INDEX 



Aberdeen Angus cattle, io6, 113-114 

 Abomasum, 20 

 Absorption of food, 17, 18 

 Age, and digestion, 27 

 Alfalfa, 38-39 



a legume, 37 



gas from eating, 20 



mineral matter in, 15 



protein in, 13 



vitamine in, 16 



with molasses, 56 

 Amber cane, 34 



American Merino sheep, 131-132 

 American Saddle horse, 81 

 American Trotter and Pacer, 81, 94-96 



Morgan horse, 96 



race horse, 95-96 



Standard Bred horse, 96 

 Amino acids, 18 

 Ancona chickens, 313 

 Angora goats, 149-iso 

 Animal body, composition, 11-21 

 Animal starch, 13 

 Appendix, 333-337 

 Arabian horse, 81, 96-97 

 Ash, in feed stufEs, 22 

 Assimilation of food, 17 

 Ayrshire Association, 270 

 Ayrshire cattle, 106, 122-124 



Bacon hogs, judging, 191-192 

 Bacterial fermentation, 20 

 Balanced ration, 63 

 Barley, 37, 45-46 



carbohydrates in, 14 



feeds, 53-54 



value of crushing, 26 

 Barns, 245 

 Beans, a legume, 37 

 Bedding, 29 

 Beef cattle, 106 



Aberdeen Angus, 106, 113-114 



care, 236-243 



Beef cattle — Continued 

 equipment, 241 



feeding, 239-240 

 Galloway, 106, 114 



Hereford, 106, iio-iii 



housing, 241-242 



judging, 165-176 



management, 236-243 



Polled Durham, 106 



Polled Hereford, 106, 112-113 



production, 237-238 



sire, care of, 237 



water for, 242 



West Highland, 106, 115-117 

 Beef fat, vitamine in, 16 

 Beet pulp, ss-56 

 Belgian draft horse, 79, 84-85 

 Bermuda grass, 33, 37 

 Black Face Highland sheep, 147-149 

 Bloat, 20 

 Blood, circulation, 18 



iron in, 21 



magnesium in, 21 

 Blood meal, 59, 60 

 Blue Andalusian chickens, 313 

 Blue grass, Kentucky, 34 

 Bones, magnesium in, 21 



mineral matter in, 15 

 Brain cells, 12 

 Brahma chickens, 317 

 Bran, corn, 54 



mineral matter in, 15 



rice, 53 



wheat, SI 

 Breed Associations, 267-271 



requirements for admission, 269 

 Breed, defined, 79 

 Breeding horses, judging, 229-230 

 Breeds of cattle, 106-130 



of horses, 79-105 



of sheep, 131-151 



of swine, 152-164 

 Brome grass, 33, 36-37 



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