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honest methods in handling, 191 ; 

 imports of, to the United States, 

 226 ; industry, status of, 226 ; 

 inferior wool, results from poor 

 breeding, 167 ; length and 

 strength of fiber, 226; the old 

 method of packing, 234 ; one- 

 half blood, 229 ; one-quarter 

 blood, 229 ; packing of, 232 ; pays 

 the price of wintering range 

 sheep, 129 ; paper twine for 

 tying, 232 ; moisture contained, 

 191 ; producers of. Chap. IX, 

 121; production, 226; shrink- 

 age , and condition of, 230 ; 

 skirting of, 233 ; sorting of, 233 ; 

 three-eighths blood, 229 ; twine 

 for tying, 232 ; value of, in this 

 country, 226 ; warehouse method 

 of packing, 234. 

 Wools, classing of, 233 ; color and 

 character of, 231 ; combing 



wools, 227 ; cross-breeding, 166 ; 



fine, medium, 229 ; grade, 229 ; 



grading of, 233 ; grading of, 



according to fineness, 229. 

 Work horses, general discussion, 



Ciiap. XVIII, 251 ; in the city, 



methods of feeding, 261 ; in the 



United States, cost of feed, 251 ; 



feeding of, 251. 

 Worms, definition, 446 ; intestinal, 



in swine, 423. 

 Worsted yarn, 228. 

 Wounds and ulcers on swiiie, 



419. 



Yarn, worsted, 228. 

 Yean, definition, 442. 

 Yearling, definition, 442. 

 Yelp, defiriition, 446. 

 Yolk, definition, 442. 



Zigzag breeding, 166. 



Printed in the United States of America. 



