CATTLE AND SHEEP. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGB 



Introduction ........ 1 



Pure British Races . . . . . .3 



The improved Breeds and Races . . . . .4 



Improved Short-horns and Leicesters . . . . .6 



Devons, Herefords, West-Highlanders. . . . .13 



Falkirk Tryst . . . . . . . .16 



The Sheep Dog. . . . .. ... .21 



Irish Cattle . . . . . . .23 



Mountain Sheep . . . . . . .24 



Leicesters, Southdowns, &c. . . . . . .25 



Pigs ' . . .26 



Of Quality in Animals . . . . . . .29 



Distinction between Races and Breeds . . . .30 



Qualifications oi the Breeder . . . . . .37 



The Feeding of Cattle 37 



The Lodging of Cattle . . . . . . .46 



Effect of improved Breeding on the Prices of Meat . . .48 



