INDEX 



817 



fine-wool type, 481 ; modern type of 

 Romney Marsh, 647; mutton type, 

 S33; native home of Lincoln, 636; 

 native home of Shropshire, 551 ; 

 native home of Southdown, 537 ; of- 

 ficial promotion of Corriedale, 659; 

 of&cial promotion of Shropshire, 

 564; organizations promoting Lin- 

 coln, 64s ; origin of Corriedale, 655 ; 

 original stock of Southdown, S3 7! 

 Oxford Down, 566; prices for 

 Cheviot, 604; prices for Corriedale, 

 659; prices for Cotswold, 635; prices 

 for Hampshire Down, 583 ; prices 

 for Oxford Down, 572 ; prices for 

 Rambouillet, 530; prices for Shrop- 

 shire, 562 ; prices for Southdown, 

 S48; prices for Suffolk, 611; prolifi- 

 cacy of Dorset Horn, 592 ; promotion 

 of Cotswold, 63 5 ; promotion of 

 Delaine Merino, 519; promotion of 

 Merino, 510; promotion of Oxford 

 Down, S74; promotion of Rambou- 

 illet, S3 2 ; promotion of Romney 

 Marsh, 6so; Rambouillet, S20; 

 Romney Marsh, 646; Shropshire, 

 SSi; size of Black-faced Highland, 

 6S3; size of Cheviot, 600; size of 

 Cotswold, 631; size of Dorset^Horn, 

 589; size of Hampshire Down, s8o; 

 size of Leicester, 622; size of Lin- 

 coln, 638; size of Oxford Down, 

 57°; size of Rambouillet, 526; size 

 of Romney Marsh, 648; size of 

 Shropshire, SS7; size of Southdown, 

 S43 ; size of Suffolk, 609 ; size of 

 Tunis, 6is; Southdown, 537; Suf- 

 folk, 607; Tunis, 613; two great 

 groups of Spanish, 489; weight of 

 Corriedale, 6s8 



Sheeted pig, 750 



Shelter for Angora goat, 671 



Shetland pony, 175; ancestry, 17s; 

 characteristics, 177; coat of hair, 

 177; color, 177; distribution, 181; 

 hardy nature, 179; height, 178; im- 

 provement, 178; native home, 175; 

 notable sires, 179; organizations for 

 promoting, 181 ; prices, 181 ; type, 

 17s, 176; use of, in America, 178; 

 value for draft purposes, 179 



Shire horse, 148; action, 153; asso- 

 ciations to promote, 159; character- 

 istics, 152; color, 1S4; crossbred or 

 grade, JSS; different varieties, 151; 

 distribution, 158; hairy legs, iS3; 

 Digitized by 



important stallions, iS6; importa- 

 tion to America, 152; improved by 

 Robert Bakewell, 149 ; modern, 151 ; 

 old-fashioned type, 150; prices, 158; 

 real origin, 149; size, 1S4; sound- 

 ness, 156; special field, 155; special 

 region in England for breeding, 148; 

 temperament, 155 ; very early his- 

 tory, IJ.8 



Shorthorn cattle, 207 ; adaptability, 

 239; as beef producers, 231; breed- 

 ers, less prominent early English, 

 217; characteristics, 225; color, 229; 

 dairy point of view, 235 ; develop- 

 ment of, in Scotland, 217; dis- 

 tinguished early improvers, 208 ; 

 distribution of Polled, 250; double- 

 standard Polled, 247 ; early matur- 

 ity, 239 ; famous recent, 241 ; first 

 importation to America, 224; 

 geographical distribution, 244; 

 important butter-fat records, 238; 

 important milk records, 237; im- 

 portant requirements for registering 

 Polled, 249 ; importance of, in grad- 

 ing and crossing, 234; native home, 

 207; notable recent sires, 240; offi- 

 cial public-dairy tests, 235 ; organi- 

 zations promoting, 245; origin, 207; 

 origin of Polled, 247; Polled, 247; 

 popularity of Polled, 249; pre- 

 potency of Polled, 249; prolificacy, 

 240; promotion of interests of 

 Polled, 251; size, 230; in show ring, 

 232; temperament, 239; prices, 241; 

 prices for Polled, 250 



Shoulders of light harness horse, 40 



Shows, of draft horse in Belgium, 132; 

 leading Percheron, 11 1; Percheron 

 futurity, 112 



Shropshire sheep, 551 ; characteristics, 

 SS6 ; constitutional vigor, 560 ; cross- 

 bred or grade, 559; distribution, 

 563 ; early-maturing qualities, 560 ; 

 fecundity, 560; as grazer, 559; in- 

 troduction to America, SSS; native 

 home, SSi; official promotion, 564; 

 origin, SSI ; prices, S62 1 rank as 

 mutton, 558; size, SS7; two early 

 prominent improvers, SS4; as wool 

 producer, s6i 



Southdown sheep, 53 7; adaptability, 

 S47; breeding, by English nobility, 

 S39 ; breeding qualities, 547 ; char- 

 acteristics of early, S40; crossbred 

 or grade, S46; distribution, sSo'y as 



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