*l CONTENTS. 



PART THE FIFTH. 



METHODS OF BREEDING, REARING, AND MANAGING, DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



SECTION XL 

 LIFE STOCK. NEAT CATTLE. SHEEP. HORSES. 



PAGE. 



LIVE STOCK, Importance of 631 



Great attention to ibid. 



Further improvement of, necessary ibid. 



Additional facts and experiments wanting 



for - - ibid, 



icumstan ccs to be attended to in 632 



Shelter and -warmth, with a high degree 



of fertility of pasture, useful ibid. 



Systems of practice pursued in, different ibid. 

 Crossing the breeds - - ibid. 



Supposed advantages and disadvantage!: of 



this method &quot; 533 



Though useful, should be practised with 



caution - 635 



Injury easily done by it when injudiciously 



performed - ibid. 



Various proofs of this - note 637 



Breeding from the same line 636 



Advantages of this method - ibid. 



Principal object of the farmer: profit 638 



Form of animal most proper for ibid. 



Properties to be regarded in ibid. 



Shape - ,639 



What necessary iu ibid. 



Most perfect kind of - ibid. 



&quot;Which most advantageous in the view of 



the grazier ibid. 



The most perfect probably best 640 



Size ... ibid. 



Question concerning, not fully settled ibid. 

 Opinions differ, from the quantity of 

 food consumed not being well ascer 

 tained ibid. 

 A number of small animals consume less 



than of large ones - 641 



Mr. Knight s opinion favourable to large 



size for fattening - - 642 



Consumption of food not in proportion 



to size ... ibid. 



Advantages of small-sized animals ibid. 

 Smaller sizes best for milk 643 



Sizes must be much regulated by pas 

 ture or herbage - 644- 



PACE. 



On rich pastures, large breeds most 



profitable - 644 



On inferior dries, ths smaller sorts ibid. 

 Tameness of disposition ; great utility of 



this in domestic animals - ibid. 



Hardiness, a desirable property in ibid. 



Marks of this - ibid. 



Early maturity advantages of this to the 



farmer . 645 



Circumstances most favourable to ibid. 

 Good feeding, and warmth, while 



young . ibid, 



Quality of flesh properly depends on breed, 



;md not on size of animal ibid. 



Goodi. . v; of flavour, in some measure, 



on food - ibid. 



Badness of colour, perhaps morbid 646 



Appearances of good meat ibid. 



Effects of difference of age and of sex 



on the appearance - ibid, 



Disposition to fatten, highly necessary to be 



attended to - ibid. 



Principle of this not fully investigated ibid. 

 Much influenced by form and breed, iu 



Mr. Bakewell s practice - 647 



Advantages and disadvantages of too much 



fattening - ibid. 



Fattening the only means of procuring good 



lean meat - - ibid 1 . 



Much attention to this property neces 

 sary in raising live stock - ibid*. 

 Hide 648 

 Necessary feel of - ibid. 

 Utility of, in exposed situations ibid. 

 Property of supplying milk largely ibid. 

 Nature of animals for this - ibid. 

 Should probably be an exclusive breedibid. 

 Sir John Sinclair s opinion of a breed 

 suited for this purpose, and for that 

 of the grazier - - ibid. 

 Aptitude for labour, a property necessary 



in certain circumstances - ibid. 



What proper to be considered in ibid, 



