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A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



Defects in animals, 127. 

 Delaine Merino, 335. 



score card, 363, 3C4. 

 Delaine wools, 328. 

 Density of fleece, 325. 

 Devon cattle, 286. 

 Dexter cattle, 2S6. 

 Dextrose, 70. 

 Diarrhoea, white, E29. 

 Difficulty of co-operative mar- 

 keting, 457. 

 Digestible nutrients, 84. 

 Digestion, process of, 74. 

 Diseases and ailments of poul- 

 try, 527. 

 Distribution of — - 



Ayrshires, 284. 



Guernseys, 281. 



Holstein-Friesians, 278. 



Jerse^■s, 273. 



Shorthorns, 220. 

 Docking sheep, 385. 

 Domestic animals, a study of, 9. 

 Domestic wools, 328. 

 Dorset Horn sheep, 130, 344. 

 Draft horse — 



action, 194. 



appearance, 190. 



judging, 190. 



parts, 192, 194. 



score card, 192. 

 Dropping sheep, 382. 

 Dry cows, feed for, 318. 

 Ducks — 



Aylesbury, 469. 



Cayuga, 470. 



Indian Runner, 470 



Mallard, 468. 



Muscovy, 470. 



Pekin, 469. 



Rouen, 469. 



types, 469. 



Wild, 468. 

 Duroc-Jersey swine, 395. 

 Dust bath for poultry, 525. 

 Dutch Belted cattle, 285. 



Ear lobes, fowls', 485. 



Egg- 

 color, 500. 

 fertile, 491. 

 freshness, 500. 

 incubation, 492. 

 parts, 491. 

 score card, 481. 



Egg-eating hens, 534. 



Egg-laying type, 459. 



Egg-producing capacity, 484. 



Egg production, ration, 511. 



body changes due to, 486. 



color changes due to, 484. 



influence of molt on, 488. 

 Eggs — 



incubation for, 498. 



market grades, 501. 



preservative for, 501. 



score card, 481. 



size and weight, 499. 



testing, 492. 



turning, airing, 497. 

 Emden goose, 471. 

 Energy value of food, 80. 



of feeding standards, 90 

 Environment, 33. 

 Epidermis wool, 323. 

 Erepsin, 77. 

 Ewe, feeding and caring for, 



370. 

 Exercise for bull, 247. 



for sheep, 381. 



for swine, 431. 

 Expense of advertising, 61. 



of co-operative shipping, 455. 

 Eye rings, fowls', 485. 



Fads, 51. 

 Farrowing, 430. 

 Fat content, 307. 

 Fattening fowls, 513. 



cattle, 249. 



lambs, 374. 



pigs, 425. 



sheep, 374. 



yearlings, 375. 

 Fatty acids, 78. 

 Feather lice, 532. 

 Feathers, 475. 

 Fecundity, 24. 

 Feed lot, 260. 

 Feed racks for sheep, 387. 

 Feeding — 



beef calves, 247, 313. 



beef cattle, 245, 246, 249. 



boar, 425. 



breeding stock, 370. 



brood sow, 424. 



dairy bull, 319. 



dairy calf, 311, 312. 



dairy cows, 91, 96, 310, 313. 



foal, 202. 



fowls, 503, 506, 508, 510. 



horse, 197, 198, 201, 203, 204. 



Iambs, 371, 375. 



sheep, 367, 368, 369, 370, 373. 



steers, 250, 253. 



suckling pigs, 424, 425. 



