INDEX 587 



CHAPTER XXI. Page 



CATTLE FRAUDS COMPARATIVE TREATMENT IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA 252 



H167. Grade Hereford steer Conqueror at 27 months 204 



158. An American show-ring. Under the Minnesota State Fair tent 205 



1J1K9! At a country fair in Missouri 206 



1|160. Practicing for the show 207 



5161. A " line-up " at Weavergrace, farm of T. F. B. Sotham 2i>8 



^1162. The cattle ring at the Detroit International Fair and Exposition. T. F. B. Sotham, secretary 209 



CHAPTER XXII. 



THE " BREEDERS' JOURNAL " 256 



1J164. A Missouri cow and her triplets 211 



f 165. Grade steer calves in an Iowa feed lot 212 



H 166. Texas 2-year-old steers in an Ohio pasture 213 



1167. A bunch of Missouri yearling heifers 214 



1)168. Nebraska calves in the Kansas Ciiy stock yards 215 



^[169. Range calves bought by T. F. B. Sotham for Eastern feeders 216 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



THE SHORTHORN MEN ENDEAVOR TO GET DOWN EASY 258 



T 163. Stock barn at T. L. Miller's " Highland Farm," Beecher, 111 ; 210 



170. A row of stock bulls at Shadelaud farm, Lafayette, Ind 217 



f 171. Some Shadeland matrons 218 



f 172. Out for an airing 219 



1|173. Some Shadeland yearlings 221 



174. Young bulls at Shadeland stock farm 222 



11175. Imported bull Diplomat (18328) 81537 223 



1 176. The foundation of an Ohio herd 224 



Hereford group, bred by T. L. Miller Co., Beecher, 111 opp. 224 



CHAPTER XXIV. . 



THE " BREEDERS' JOURNAL " ON THE CHICAGO FAT STOCK SHOW OF 1880 265 



1N9. The Exposition building, Chicago 225 



190. John P. Reynolds, Chicago 226 



191. II. D. Emery, Chicago 227 



CHAPTER XXV. 



A CONSPIRACY THAT FAILED .' 271 



c 195. William Watson (Uncle Willie) 228 



196. A cartoon of 1882, " Breeders' Journal " 280 



197. Shorthorn cow Conqueror. A " Breeders' Journal " cartoon of 1882 231 



198. Hereford vs. Shorthorn, or how the Shorthorners came to grief. A " Breeders' Journal " car- 



toon of 1885 284 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



TEN EVENTFUL YEARS; A CONSTANT REQUEST FOR TESTS 1871 TO 1881 "282 



11199. A typical bull's head, Corrector 48976 237 



1 200. Thos. Aston, Elyria, 238 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



QUALITY IN BEEF; SOUND CONSTITUTION INDISPENSABLE TO IT 293 



H201. Pure Hereford cow Jenny 239 



1T201a. Heart girth of Herefords and Shorthorns compared 241 



112016. Diagram of butchers' cuts 242 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



TEETH AS INDICATIVE OF THE AGE OF CATTLE. SOME FAT STOCK SHOW COMPARISONS 299 



1J202. A " Breeders' Journal " cartoon of 1883 244 



203. A " Breeders' Journal " cartoon of 1883 246 



204. Fig. 1. Calf s teeth at birth 300 



205. Fig. 2. Calf s teeth at second week 300 



206. Fig. 3. Calf's teeth at third week 301 



207. Fig. 4. Calf's teeth at 1 month 301 



208. Fig. 5. Calf's teeth at 8 months 302 



209. Fig. 6. Calf's teeth at 11 months 303 



