Index 



457 



cussion, Chap. XXII, 326 ; horses 

 on, 249 ; homesteading of, 16 ; 

 improvement, 19 ; lambing of 

 sheep on, 130 ; lambs, division 

 of, 147 ; lands, income from, with 

 cattle, 49 ; legal problems, 19 ; 

 mares, discussion of, 327 ; Merino 

 blood on, 166 ; method of lamb- 

 ing on, 131 ; natural divisions 

 of, 55 ; political problems, 20 ; 

 possible sale of, 22 ; problem of 

 range sheep man, 166 ; rams, 

 description of, 127 ; rams, price 

 of, 127 ; sheep discussion of, 

 Chap. X, 124 ; sheep (see Sheep) ; 

 spring and fall, 12 ; stallions, 

 care of, 328 ; stallions, legal 

 control of, 330 ; summer, for 

 sheep, 125 ; system of herding 

 sheep on, 145 ; time of lambing 

 on, 130 ; winter and summer, 11 ; 

 winter, for sheep, 126. 



Rape for flushing sheep, 179 ; for 

 pigs, 405 ; number of pigs to the 

 acre, 405. 



Rations, definition of balanced, 

 434 ; for brood mares, 275 ; for 

 city work horses, 261 ; for driving 

 and saddle horses, 262 ; for ewes, 

 182 ; for fattening cattle, 81 ; 

 for fattening horses, 347 ; for 

 fattening lambs, 156 ; for foals, 

 293; for idle horses, 265; for 

 lambs, 157 ; for mules, 363 ; for 

 orphan foals, 292 ; for pigs, 413 ; 

 for pure-bred horses, 339 ; for 

 stallions, 315, 317 ; two- or three- 

 year-old colts, 298 ; for winter- 

 ing colts, 296 ; for work horses, 

 253 ; for yearling colts, 297 ; 

 swine balancing own, 418. 



Recording pure-bred horses, 336. 



Registration of horses, method of, 

 336, 338 ; origin of, 335. 



Relative economy of different kinds 

 of live stock, 331. 



Reserved lands, 8. 



Reserves, forest (see Forest re- 

 serves) . 



Ringbone, definition, 444. 



Ringers, for swine, 387. 

 Ringing swine, 406. 

 Rings for swine, 387. 

 Roarer, definition, 444. 

 Roasting feed for swine, 417. 

 Rolled barley, for fattening horses, 



347 ; for wintering yearling colts, 



298 ; for work horses, 252 ; (see 



Barley). 

 Roots, for sheep, 214 ; for stallions, 



315. 

 Rounding up cattle, 41. 

 Rubbing posts for swine, 386. 

 Ruptured pigs, castration of, 400. 

 Rye for fattening cattle, 89 ; hay 



for work horses, 257. 



Saddle horses, breaking, 307 ; feed- 

 ing, 261. 



Sage brush for grazing, 12. 



Salt, for horses, 260 ; from alkali 

 licks for range sheep, 147. 



Salting sheep on the range, 146. 



San Francisco as a live-stock mar- 

 ket, 27. 



Sanitation for swine, 377. 



Scab, dipping by Livestock Sanitary 

 Board, 143 ; dipping for, on the 

 farm, 192 ; dipping for, on the 

 range, 143. 



Scales, for cattle, 99 ; racks for 

 cattle, 99. 



Screenings for fattening cattle, 89 ; 

 for fattening lambs, 156. 



Scrotum, definition, 438. 



Scrub, definition, 438. 



Scurs, definition, 441. 



Seattle as a live-stock market, 27. 



Self-feeder, definition, 446 ; for 

 sheep, 198 ; for swine, 417. 



Service fees for stallions, 324. 



Shade in pork production, 371. 



Shearing, advantages of machine 

 shearing, 141 ; for the feed lot, 

 161 ; late shearing, 191 ; machine 

 and blade, 141, 191 ; method of 

 shearing in Australian shearing 

 shed, 237 ; number per day, 141 ; 

 on the farm, 190 ; on the range, 

 141 ; sheds, Australian, 234. 



