INDEX 



Alberta, 12 



Amerioan trotters, 12, 43 



Blizzard, 13, 51 

 Branding, 31-37, 66 

 Branding-Irons, 9, 28, 31, 35, 36 

 Brands, 28, 31 

 British Columbia, 1, 19 

 " Broncho," 20, 44 

 Brood mares, 15, 17 

 Building, 13-26 



best site tor, 15 



plans tor, 18 

 Bull-herd, 32 

 Bulls, 31, 39 



exchange of, 31 



importation of, 31, 32 



winter care of, 32 

 Buying for range, 9, 32 



Calgary, 4, 5 

 Calves, 28, 29 



buying of, 32, 33 



branding of, 35 



castration of, 37 



care of newly-branded, 37 



Winter feeding of, 37 



care of newly -weaned, 38 

 Capital, 5 

 Cattle, 27 



pm-chasingof, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33 



diseases of, 29 



increase of, 30, 72-77 



breeds of, 30 



care of coWs in calf, 33, 77 



epriog shipping of, 39 

 " Cayuse," 13 

 Clydesdales, 13 

 Corral, 18, 19. 11, 53, 61 

 OotsWolds, 19 

 Coyotes, price of skins, 51 

 Customs, 3 



Dealers, 27, 16 



" DogiCB," 29, 75, 76 



When ready for beef, 29, 33 



buying of, 33 



prices of, 33 

 Durham, 30, 31 



Sar-marking, 35 

 Edmonton, 5 



Fence, cost of construction of, 67 

 posts, 67 



Fence, quantity of barbed wire 



required, 67 

 Fencing, 67-70 



how to proceed with, 68, 69 



two-strand, 69 



three-strand, 69 



how to secure wire, 70 

 Fields. 38, 39, 16, 68 

 Fuel, 13 



Grasses, 42, 55 



Gestation, period of, in coWs, 77 



in mares, 80 



in ewes, 82 

 Government lands, 12, 13 



Hay used for shed-rooflng, 24 



Winter feeding of, 37, 38, 39, 52 



quantity required tor horses, 

 41 

 Haying, 55-61 



time limit for, 55 



building stack, 58 



with a " sweep," 59 



With derrick -poles, 60 



ploughing flre-guard round 

 stack, 61 

 Hay-yard. 19 

 Heifers, two-year-olds getting in 



caU, 39 

 Herding, 51, 52 

 Hereford, 30, 31 

 Highland, 30 

 Hired man, 6, 7, 9 



wages of, 6 

 Holsteins, 30 



Homesteading, 10, 11, 12, 13 

 Horses, 41-47 



capital required, 41 



cost of raisiag, 42 



blood circulation of, 43 



breeds of, 13, 11 



buying, 44 



breakiiig to saddle and har- 

 ness, 41 



prices of, 15 



most profitable breed to raise, 

 15 



general management, 15, 16, 

 17, 77 



increase of, 77-80 

 House, cost of, 15 



building of, 15. 15, 17 



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