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INDEX 



feeding for local market, 293 ; feed- 

 ing grain or pasture, 285 ; feeding- 

 standards, 282 ; feeding shed, 326 ; 

 feeder, 198; forage racks, 328 ; form 

 of feeder, 199 ; form for feeding, 

 277; Galloway bull, 312; garget, 

 340 ; general examination, 199 ; ^ood 

 requirements, 281 ; Hereford cow, 

 306 ; hogs following, 295 ; increasing 

 feeding capacity, 284 ; indications 

 of doing well, 320 ; impaction, 353 ; 

 length of feeding period, 297 ; milk 

 fever, 338; "on feed," 296 ; pasture, 

 322 ; percentage dress, 278 ; plan of 

 breeding, 307 ; preparing for ship- 

 ment, 300; pregnant cow, 314; pro- 

 duction period, 313 ; quality for 

 feeding, 279 ; quality of feeder, 199 ; 

 retained afterbirth, 336 ; salt, 325 ; 

 sample rations, 300-304 ; season to 

 breed, 313 ; self-feeder, 325 ; shade, 

 325 ; shipping, 299 ; store steer, 198 ; 

 summer feeding on pasture, 284 ; 

 turning to grass, 285 ; tuberculosis, 

 343; type, 186; uniformity, 200, 

 310 ; value of uniformity, 280 ; 

 water, 325; weaning the calf, 3 Iff; 

 when to market, 299 ; white face, 

 306 ; wintering, 282 ; winter feeding 

 in dry lot, 289. 



Belgian horse, 58. 



Belly in lard hogs, 462. 



Berkshire swine, 463; sow, 460. 



Bit, 142; curb, 143; its use, 136; 

 snafHe, 142 ; straight, 142 ; tongue- 

 lolling, 143. 



Bitting, 137. 



Bitting-harness, 137. 



Black Top Merino, 360. 



Blankets, fly, 148 ; for horses, 130 ; 

 outdoor, 131 ; stable, 130. 



Blemish, 14. 



Bhnds, 143. 



Blisters, 156. 



Bloat in cattle, 351 ; in sheep, 446. 



Blood-spavin, 18, 161. 



Boar, 490. 



Body, in beef cattle, 201 ; dairy cattle, 

 194 ; horses, 27, 36 ; sheep, 370. 



Bog-spavin, 18, 161. 



Bone-spavin, 158. 



Bony enlargements, 158. 



Bot-flies, 148. 



Bottles, whirling test, 233. 



Bowen & Quick, 214. 



Breast harness, 147. 



Breeching, 147. 



Breeding animals, 70 ; atavism, 82 ; 

 beef cattle, 305; beef bull, 311; 

 calves from best cows, 237 ; co- 

 operative, 238 ; crate for swine, 493 ; 

 crossing beef breeds, 308 ; dairy 

 cattle, 227; ewe flock, 406; ewes, 

 407; grading-up beef cattle, 307; 

 heredity, 83 ; horses and mules, 96 ; 

 inheritance of disease, 83 ; . like pro- 

 duces like, 71 ; mare, 103 ; mating, 

 81 ; mating sheep, 407 ; plan of, 237 ; 

 plan beef cattle, 307 ; plan for 

 sheep, 404 ; plan for swine, 487 ; 

 prepotency, 84 ; purity of, 85 ; ram, 

 406 ; reversion, 82 ; season of year 

 to breed horses, 104 ; selection, 77 ; 

 selection and improvement, 242 ; 

 sheep, 403 ; soundness, 102 ; stal- 

 lion, 102 ; sterility, 88 ; swine, 487 ; 

 systems of, 89, breeding from best, 

 95, crossing, 90, grading, 89, line- 

 breeding, 90, in-breeding, 91. 



Bridle, 142 ; blinds, 143 ; center-pieces, 

 144 ; check-rein, 144 ; ear-bobs, 144 ; 

 head-stall, 143 ; tassels, 144 ; throat 

 latch, 144. 



Broken wind, 176. 



Brown Swiss bull, 252. 



Brown Swiss cow "Vogel," 258. 



Bull, 244 ; beef (see beef cattle) ; dairy 

 (see dairy cattle) ; ringing, 264. 



Bunions, 17. 



Butter, 227. 



Cabbage, 386. 



Calf, 250; and cow, 315; castrating 

 male calf, 255 ; constipation, 341 ; 

 dairy, 250 ; danger of over-feeding, , , 

 253 ; diarrhea, 341 ; feeding beef, 

 318; from best cows, 237; grain 

 mixture for, 226 ; ills, 340, consti- 

 pation, 341 ; scours, contagious or 

 "white scours" and simple, 341; 

 milk substitutes for feeding, 255 ; 

 on skim-milk, 253 ; on whole milk, 



