, 228 



in horses, draft, 114, 115 

 of light harness horse, 149 

 of mules, 198 



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