454 



INDEX 



Shetland, score card for, 171 

 Shire, nativity and description of, 



125 

 Shoe boil, 216, 436 

 Shorthorn, dual purpose charac- 

 teristics of, 256 

 nativity and description of, 246 

 Short leet, 56 



Shoulders, examination of, 218 

 Shropshire, characteristics of, 391 

 standard of excellence and scale 

 of points of, 393 

 Sidebones, 214, 436 

 Small Yorkshire, characteristics of, 



346 

 Soundness of ass and mule, 183 

 general examination for, 212 

 of mules, 200 

 relation of, to utility, 211 

 Southdown, characteristics of, 395 

 standard of excellence and scale 

 of points of, 397 

 Spavin, 214, 215 

 Speed or race horse, 153 



records the result of breeding, 85 

 Speedy cutting, 220, 437 

 Splints, 213, 214, 437 

 Standardbred. See American stan- 



dardbred. 

 Stockers, 267 



Structure analogous with that of 

 man, 91 

 of ass, 182 

 of swine, 317 



relation of, to animal judging, 

 24-27 

 to high-prcied cuts, 223 

 Structural form of beef cattle, 242 

 of dairy animal, 284-289 

 of horse, 100 

 of mules, 201 

 of swiae, 329-331 

 Style and action of draft horse, 116 

 of jacks and jennets, 184 

 of mules, 200 

 Sub-class of horses, 111 

 Substance, definition of, 62 

 Suffolk horse, nativity and char- 

 acteristics of, 127-128 

 sheep, characteristics of, 405 

 Sugar mules, 207 

 Sussex, nativity and characteris- 

 tics, 256 

 Sweeney, 218, 437 



Swine, age of, determination of, 320 



of classes, 320 



at maturity, 326 



weight of fat, 321 

 bacon type of, 350 

 breed characteristics of, 332, 355 

 breeding and feeding capacity 

 of, 325 



requisites of, 358 

 carcass of, uses of, 319, 350 

 class characteristics of, 358, 360 

 constitution and vigor of, 325 

 details of form of, 329-331 

 dressing percentage of, 327-329 

 fat type of, 320 

 form or conformation of, 322, 



352, 353 

 general considerations of, 320 

 indications and value of quality 



of, 323, 351 

 meaning and value of condition 



of, 326, 353 

 market value of, 353, 354 

 maturity of, 326 

 percentage of cuts of, 327-329 

 poiats applicable to all breeds of, 



440-442 

 purpose and method of use of, 



319, 350 

 score card for bacon, 354 



for fat, 332 

 sex characteristics of, 359 

 structure of, 317 

 type classification of, 320 

 weight of bacon type of, 351 

 Synunetry, 66 

 Synovial sacs, 215 

 System, use of, in judging, 46 



.Tamworth, 60 



characteristics of, 357 

 standard of excellence of, 358 

 Teeth, "bishoping" of, 52, 105 

 disappearance of cups in, 108 

 how to determine age by, 105 

 indicate age of beef cattle, 241, 

 242 

 of sheep, 361, 363 

 normal and abnormal condition 



of, 217 

 order of appearance of, 107 



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