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Berkshire pig, 689; adaptability, 698; 

 cliaracteristics, 694; color, 694; 

 crossbred or grade, 70a; distribu- 

 tion, 704; element in Poland-China 

 evolution, 722 ; families, 702 ; 'famous 

 boars, 702; as feeder, 697; first 

 improvement of native, 690; foun- 

 dation of breed, 689; as grazer, 697; 

 important early British improvers, 

 693 ; introduction to America, 693 ; 

 maturing qualities, 698; native 

 home, 689 ; older type, 691 ; organi- 

 zations promoting, 704; prepotency, 

 702 ; prices, 703 ; prolificacy, 701 ; 

 quality of pork, 699; size, 696; as 

 source of red swine, 706 



Big China pig, 722 



Birdsall Menestrel, 158 



Blackbird family, 294 



Blackcap family, 296 



Black-faced Highland sheep, 651 ; 

 characteristics, 652 ; crossbred or 

 grade, 653; distribution, 654; intro- 

 duction to America, 652; native 

 home, 651; origin, 651; prices, 654; 

 as producer of wool, 653; pro- 

 motion, 654 ; quality of mutton, 653 ; 

 size, 653 ; special field, 654 



Black pig. See Large Black 



Black-Top Spanish Delaine, character- 

 istics, S14 



Black-Top Spanish Merino, 513 



Blake strain, j6o 



Boars, famous Berkshire, 702 



Bonnie Lassie family, 401 



Booth family, 214 



Booth, John, 214 



Booth, Richard, 214 



Booth, Thomas, 214 [626 



Border Leicester rams on Cheviot ewes, 



Border Leicester sheep, 624 ; character- 

 istics, 625 



Boulonnais, 118 



Bracelet tribe, 216 



Brawith Bud tribe, 219 



Breeders, early constructive Hereford, 



253 



Breeding bacon pig, 780 



Breeding in Germany, early records 

 of horse, 82 



Breeding qualities, of American 

 Mermo, 505 ; of Cotswold, 634 ; of 

 Delaine Merino, 517; of Leicester, 

 624 ; of Lincoln, 642 ; of Rambouil- 

 let, 529; of Southdown, 547; of 

 West Highland, 315 



Breeding of Southdown by Enghsh 

 nobility, 539 



Breeding three types of Merinoes, 483 



Breeds, of cattle in Holland at present 

 day, 357; of French Draft horses, 

 distinct, 118; of horses of ancient 

 origin in Belgium, two, 121; or 

 varieties of milk-producing goats, 

 674 



Breton, 119 



Brilliant, 130 



British improvers of Berkshire, impor- 

 tant early, 693 



British thoroughbreds, list of famous, 

 23 



Broadhooks tribe, 219 



Bronchos, Indian ponies, mustangs, 173 



Broomfield Champion, 141 



Brown Swiss cattle, 463 ; adaptability, 

 468; as beef producers, 471; 

 characteristics, 464; color, 466; 

 crossing or grading, 467; distribu- 

 tion, 471 ; introduction to America, 

 464; milk production, 468; native 

 home, 463 ; origin, 463 ; prepotency, 

 467; promotion, 472; register of 

 production, 470 ; size, 466 



Brush land. Angora as renovator of, 

 670 



B-type Merino, 482 



Buena Vista, 189 



Bullock, crossbred or grade Aberdeen- 

 Angus, 292 



Bulls of distinction, Galloway, 309; 

 Jersey, 346; leading imported Jer- 

 sey, 349; leading native Jersey, 348 



Bury Chief Victor, 157 



Butcher's beast, Devon as, 477 



Butter-fat producers. Guernseys, 398; 

 Holstein-Friesians, 370; Jerseys, 334; 

 Red Polled, 457 



Butter-fat production, Ayrshire, 421 



Butter-fat records, of ten leading Ayr- 

 shire cows, 421; leading Guernsey, 

 400; leading semiofficial Holstein- 

 Friesian, 370; of Shorthorn cows, 

 important, 238 



Butter-fat tests, of Jersey cows, au- 

 thenticated, 336; for ten leading 

 Jersey cows for one year, 337 



Butter tests of Jerseys, private, 33 S 



Byerly Turk, 19 



Byfield pig, 722 



Cambridge Rose Tribe, 213 



Canadian cattle. See French Canadian 



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