INDEX 
Acreage of the forest reserves, 14. 
Advertising, pure-bred cattle, 117; 
pure-bred horses, 342; pure-bred 
swine, 431; stallions in service, 
323. 
Age, determination of, in sheep, 128 ; 
of breeding rams, 178; of cattle, 
definitions of, 44. 
Alfalfa, acreage of, in the West, 24; 
distribution of, 24; for boars, 
410; for brood sows, 410; for 
calves, 61; for cows and calves, 
60; cut (see Cut hay); for fat- 
tening cattle, 52; for fattening 
horses, 348; for fattening lambs, 
156; for fattening pigs, 410; for 
feeding brood mares, 274; for 
growing horses, 291; for wean- 
ling pigs,405 ; for wintering cattle, 
42; for wintering foals, 297; for 
work horses, 251, 258, 260; for 
range horses, 330. 
Alfalfa meal for fattening cattle, 
82, 87. 
Alfalfa pasture, for fattening swine, 
410; for pigs, 405. 
Alkali licks for sheep, 147. 
Altitude of the West, 4. 
Angus cattle for the ranges, 45. 
Appropriated lands, 10. 
Area of Western states, 8. 
Artificial impregnation, in hinney 
production, 365; methods of, 
280. 
Auction sales, for sheep, 193; 
pure-bred cattle, 111. 
Australia, a wool-producing coun- 
try, 226. 
Australian shearing shed, 234. 
Azoturia, prevention of, in city 
work horses, 261; prevention of, 
of 
in fattening horses, 348; pre- 
vention of, in work horses, 253; 
symptoms, causes, and treat- 
ment, 269. 
Baby mutton, 123. 
Bacon, definition, 445. 
Bags for wool, 232. 
Balanced ration, definition, 434. 
Barley, for city work horses, 261; 
for fattening cattle, 80, 89; for 
fattening lambs, 156; for fat- 
tening swine, 409; for growing 
horses, 292; for idle horses, 255; 
for sheep, 212; for work horses, 
251. 
Barley hay for work horses, 257. 
Barns (see Shelter). 
Barrenness in brood mares, 279. 
Barrow, definition, 445; meat su- 
perior, 399. 
Beef cattle (see Cattle). 
Beet pulp, for fattening cattle, 90; 
for fattening lambs, 157. 
Berkshire breed of swine, 429; defi- 
nition, 445. 
Binders, definition, 440. 
Blackface, definition, 440. 
Black teeth, definition, 445. 
Black wool, 232. 
Blanketing horses, 265. 
Blemish, definition, 442. 
Bloat in sheep, 218. 
Block hogs, definition, 445. 
Boar, definition, 445; feeding, 391; 
handling the, 394; number of 
services per day, 393; selection 
and management, Chap. XXVIII, 
389; services per sow, 393. 
Boar’s tusks, cutting, 425. 
Bogus pedigrees for horses, 338. 
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