INDEX 



Aberdeen Angus cattle, 298. 



Abortion, in cows, 332 ; contagious, 

 333 ; non-contagious, 332 ; in mares, 

 110. 



Acid, sulfuric, 253. 



Action in horses, 21, 22. 



Afterbirth, 336. 



Age, of cow, how to estimate, 187 ; to 

 feed cattle, 276 ; of horse, how to 

 estimate, 7 ; of sheep, how to esti- 

 mate, 361 ; of swine, 454. 



Aged horses, 11. 



Allerton, 87. 



American Merino, 364, 375. 



American saddle horse, 97. 



American trotter, 24. 



Ames, F. L., 192, 197. 



Angus cattle, 73. 



Animals, breeding, 70; feeding, 37. 



Apoplexy parturition, 339. 



Arab horse, 6. 



Arfman, John, 208. 



Arms, in horses, 25, 34. 



Artichoke, 475. 



A-shaped hog house, 507. 



Associations, testing, 235. 



Asthma, 176. 



Atavism, 82. 



Auten, A. O., 250. 



Average production for cow, 229. 



Ayreshire cattle, 228. 



Azoturia, 179. 



Baby-beef, 291; advantages, 292; 



cattle used, 292; disadvantages, 



293 ; feeds used, 292. 

 Back-band, 147. 

 Back, in swine, 461. 

 Bacon, Canada, 483; skim-milk for, 



488 ; type, 454. 

 Bacon-hog, choosing, 464 ; condition, 



464 ; feeding, 483 ; form, 464 ; feed-. 



ing in summer, 484 ; feeding in 

 winter, 484. 



Bakewell, Robert, 70. 



Balanced ration, 51 ; use, 55. 



Bandage, 152. 



Bang, Dr., 350. 



Barn, dairy, 264; floors, 268; hog, 

 505; sheep, 433; ventilation, 266; 

 watering device, 270. 



Barrenness in mares, 109 ; in cows, 

 332. 



Barrier, 10. 



Bathing, 156. 



Bedding for horses, 129 ; corn stalks, 

 leaves, shavings, straw, 129 ; the 

 cow, 258 ; sheep, 388, 436. 



Beef, baby, 291 ; food requirements 

 for, 281. 



Beef cattle, Aberdeen Angus, 298 

 abortion, 332; age to feed, 276 

 barrenness, 332; bloating, 351 

 breeds, 308 ; breeding, 305 ; breed- 

 ing stock, 308; bull, 311; butchers' 

 demands, 277; care and manage- 

 ment, 320; calves from best cows, 

 307; care of calf, 315-317; choos- 

 ing, 198 ; condition of feeder, 200 ; 

 condition for feeding, 278 ; compo- 

 sition of carcass, 276 ; cooperative 

 grading-up, 307; cost of bull, 311; 

 cow, 313 ; cow with calf at foot, 315 ; 

 crossing, 308 ; dehorning, 354 ; detail 

 characters, 200 ; difficult parturi- 

 tion, 334 ; diseases, 331 ; drifting, 

 300 ; dual purpose cow, 309 ; equip- 

 ment for summer feeding, 322 ; 

 equipment for winter feeding, 326; 

 essentials of feeding cattle, 275 ; 

 eversion of the womb, 338; farms, 

 322 ; fat steer, 198 ; fat steer indi- 

 cations, 202; feed-bunk, 323, 327; 

 feed lot, 327; feeding, 275, 318; 



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