754 



INDEX 



Neo-Darwinians, 7 

 Neo-Lamarckians, 7 

 New Forest pony, the, 469 

 Newmarket stable bandages, 400 

 Nocard, Professor, on Prevention of 



Abortion, 335 



Norfolk and Suffolk breed of cattle, 

 156 



(Old) Horned sheep, 554 



trotter, 423 

 North Devon breed of cattle, 123 



Wales Black cattle, 143 

 Norwegian cattle, 149 

 Nutrimol, 308 



O 



"Oafe" or "orf," 679 



Oats for horses, 502 



Orde's, Sir John, Vaynol Park Wild 



cattle, 49-51 



Orkney and Shetland cattle, 148 

 "Orloff" trotter, 453 

 Ormerod, Miss, on warble fly, 262 

 Oxen (Hereford) for land cultivation, 



121 

 Oxford tribe of Shorthorns, 70 



Down sheep, 616-618 

 Oxyurus curvula, 739 



Pacing action, the, 455 

 Pangenesis, the theory of, 57 

 Panmure, Lord, and cattle-breeding, 



165 



Paraffin oil a remedy for lice, 377 

 Parasites in cattle, 240-242, 256, 292 



external sheep, 643 



in horse, 518 



internal sheep, 663 

 Park's, William, black Clydesdale mare, 



colour of foals of, 1 2 

 Parkinson's, Richard, account of Devon 



cattle, 127 



Parturient apoplexy in cows, 339 

 Parturition in sheep, 623, 625 



signs of approaching, in cows, 332 

 Pasteurisation, 694 



Pasturing of cattle along with sheep, 

 246 



of cows, 294, 329 



Paterson, John, of Lochlyoch, 405 

 Pembrokeshire Black cattle, 141 

 Pen, lambing-, 622 fig. 

 Penicuik hybrid experiments, u, 480 

 Penis of ram, 629^. 

 Penistone breed of sheep, 553 

 Phoenicians, Dr R. Munro, on Cattle of, 

 124 



" Phoenix " (noted Shorthorn bull), 63, 



64 



Pig Breeders' Association, National, 351 

 Pigs, 349-387 



American, 359 



Baston, 363 



Berkshire, 368-371 



breeding of, 375 



castration of, 378 



Chinese, 349 



dark breeds of, 366-373 



diseases of, 383-387 



dung and sweet milk for braxy, 673 



fattening, 377 



feeding of, 353, 379 



in America, 273 

 flesh, curing of, 353 

 litters, 376 

 live-weight of, 380 

 management of, 374-387 

 points, common, 352 

 poisoning of, by salt, 386 

 result of in-and-in breeding, 15 

 Sanders Spencer on, 349, 352, 362, 



366 



Scottish White, 365 

 shelter shed for, 378 fig. 

 Tamworth, 372 

 weights of, in greatest demand, 355, 



357 



white breeds of, 359 

 Yorkshire, 359-363 

 Pink-eye, 515 



Pitch-oil, objections to use of, 652 

 Pleuro-pneumonia, 251 



how distinguished from broncho- 

 pneumonia, 251 

 Plumb, Charles, on Famous Beef Cattle, 



Poisons, 257, 387, 623, 649, 661 



Polo Pony Society, and Stud Book, 465- 



466 

 Ponies, Dartmoor breed of, 470 



Exmoor breed of, 471 



Fell breed of, 47 1 



New Forest breed of, 469 



North Wales breed of, 469 



Polo, 466 



South Wales breed of, 469 



Shetland breed of, 474 

 Pork, cost of producing a stone of, 381 



measly, 385 



quality of, 353 

 Potatoes as food for cows, 309 



for horses, 505 

 Pouring sheep, 660 

 Pregnancy in a cow, signs of, 331 

 Prejevalski's Wild horse, 392 ; frontis- 

 piece, plate Ixxxviii 

 " Pressing," effect of, in cows, 337 

 Prices of cattle at Edinburgh markets, 

 288 



