INDEX 



453 



Quality of mutton sheep, 373 



of swine, 323, 351 

 Quantity of fleece, 380 



Rack described, 100 

 Rambouillet, characteristics of, 415 

 Red Polled, disqualifications of, 

 260, 261 

 nativity and characteristics 



of, 258 

 standard of excellence and 

 scale of points of, 259, 261 

 Registry associations, pure-bred 



live stock, 429 

 Regularity of breeding, 74 

 Reproductive system affects value 



of animals, 31, 32 

 Reynolds, M. H., 211 

 Ringbone, location and effect of, 



214, 436 

 Roadster, description of, 153, 155 

 Roaring, 53 

 Rolling, 220 



Romney, nativity and character- 

 istics of, 403 

 Rudimentary teats of Guernsey, 



297 

 Runabout -horse, description of, 



112, 145 

 Running horse, description and re- 

 quirements of, 167, 168 

 walk described, 100 



Saddle group or type, breeds of, 



167 

 Scale of ass, 183 



determined by bony framework, 



28 

 fixed by height and weight, 61 

 at maturity, 29 

 of mules, 195 

 Scalping, 220, 436 

 Score card for bacon swine, 354 

 carcass determination, 351 

 for beef cattle, 246 

 for dairy cattle, 289 

 for draft horses, 117 

 for fat swine, 332 



Score card for fine-wool sheep, 410 



for heavy harness horses, 146 



for jacks, 186 



for light harness horses, 155, 

 156 



for mules, 203 



for mutton sheep, 384 



for saddle horses, 168 



for Shetland ponies, 171 



use of, 38, 39 

 Selection of a breed, 81 



as distinguished from judging, 36 

 factors and principles of, 57 

 importance of, 19 

 of a jack, 186 

 possibilities of, 21, 22 

 suggestions on, 78 

 Sex characteristics of Angora goat, 

 421 



of ass, 184 



of breeding cattle, 270 

 horses, 178 



of swine, 359 

 Sheep, breed characteristics of, 



386-407, 411-416 

 breeding classes of, 416 

 capacity of, 374 

 class requirements of, 416-418 

 condition of, 374 

 constitution of, 373 

 deception by trimming of, 376 

 determination of age of, 361 

 examination of, 50, 365 

 fat, 417 

 feeder, 418 



fine-wool breeds of, 411 

 fleece characteristics of, 377 

 form of, 371, 407 

 market classes of, 361 

 maturity of, 375 

 mutton type of, 371 

 points applicable to most British 



breeds of, 442 

 purpose of, 361 

 quality of, 373, 409 

 score card for mutton type, 384 



for fine-wool type, 410 

 types of, 385 

 use of products of, 361 

 variation in fleece of, 384 

 weight of, 371 

 Shetland, 61, 169 



description and requirements of, 



169, 170 



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