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Comparison of the requirements of 

 different stock, 30. 



Condiments for horses, 260. 



Contracts for breeding stallions, 324. 



Cooking feed for swine, 415. 



Cooperative associations on the 

 range, 56. 



Corn, for fattening cattle, 68 ; for 

 fattening horses, 347 ; for fat- 

 tening swine, 409 ; for growing 

 horses, 292 ; for sheep, 211 ; for 

 work horses, 251, 253, 256. 



Corrals, for cattle, 95 ; for cattle, 

 illustrations, 112; for range 

 sheep, 152 ; for sheep, 202 ; 

 method of construction, 153 ; 

 model system for cattle, 99 ; not 

 permitted in forest reserve, 153. 



Corriedales, 167. 



Cost and profits, of fattening lambs, 

 164 ; on a range ewe, 150. 



Cost, of cattle on the ranges, 47 ; 

 of fattening cattle, 80 ; of feeding 

 old ewes, 164 ; of wintering range 

 sheep, 129. 



Cotton-seed cake for range sheep, 

 130. 



Cotton-seed meal, for fattening 

 cattle, 90; for fattening swine, 

 411; for sheep, 213. 



Coupling, definition, 442. 



Cow-hock, definition, 442. 



Cows and calves, general discussion 

 of, 58. 



Cows, breeding efficiency of, 58 ; 

 definition, 439 ; gestation period, 

 60 ; number to each bull, 56 ; 

 periods of heat, 60 ; suitability 

 to various locations, 38. 



Crampy, definition, 443. 



Creeps, for lambs, 189, 204; for 

 pigs, advantages of, 403. 



Cribber, definition, 443. 



Crimp, definition, 440. 



Crops, land in the West, 6. 



Cross-bred, definition, 434. 



Cross-breeding for wool and mutton, 

 166, 168, 169, 170, 171. 



Cross-firing, definition, 443. 



Crude oil, definition, 445. 



Culling the ewe flock, 179 ; of the 



range band, 128. 

 Cultivated areas of the West, 23. 

 Curby, definition, 443. 

 Curby hock, definition, 443. 

 Cut hay, for fattening cattle, 82, 87 ; 



for lambs, 159. 

 Cutting hay, cost of, 88. 



Dairy cows, proportion of swine to, 



375. 

 Decorating horses for the show 



ring, 351. 

 Deeded lands in the West, 10. 

 Deferred grazing, 19. 

 Dehorning cattle, illustration, 79. 

 Denver as a live-stock market, 27. 

 Different stock compared, 30. 

 Dipping, for scab and ticks, 192; 



of farm sheep, 192 ; of range 



sheep, 142 ; of sheep for the feed 



lot, 163 ; right and wrong 



methods, 144 ; sheep for scab, 143 ; 



sheep for ticks, 142 ; vats for 



sheep, 199 ; vats for swine, 385. 

 Dips for sheep, 142. 

 Distribution, of beef cattle, 37; of 



live-stock, 25. 

 Dock, definition, 440, 443. 

 Docked, definition, 443. 

 Docking, definition, 434 ; fat cattle, 



83 ; instruments for sheep, 205 ; 



loss of castration and, 187; 



methods of, 187. 

 Dodging chute for sheep, 201. 

 Down breeds, definition, 440. 

 Dressing percentage, definition, 



434 ; of cattle, 76 ; of swine, 407. 

 Driwng horses, breaking, 306 ; 



method of feeding, 261. 

 Driving sheep, 222. 

 Dry ewes, management of, 194. 

 Dry-farm, homesteads, 17 ; lands, 



23 ; regions, horse feeding in, 260. 

 Durham, definition, 439. 

 Duroc-Jersey breed of swine, 429. 



Ear-marks in cattle, 107. 

 Ear punch, for sheep, 205 ; 

 swine, 387. 



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