TABLE OF CONTENTS. XVII 



BOOK II— PART I. 



CATTLE— HISTORY, MANAGEMENT, AND CHARACTERISTICS 

 OF THE VARIOUS BREEDS. 



CHAPTER I. 



E\RLY HISTORY AND TYPICAL BREEDS OF CATTLE. 



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Wild and Semi-wild Herds.— II. The First Chroniclers and Breeders of 

 Cattle.— III. The Original Type.— IV. Undomesticated Herds of Europe 

 and Asia.— V. Spanish-American Breeds.— VI. The Devons.— VII. The 

 Herefords.— \ail. The Durham or Teeswater Breed.— IX. Irish Cattle. 

 —X. Scotch and Highland Cattle.— XI. Swiss Cattle.— XII. Dutch Cattle. 

 — XIII. Fossil Cattle.— XIV. The Wild Cattle of England.— XV. Native 

 Districts of some Breeds 



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CHAPTER II. 



STRUCTURE OF THE OX. 



I. Comparative Description.— II. A Good Cow Described in Verse.— III. 

 SIceleton of the Ox.— IV. Analysing the Head.— V. External Parts of a 

 Fat Ox.— VI. Teeth of the Ox.— VII. Age of Cattle Told by the Chart 620 



CHAPTER III. 



DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF BREEDS. 



Ancient and Modern Breeding.— II. Cattle of the Campagnas. — III. Pioneers 

 of Improved Stock.— IV. Illustrations of Noted English Breeds.— V. Do 

 Not Attempt to Form a Breed.— VI. How a Breed is Formed.— VII. 

 Breeding for Certain Uses.— VIII. Variation in Type.— IX. In-and-in 

 Breeding and Breeding in Line. — X. Altering the Character by Crossing. 

 -^I. Influence of Shelter and Feeding.— XII. Heredity in Cattle.— XIII. 

 Hereditary Influence of Parents.— XIV. Atavism.— XV. Peculiarities of 

 Ancestors Perpetuated.— XVI. How the Short-Horns were Bred up.— XVII. 

 Shorthorns During the Last Fifty Years.— XVIII. Three Short-Horn 

 Strains.— XIX. The Three Principal Types of Cattle. 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE BREEDING OF CATTLE. 



Early Systems of Breeding.— II. Bakewell's Ten Rules.— III. What the 

 Breeder Must Know.— IV. Compare Results.— V. The Assimilation of 

 Pood.— VI. The Breeder Must be a Good Farmer.— VII. Breeding for 

 Beef.— VIII. Breeding for Milk.— IX. Breeding for Labor.— X. The 

 Breeds for Beef and Milk.— XI Some Facts About Beef.— XII. Value of 

 Sires in Different Herds.— XHI. Know What You Breed for.— XIV. Defini- 

 tion of Terms.— XV. How to Start a Herd.— XVL How the Herd will 

 Grade— XVII. Taking a Line Cross.— XVIII. Some Specimens of Close 

 Breeding.— XIX. The Gestation of Cows 643 



