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COWS. 



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Selection for the Dairy — Ayrshire Breed— Reverend Mr. Berry — 

 Duke of Bedford's Experiments at Woburn — Devon — Shorthorn — 

 Hereford — Origin of the Cow — Shorthorn— Middlehorn — Long- 

 horn — Master Butterfly — Bride Elect — Comparative Merits of 

 different Breeds — "Beef-making Hereford" — Prince Consort's 

 Lobelias — Macdonald — Lord Dm-ham — Alderneys — Scotch — 

 Welsh — Irish — Barnet Fair — Highland Butter — London Dairies 

 — Mr. Horsfall's System of Feeding — Mangold- wurzel versus Tur- 

 nips— Shelter for Cattle — Milking Points — Fawsley Park Herd — 

 Pedigree Shorthorns — The Art of Breeding — Anglesey Cattle 

 — Colonel Pennant — George III. — Glamorgan Cow — Period of 

 Calving — Division of Pastures — Signs of Health and Sickness — 

 Fattening for Shows — Queen of Athelstane and Stanley Rose — 

 Cattle cropping Fences — Chewing Bones — In Ireland feed on 

 Fish ; in the Orkneys on Seaweed — Value of Colour in Cows in 

 Devonshire — Wales — Sussex — Barbary — Ransom paid in Kine — 

 Maud de Breos — Chillingham Cattle — Druid's Sacrifice — White 

 Ox of Africa ......... 1 



HORSES. 



Proportion required for a Farm — Mares and Geldings — Colts — 

 Different Breeds — Suffolk — Berkshire — Lincoln — Clydesdale — 

 Welsh — Choice of Brood Mare— Carelessness of Breeders— Best 

 time to Sell — Suffolk Carters sent to Australia — Treatment of 

 weaned Foal — Comparative Fortunes of Pigs — Horse-power re- 

 quisite according to the Soil— Condition of the Teams— Mr. 



