448 
Bos, definition, 439. 
Bovine, definition, 439. 
Bow-legged, definition, 442. 
Braiding and trimming for the show 
ring, illustration, 353; horses 
for the show ring, 351. 
Branding, cattle, Chap. VII, 103; 
chute for cattle, illustration, 99; 
equipment for sheep, 206; 
Kemp’s Australian branding 
fluid, 144; of range horses, 330; 
paint on wool, 231; paint, 144; 
sheep on the range, 144. 
Brand inspection, 108; laws, 108. 
Bran, for city work horses, 261; for 
driving or saddle horses, 262; 
for fattening cattle, 90; for 
fattening horses, 347; for fat- 
tening lambs, 156; for fattening 
swine, 411; for feeding brood 
mares, 274; for growing horses, 
291; for sheep, 213; for stal- 
lions in the breeding season, 315; 
for wintering foals, 297; for 
work horses, 252, 256, 260. 
Bran mash for city work horses, 
261. 
Breaking colts, 299; colts, equip- 
ment for, 301; foals to halter, 
294; horses for show and sale, 
349; horses, special appliances 
for, illustration, 308; horses, 
special devices for, 308; range 
horses, 330; single drivers, 306; 
stallions to work, 318; to lead, 
303; to lead, illustration, 294; 
to stand tied, 302; to work, 304. 
Bred sows, rate of gain, 394; try- 
ing, 394. 
Breed associations, lists of, for 
horses, 337; origin of, 335. 
Breeding, contracts for stallions, 
324; crate for swine, 383; equip- 
ment for stallions, 319; hand 
coupling for sheep, 181; hobbles, 
320; length of breeding season, 
129; lot, 321; of live-stock, 28; 
rams, production of, 174; season 
for brood mares, 276; season for 
sheep on the farm, 179; season 
Index 
for sheep on the range, 129; 
swine, 393; terms for stallions, 
324; zigzag method of, 166. 
Breeds, of cattle for the ranges, 45; 
of sheep for cross-breeding, 168. 
Brightness, definition, 440. 
Britch, definition, 440. 
Broken mouth, 128; 
440. 
Bronchial trouble in swine, 423. 
Brood mares, Chap. XIX, 274; 
artificial impregnation of, 280; 
barrenness in, 279; care after 
parturition, 286; care after serv- 
ice, 283; condition at weaning 
time, 278; feed during parturi- 
tion, 275; feed during pregnancy, 
275; feed in breeding season, 
274; heat and gestation periods, 
277; on the range, 327; partu- 
rition, 285; pure-bred, require- 
ments of, 334; season to breed, 
276; service of, 278; sheds, 
stables, and lots for, 289; work- 
ing, 289. 
Brood sow, definition, 445. 
Buck, definition, 440. 
Buck-kneed, definition, 442. 
Buildings (see Shelter). 
Bulls, cost of, for range purposes, 
45; discussion of, 56; on the 
ranges, laws concerning, 45; 
prices of, 56. 
Bunch grass, 13. 
Bunks for feeding grain, 78. 
Burro, definition, 442. 
Butcher stock, definition, 439. 
Buttermilk for fattening swine, 
412. 
By-products for pork production, 
369. 
definition, 
Cabbage for sheep, 215. 
Caked udders in sows, treatment of, 
399. 
Calendar of operations on the range, 
148. 
Calf, definition, 439. 
Calf-hocked, definition, 442. 
Calf-kneed, definition, 442. 
