Index 
Calves, and cows, general discussion 
of, 58. 
Calves, cost of, 48; percentage of, 
58; prices of, 48; time of wean- 
ing, 61. 
Camp tender, duties of, 124, 145. 
Canada field peas for fattening 
swine, 409. 
Canners, definition, 439. 
Capacity of ranges, 13; 
ears, 84. 
Capital, for various kinds of live- 
stock, 32; for cattle, 46; for 
range sheep, 151. 
Carbohydrates (see Nutritive re- 
quirements). 
Carrying capacity of ranges, 13. 
Castration, definition, 434; knife 
for swine, 387; of calves, 62; of 
colts, 297; of lambs, 141) 186; 
of pigs, 399, 400; of range bulls, 
54; of range horses, 330. 
Cattle, ages when marketed, 43; 
brand laws and inspection, 108; 
classes of producers, Chap. III, 
37; cost of, on the ranges, 47; 
distribution of, 26, 37 ; fattening 
of, Chap. V, 68; gestation period, 
60; grazed on the forest reserves, 
14; income from, 48; losses of, 
on the ranges, 48; management 
of the breeding herd, Chap. IV, 
53; numbers of, 37; on the 
farms, 50; on the range, 40; per- 
centages of increase, 48; periods 
of heat, 60; pregnancy of, 60; 
prices of, 48; pure breeds, man- 
agement of, Chap. XVI, 109; 
racks, 77; range management, 
40; sections of the West, 38; suit- 
ability to various environments, 
33; vs. sheep, 30, 49; weights 
when marketed, 43; wintering, 
43. ‘ 
Cattlemen’s associations, 108. 
Cement troughs for swine, 381. 
Centralized house for swine, 376, 
377. 
Certificates 
horses, 336. 
of stock 
of registration for 
449 
Cheat hay, for growing horses, 292; 
for work horses, 257. 
Chester White breed of swine, 429. 
Cholera, definition, 445. 
Chopped hay (see Cut hay). 
Chute, for branding cattle, de- 
scription of, 104; illustrations, 
99; for dehorning, 79; for load- 
ing swine, 388. 
City work horses, methods of feed- 
ing, 261. 
Classes of wool, 226. 
Classification of Western lands, 8. 
Classing wool, 233. 
Climate, length of season in the 
mountains, 12; of the West, 5. 
Climatic conditions, affecting per- 
centage of increase, 140; ‘affect- 
ing time of breeding sheep, 
129. 
Clover hay, for brood mares, 274; 
for calves, 61; for fattening 
horses, 348; for fattening lambs, 
156; for growing horses, 291; 
for stallions in breeding season, 
315; for swine, 375; for winter- 
ing foals, 297; for work horses, 
251, 258, 260. 
Clover pasture for pigs, 405. 
Cock ankle, definition, 442. 
Cod, definition, 434. 
Colony houses for swine, 376. 
Colts, breaking and training for the 
show ring, 349; breaking to 
halter, 294; breaking to lead, 
303; breaking to lead, illustra- 
tion, 294; breaking to tie, 302; 
breaking to tie, illustration, 294; 
breaking to work, 304; castra- 
tion of, 297; definition, 442; 
nutritive requirements of, 291; 
on the range, 329; rations for, 
293; rations for two- and three- 
year-olds, 298; rations for win- 
tering, 296; stables and sheds 
for, 311; weights of pure breeds, 
340; wintering yearlings, 298. 
Combing wools, 227. 
Commission in marketing cattle, 86. 
Company stallions, 343. 
