VOLUMES OXE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



Ill 



LI\'E-STOCK. 



cattle, 371 ; horses, 375 ; sheep, 380 ; 

 girths of sheep, 385; pia;s, 389; Welsh 

 cattle, 391. 



Liye-Stock, report on the exhibition of, at 

 War\yick (1859) (R. Smith), xx. 326; the 

 model shorthorn described, 329 ; de- 

 scription of shorthorns competing, 330- 

 2 ; Herefords, their blood and character, 

 332 ; their prizes at Smithfield, ih. ; the 

 competition at Warwick, 334 -fJ; De- 

 vons, 336 ; Quartly's blood, ih. ; the 

 competition at Warwick, 337 ; other 

 breeds of cattle, 338 ; table of girths of 

 prize cattle, 339 ; sheep, Leicesters 

 described, 3-10 ; the Southdown of 

 1830, 341; long-woolled, 342; the 

 Cotswold, its coat, 343 ; Oxford Downs, 

 then- origin, 344 ; horses, 347 ; pigs, 

 351. Local Prizes. — Cows for dauy 

 purposes, 353; the longhorned breed 

 of cattle, 355 ; the herd of Mr. Webster, 

 of Cauley, ih. ; horses and ponies, 356- 

 8 ; Shi-opshire sheep, their history, 358. 



, report on the exhibition of, at Leeds, 



1860 (W. Fisher Hobbs), xxii. 218; 

 shorthorn cattle, 219, 231 ; Herefords, 

 219 ; Devons, 221 ; horses, 223 ; Mr. 

 Sjjooner's veterinary report, ih.; Mr. 

 Pain's report on hacks and hunters, 

 225 ; sheep, 226 ; Mr. Eigden's South- 

 downs, 227 ; Mr. Randall's report on 

 the Shropshire Downs, 227 ; Mr. Eaw- 

 lence on "the sliort avooIs, 229; Mr. 

 Tm-ner's report on pigs, 230 ; the nur- 

 sery for calves, 231 ; thoroughbred 

 horses, ih. 



, table of the number of animals of 



different breeds", &c., exhibited at the 

 the Royal Agricultural Society's meet- 

 ings from 1839 to 1858 inclusive (R. 

 Smith), xix. 357; ditto, at Warwick 

 (1859), XX. 327. 



, report of the Stewards of, at the 



Battersea show, xxiii. 369 ; arrange- 

 ment of classes, ih. ; pubhc judging 

 first adopted, 370 ; number of entries, 

 ih. ; Prof. Simonds on the health of the 

 stock and causes of disqualification, 

 371 ; French cattle, ih. ; Breton cows, 

 372 ; Dutch and Swiss cattle, ih. ; 

 French and Saxon Merino sheep, 373 ; 

 the Scottish contingent, ih. ; report of 

 the judges, 374 ; English cattle classes, 

 375 ; shorthoras, reports of judges, 376 ; 

 Herefords, 378 ; Devons, 379 ; Sussex 

 and longhorus, 380, Norfolks and Suf- 

 folks, 381 ; Welsh and Channel Islands, 

 ih. ; horses, 382 ; report of judges, 383-6 ; 

 Suffolks and other agricultural horses, 

 387 ; sheep, ih. ; Lincohis, other long- 

 wools, and Cotswolds, 388; Komney 



Marsh sheep, 389 ; judges' report, ih. ; 

 Southdowns and Slu'opshires, 390 ; Ox- 

 fordshire Downs, 391 ; Dorsets and 

 mountain sheep, 392 ; pigs, 393 ; 

 judges' report, 393-4 ; line of demarca- 

 tion between small and middle bi'ceds 

 not properly defined, 395. 



Live-Stock, report at the Worcester show, 

 xxiv. 459; number of entries, zfc.; healthy 

 condition of animals shown, 460 ; reiDoiis 

 of judges in shorthorn classes, 461 ; 

 Devons, 465 ; Sussex and other breeds, 

 466 ; horses, 468 ; hunters, 469 ; agri- 

 cultural and dray-horses, 470 ; Suffolks, 

 ih. ; Prof. Varnell's veterinary report, 

 471 ; Mr. Dent on the sheep and pigs, 

 472 ; shearing, ih. ; Oxford and Shrop- 

 shire Downs, 473 ; Lonk sheep, ih. ; 

 Leicesters, 474 ; Cotswolds, ih. ; Lm- 

 colns and other long- wools, 475 ; Oxford 

 Downs, ih. ; Southdowns, ih. ; Shrop- 

 shires, 476 ; Hampshu-e and other short- 

 wools, 477 ; Ryeland, Welsh, and other 

 mountain breeds, 478 ; pigs, ih. 



on the cattle exhibited at Newcastle 



(J. D. Dent, M.P.), xxv. 425 ; classifi- 

 cation of breeds, ih. ; importance of 

 milking qualities, 426 ; shorthorns, 427 ; 

 precautions in j^^^bhc judging, 429; 

 Herefords and Devons, ih, ; Mr, Keary's 

 report, 430 ; Sussex and other breeds, 

 431 ; the Angus classes, ih. ; Ayrshire 

 and homed Scotch cattle, 432 ; report 

 of the stewards of horses, 433 ; hiuiter 

 skes and brood mares, 434 ; roadster 

 stallions, 435 ; mares or geldings, 436 ; 

 ponies, ih.; Mr. IMilAiard's remarks, 

 439 ; sheeiJ entries, ih, ; rule as to 

 shearing, ih. ; Leicester and Cotswold 

 classes, 440 ; Lincolns and Oxford 

 Downs, 441 ; Shropshires, 443 ; Hamp- 

 shire and other short-wools, 444 ; 

 Cheviots, 445 ; report of the wool 

 judges, ih. ; pigs, 446. 



Loams, analysis of several sorts, xiii. 544. 



, the weeds of (Buckman), xvi. 369. 



Lobelias attacked by wireworms (Curtis), 

 V. 196. 



Loft, W., on different varieties of wheat, 

 and the advantages of thick sowing, ix. 

 281. 



Lois Weedon system of wheat growing, 

 as tried at Eothamsted (Lawes and Gil- 

 bert), see "Wheat-growing." 



husbandly, described by Rev, S. 



Smith, xvii. 582 ; xviii. 30. 



, soil of, see " Soils." 



LoLiuM perenne, see " Eye-grass." 



Italicum, see "Italian rye-grass." 



perenne, see " Perennial rye-grass or 



darnel." 



