756 



INDEX 



Sheep, Mountain breeds of, 526-571 



Norfolk Horned, 554 



Oxford Down, 616 



parasites, external, on, 643-649 

 internal, in, 662-668 



parturition of, 623 



Peni stone breed of, 553 



points, general, 520 



pouring, 660 



Radnor, 566 



Romney Marsh, 589 



Roscommon, 588 



Ryeland, 596 



scab in, 646 



Shetland, 522 



Short-wool, 590-618 



Shropshire Down, 603-608 



smearing, 660 



Suffolk, 612 



Sussex or Southdown, 600 



Swaledale, 550 



Tanface, 533 



the Rough, 549 



trembling or " loupin' ill " in, 673 



tupping of, 619 



turnip troughs for, 636 



washing of, 629 



Welsh Mountain, 559-562 



Wensleydale, 578, 582 



West Country Down, 609 



Western Islands, 521 

 Sheeted, belted, or white-middled 



Galloways, 182 



Shepherds' calendar, see Calendar 

 Shepherds' duties, 545 

 Shetland cattle, 148 



pony, the, 474 

 Shire horse, the, 416-493 



compared with the Clydesdale, 420 



names and history of, 421 

 Shorthorn cattle, 53-101 



Aberdeenshire, the, 75 



Alloy blood, origin of, 58 



breeders, 88-93 



Collings' system of breeding, 59 



colours of, 58 



Lincolnshire Red, 93 



milking qualities of, 58 



prices of Scottish, 83 



results of in-breeding, 70 

 Shropshire Down sheep, 603-608 

 Side-bone, 400 



" Silver " (noted Hereford cow), 118 

 Sittyton Shorthorn herd, 75-80 



sales, 80 



Smear, recipe for, 66 1 

 Smearing of sheep, 660 

 Smithfield Club steer carcase tests, 278- 



279 



Snow stells, 547 

 Societies, Live Stock, 715 

 " Soiling " of cows, 297 



Somerford Park White herd, 150 

 Somerset type of North Devon breed of 



cattle, 130 



South Devon breed of cattle, 131 

 Southdown sheep, 600 

 South Wales Black breed of cattle, 

 142 



ponies, 469 



White breed of cattle, 145 

 Sows, general management of breeding, 



375 



Spanish Merino, the, 590 

 Spayed cows, 325 



heifers, 243 

 Spencer, Sanders, on Pigs, 349, 352, 



362, 366 



St Kilda sheep, 522 

 St Louis, butter records at, 227 

 Stallion, number of mares served by a, 



487 



Stanwick cow, the, 59 

 Steel, Gourlay, 282 

 Sterility, causes of, 21, 331 

 Step, the, in animal locomotion, 733 

 Storer, Rev. John, on Wild Cattle of 



Great Britain, 27, 28, 30, 36, 37, 45, 



59 



"Straining," effect of, in cows, 337 

 Strangles, 492 

 Strathmore's, Lord, Polkd Angus herd, 



experiments with, 12 

 Stride, the, in animal locomotion, 733 

 Strongylus, 666, 740 

 "Stud'ley Bull" (Shorthorn), 64 

 Sturdy, 663 

 Suffolk breed of cattle, 156 



breed of sheep, 612 



Punch, the, 423-428 

 "Sunol" (famous American trotter), 



458 

 Sus mdicus, 349 



scrofa, 349 

 Sussex breed of cattle, 1 32 



breed of sheep, Southdown, 600 



bullocks as workers, 1 34 



pigs, 37 2 



Swaledale sheep, 550 

 Swine erysipelas, 386 



fever, 385 



Tabanus bovinus, 292 

 Tcenia, or tapeworm, 662 

 Tamworth breed of pigs, 372 

 Tankerville, Earl of, owner of Chilling- 

 ham Park, 35 

 on Characteristics of Wild Cattle, 



37 



on Effects of Crossing Wild Cattle 

 with Pure-bred Shorthorns, 38 



