Index 



453 



Heat periods, in cows, 60 ; in ewes, 

 181 ; in mares, 277 ; in sows, 393. 



Heavey, definition, 443. 



Heifer, definition, 440. 



Herder, duties of, 124, 145. 



Herding, cattle, 41 ; slieep, 124, 

 145. 



Hereford cattle, for the ranges, 45 ; 

 in tile siiow ring, illustration, 112. 



Hernia in pigs, treatment of, 400. 



Hinney, definition, 443 ; the pro- 

 duction of, 364. 



Hipped, definition, 443. 



Hog cholera, definition, 445. 



Hog, definition, 446. 



Hogget, definition, 441. 



Hogs (see Swine). 



Holders for swine, 387. 



Homesteaders, and horses, 248 ; 

 discussion of, 16. 



Homesteads, 640 acres for grazing, 

 22 ; enlarged for dry-farming, 17 ; 

 land available for, 11, 17. 



Homestead law, comments on, 18. 



Hoof trimmer for sheep, 204. 



Horse, producing sections, 246, 247 ; 

 status of, industry. Chap. XVII, 

 243. 



Horses, city work, 261 ; definition, 

 443 ; distribution of, 26 ; drivers 

 and saddlers, feeding of, 261 ; 

 exports and imports of, 246 ; 

 fattening out for show and sale. 

 Chap. XXIV, 346; fitting for 

 show and sale, general discus- 

 sion of. Chap. XXIV, 346; 

 grazed on forest reserve, 14 ; idle, 

 253 ; increase in, 246 ; manage- 

 ment of breed mares. Chap. XIX, 

 274 ; management of growing 

 stock, Chap. XX, 291 ; manage- 

 ment of pure-breds, Chap. XXIII, 

 332 ; management of stallion. 

 Chap. XXI, 312 ; range manage- 

 ment, Chap. XXII, 326; suit- 

 ability to various environments, 

 33 ; values and numbers of, 244 ; 

 work horses, management of, 

 Chap. XVIII, 251. 



Hot house lambs, 123. 



Hoven in sheep, 218. 



Humid, lands, 23 ; regions, horse 



feeding in, 260 ; sections and 



horses, 249. 



Importation of stallions, 313. 



Imports and exports of horses, 246. 



Impregnation, artificial in brood 

 mares, 280. 



Increase in various kinds of live- 

 stock, 32. 



Indian reservations, grazing on, 10. 



Inspefition of brands, 108. 



Interfering, definition, 443. 



Irrigated lands, 23 ; valleys for 

 fattening cattle, 5^.; valleys for 

 horses, 248 ; valleys, horse feed- 

 ing in, 260. 



Jacks and jennets, market require- 

 ments, 364. 



Jacks, care of, 363 ; definition, 443 ; 

 jennets and mules, discussion of, 

 Chap. XXV, 361. 



Jennets, care of, 363 ; definition, 

 443. 



Joint disease, 287. 



Kaffir for fattening swine, 409. 

 Kale, for fattening cattle, 89 ; for 



sheep, 215. 

 Kemp, definition, 441. 

 Kemp's Australian branding fluid, 



144. 

 Knee-strung, definition, 443. 

 Knock-kneed, definition, 443. 



Labor for various kinds of live- 

 stock, 32. 



Lambing, on the farm, 186 ; on 

 the range, 130 ; percentage, 140. 



Lambs, annual pastures for, 188 ; 

 black-face lambs for feeders, 155 ; 

 bummer, 134 ; cost of feeding, 

 164 ; creeps for, 189, 204 ; daily 

 gains of, 190; definition, 441; 

 disowning of, 134, 186 ; docking 

 and castration of, on the range 

 148 ; ewe, wintering of, 183 ; 

 fattening of range lambs, Chap. 



