Index 
311; horse barn plans, 272; 
Oregon hog barn, 384; sale 
stables for horses, illustration, 253. 
Shepherd, 125. 
Shepherd’s crook, 199. 
Shippers, live stock, 85. i 
Shipping, cattle, 84; horses for the 
show or sale, 359; sheep, 198. 
Shoeboil, definition, 444. 
Shorthorn cattle for the range, 45. 
Short wools, definition, 441. 
Shote, definition, 446. 
Shoulders of horses, care of, 268. 
Showing horses, braiding and trim- 
ming, 351; illustrations of deco- 
rations, 353; pure-bred horses, 
340; swine, base dates for, 432. 
Show ring, horses, common ail- 
ments, 357; methods and cus- 
toms, 356. 
Shrinkage, and condition of wool, 
230; definition, 438; in market- 
ing cattle, 83. 
Sickle hock, definition, 444. 
Side bone, definition, 444. 
Silage, for fattening cattle, 91; for 
sheep, 215. 
Silo for sheep, 216. 
Size of cattle ranches, 46. 
Skim milk, for fattening swine, 412; 
for hogs, 371; for suckling sows, 
398; for swine, 375; for wean- 
ling pigs, 403. 
Skin of the horse, 264. 
Skirting of wool, 233. 
Slab sided, definition, 444. 
Soaking feed for swine, 416. 
Soiling crops for sheep, 217. 
Soil of the West, 4. 
Sore shoulders, 268. 
Sorting of wool, 233. 
Sound, definition, 444. 
Sow, definition, 446. 
Sows, breeding, 391; brood, 394; 
down, treatment of, 395; dry- 
ing at weaning time, 400; effect 
of age on weight of pigs, 392; 
feed, 395; gestation period of, 
392; on pasture alone, 294; 
periods of heat, 391; poor 
459 
milkers, 399; 
suckling, 398. 
Soy bean meal for fattening swine, 
411. 
Spaying, definition, 438. 
Special appliances for breaking 
horses, illustration, 308. 
Special devices for breaking, 308. 
Speed of horses, its influence on 
work, 270. 
Speltz, for fattening cattle, 89; for 
fattening swine, 409. 
Splint, definition, 444. 
Spokane as a live-stock market, 27. 
Spray pump for swine, 387. 
Spring, and fall ranges, 12; grazing 
for cattle, 41; lambs, 122; 
lambs, marketing of, 192, 193. 
Stag, definition, 438. 
Staggy, definition, 439. 
pregnant, 394; 
Stallions, advertising in service, 
- 323; breaking to work, 318; 
breeding . equipment for, 319; 
breeding contracts, 324; care 
in breeding season, 316; care 
of, on the range, 328; definition, 
444; discussion, Chap. XXI, 
312; for pure-bred studs, 334; 
grooming of, 317; importation 
of, 313; in breeding season, 315; 
in service, 318; legal control of, 
on ranges, 330; license law, 314; 
list of recognized associations, 
337; method of buying, 312; 
method of selling, 343; number 
of mares, 318; number of ser- 
vices per day, 318; out of season, 
317; prices of, 313; stables 
and lots for, 322; use of breed- 
ing hobbles, 320; weight of, at 
different ages, 340. 
Stalls (see Shelter). 
Stanchions used for stubborn ewes, 
186. 
Steers, ages and weights of feeders, 
343; definition, 440; descrip- 
tion of good feeders, 75; dressing 
percentage of, 76; fattening of, 
Chap. V, 68; suitability to vari- 
ous locations, 38. 
