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Index 



Bos, definition, 439. 



Bovine, definition, 439. 



Bow-legged, definition, 442. 



Braiding and trimming for the show 

 ring, Illustration, 353 ; horses 

 for the show ring, 351. 



Branding, cattle, Chap. VII, 103; 

 chute for cattle, illustration, 99 ; 

 equipment for sheep, 206 ; 

 Kemp's Australian branding 

 fluid, 144 ; of range horses, 330 ; 

 paint on wool, 231; paint, 144; 

 sheep on the range, 144. 



Brand inspection, 108 ; laws, 108. 



Bran, for city work horses, 261 ; for 

 driving or saddle horses, 262 ; 

 for fattening cattle, 90 ; for 

 fattening horses, 347 ; for fat- 

 tening lambs, 156 ; for fattening 

 swine, 411; for feeding brood 

 mares, 274 ; for growing horses, 

 291 ; for sheep, 213 ; for stal- 

 lions In the breeding season, 315 ; 

 for wintering foals, 297 ; for 

 work horses, 252, 256, 260. 



Bran mash for city work horses, 

 261. 



Breaking colts, 299 ; colts, equip- 

 ment for, 301 ; foals to halter, 

 294 ; horses for show and sale, 

 349 ; horses, special appliances 

 for. Illustration, 308 ; horses, 

 special devices for, 308 ; range 

 horses, 330 ; single drivers, 306 ; 

 stallions to work, 318 ; to lead, 

 303; to lead, illustration, 294; 

 to stand tied, 302 ; to work, 304. 



Bred sows, rate of gain, 394 ; try- 

 ing, 394. 



Breed associations, lists of, for 

 horses, 337 ; origin of, 335. 



Breeding, contracts for stallions, 

 324 ; crate for swine, 383 ; equip- 

 ment for stallions, 319 ; hand 

 coupling for sheep, 181 ; hobbles, 

 320 ; length of breeding season, 

 129 ; lot, 321 ; of live-stock, 28 ; 

 rams, production of, 174 ; season 

 for brood mares, 276 ; season for 

 sheep on the farm, 179 ; season 



for sheep on the range, 129; 

 swine, 393 ; terms for stalhons, 

 324 ; zigzag method cff, 166. 



Breeds, of cattle for the ranges, 45 ; 

 of sheep for cross-breeding, 168. 



Brightness, definition, 440. 



Brltch, definition, 440. 



Broken mouth, 128; definition, 

 440. 



Bronchial trouble in swine, 423. 



Brood mares. Chap. XIX, 274; 

 artificial impregnation of, 280; 

 barrenness in, 279 ; care after 

 parturition, 286 ; care after serv- 

 ice, 283 ; condition at weaning 

 time, 278 ; feed during parturi- 

 tion, 275 ; feed during pregnancy, 

 275 ; feed in breeding season, 

 274 ; heat and gestation periods, 

 277 ; on the range, 327 ; partu- 

 rition, 285 ; pure-bred, require- 

 ments of, 334 ; season to breed, 

 276; service of, 278; sheds, 

 stables, and lots for, 289; work- 

 ing, 289. 



Brood sow, definition, 445. 



Buck, definition, 440. 



Buck-kneed, definition, 442. 



Buildings (see Shelter). 



Bulls, cost of, for range purposes, 

 45 ; discussion of, 56 ; on the 

 ranges, laws concerning, 45; 

 prices of, 56. 



Bunch grass, 13. 



Bunks for feeding grain, 78. 



Burro, definition, 442. 



Butcher stock, definition, 439. 



Buttermilk for fattening swine, 

 412. 



By-products for pork production, 

 369. 



Cabbage for sheep, 215. 



Caked udders in sows, treatment of, 



399. 

 Calendar of operations on the range, 



148. 

 Calf, definition, 439. 

 Calf-hocked, definition, 442. 

 Calf-kneed, definition, 442. 



