VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



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Bread, the mouklincss of, a fungus (E. 

 Sidney), x. riOG. 



Break, for portable and fixed engines, 

 by — Bulke, xv. 379. 



Breeding, see " Cattle," " Sheep," &c. 



cattle, on the management of, a 



prize essay (PI Bowly), xix. 143; 

 Bliijor Iiudd's dcscrii)tiou of a model 

 shorthorn, applieablo to other breeds, 

 144 ; importance of a good chest, ib. ; 

 should be kept in open yards with 

 sheds, not more tban four together, ih. ; 

 on rearing calves, 144 ; mode of feeding 

 and time of {Hitting to the bull, 145 ; 

 instance of precocity in a heifer, ib. ; 

 feeding, see " Food " ; arrangements for 

 calving and weaning on dairy farms, 

 146 ; calves should not be forced nor 

 made to " rough it," 147 ; Mr. Bates' 

 and Lord Ducie's stock not kept in 

 high condition, ib. ; on the choice of 

 a bull, and breeding from a pedigree 

 bull and ordinary cow, 148; breeding 

 in and in, 1 49 ; safeguards among wild 

 anunals, ib. ; Skellett's book on cattle 

 diseases, a good authority, ib. ; cleanli- 

 ness of cattle important, ib. ; remedies 

 for the scour and husk in calves, 150 ; 

 ditto for black-leg or quarter, 151 ; 

 fecundity, how ensured, ib. ; abortion, 

 how caused, e.r/., drinking from foul 

 ponds, and eating ergot and rye-grass, 

 152 ; efi'ects of .season, 153 ; the season 

 of 1825 remarkable for the number of 

 bull calves, ih 



, on the management of a herd of, 



with especial reference to fecundity and 

 successful gestation (W. Wright), xix. 

 500 ; farm buildings, 502 ; plans of 

 covered liomcstead, 503, 505 ; its ad- 

 vantages, 50G ; feeding with oat and 

 chaft" and meal reconsidered, 507 ; stock 

 should pull their own long straw from 

 racks, ib. ; bulls better for moderate food 

 and exercise, 508 ; on cows casting their 

 calves, 509 ; instance of early maturity, 

 511 ; use of bones on grass, its effect on 

 iitock, ib. ; smnmer soiling unprofitable, 

 512 ; export of cattle, 513 : imports of 

 linseed, 1841-1857, 515 ; amount of cake 

 made and imported, ib. ; its adultera- 

 tion, 51() ; pure seed not properly 

 valued, ib. : American cake, its mix- 

 ture with bran, ib. ; the mucilage test 

 of cake, 517 ; ditferent qualities de- 

 scribed, ib. 



, cross, on (W. C. Spooner), xx. 294 ; 



size follows the sire mostly, 295 ; the 

 male offspring of tall and short parents 

 vary, ib. ; the chest, vital organs, and 

 forehand often follow the mother, 296 ; 



in sheep, only the first cross to be relied 

 oh, ib. ; see " Breeding-in-and-in " ; the 

 race-horse bred with difi'erent aim from 

 ox, sheep, or pig, 297 ; more to bo 

 gained by crossing slieep than cattle, 

 298 ; see " Sheep-breeding." 

 Breeding, cross, of cattle (J. Coleman), 

 xxiii. 350 ; prevailing crosses in the north, 

 ib. ; Shrop cattle, 351 ; practice of dairy- 

 men, ib. ; inlluence of the shorthorn 

 bull, ib. ; the Herefords at Wobum 

 Abbey, 352 ; value of cross-bred steers, 

 ib. ; hmits to advantageous crossing, 

 ib. ; pedigree, 353 ; importance of 

 shelter, ib. 



in-and-in, defined (E. Bowly), xix. 



149 ; to wliat extent allowable, ib. 



(W. C. Spooner), see " Breeding, 



cross"; mental disease in man, result- 

 ing from consanguineous marriages, 

 XX. 297; Mr. Barford's home-bred 

 Leicesters, since 1783, healthy but 

 small, ib. 



, of stock, the principles by which 



it is regulated, prize essay (H. Tanner), 

 xxii. 1 ; influence of sire and dam, 3, 9 ; 

 animals in a state of nature, 3; pro- 

 duction of milk, 4 : effects of domes- 

 tication, ib. ; milking qualities affected 

 by the sire, 5 ; efi'ects of fat, ib. ; how 

 to secure rich milk, 6 ; the mammary 

 glands, ib. ; formation of meat, 7 : 

 qualities of dam and efi'ects on otf- 

 spring, ib. ; economy of well-bred stock, 

 8 ; points of a good dam and selection 

 of sire, ib. ; pigs, how cross-bred to 

 advantage, 9 ; fixity of type, Mahngre- 

 Nouel's experiments, 10 ; purity of 

 breed, 1 1 ; breeding in the same line, ib. ; 

 a high sttmdard more easily obtained 

 than maintained, 12 ; experience of 

 IMessrs. Pawlett and R. Smith, ib. ; 

 hereditary defects, 13; influence of 

 manag£;ment, ib. ; excessive fat un- 

 favourable to breeding, ib. ; value of 

 pedigree, 14. 



Breeds, peculiar, of sheep, on, by F. Dun, 

 xvi. 17 ; of pigs, 18. 



of pigs, efi'ect of breeding in and in 



(F. Dun), xvi. 38. See " Downs," 

 " Devon," " Horses," &c. 



Brereton, Eev. J. L., on education as 

 connected with agriculture, xxv. 59 ; 

 his pamphlet quoted, 540 ; his expe- 

 rience at West Buckland, 545. 



Brewers' spent hops, analysis of, xiii. 

 498. 



grains, analysis of, xiii. 522 ; dis- 

 tillers' refuse, ib. 



grains, as food for pigs, by J. B. 



Lawes, xiv. 461. 



