XVIII TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



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I. Short-Horn Breeds.— H. The Old Teeswaters. — HI. Origin of Modern 

 Short-Horns.— IV. WTiat Made Them Famous.— V. The Bull Hubback.— 

 VI. Beef From the Old Teeswaters. — VII. Short-Horns in America. — VIII. 

 The Great Ohio Importation. — IX. Kentucky and Other Importations. — ^X. 

 Importation of Bates Cattle. — XI. Canadian Short-Horns. — XII. West- 

 ward March of the Short-Horn. — XIII. Short-Horns as Beef Makers. — 

 —XIV. The Patton Family of Short-Horns.— XV. Grade Cows and Steers. 

 —XVI. Short-Horns Critically Described.— XVII. The Head.— XVIII. 

 The Neck.— XIX. The Body.— XX. The Legs Short and Straight.— XXI. 

 The Loin Broad.— XXII. Wide in the Crops.— XXIII. The Back Straight 

 and Broad.— XXIV. The Ribs Barrel-Shaped.— XXV. The Touch.— 

 XXVI. The Hide.— XXVIL The Hair. — XXVIII. The Color.— XXIX. 

 Beef Points Illustrated.— XXX. Scale of Points for Short-Horn Bulls.— 

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CHAPTER VI. 



THE JERSEYS, ALDERNEYS AND GUERNSEYS. 



A Fashionable Breed.— II. The Guernseys.— IIL The Alderney in Youatt's 

 Time.— IV. The Jersey of To-Day.— V. Crossing the Jerseys.— VI. The 

 Jersey Described. — VII. Milk 'Mirrors. — VIII. Guenon's Theory of Milk 

 Mirrors.— IX. Their Practical Utility.— X. The Escutcheon Marks.— XI. 

 Good Milkers in all Breeds.— XII. Value of Heredity.— XIII. Influence of 

 Good Digestion and Assimilation. — XIV. The Milk Veins. — XV. The 

 Udder and Twist Veins. — ^XVI. Mr. Sharpless' Opinion. — ^XVIL Symmetry 

 Essential Whatever th'e Breed.— XVIII. The Jersey not a Dairy Cow.— 

 XIX. Scale of Points for Jersey Cows and Heifers.— XX. Rules in Award- 

 ing Prizes.— XXI. Scale of Points for Jersey Bulls.— XXII. Estimating the 

 Value of I'oints.— XXIII. Color and Size.— XXIV. From a Practical 

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CHAPTER vn. 



MIDDLE HORNED CATTLE — THE HEREFORDS. 



The Valuable Breeds of Middle-Horns— II. The Hereford Color.— III. The 

 Herefords Fifty Years Ago.— IV. Youatt's Testimony.— V. The Herefords 

 in America.— VI. The Importation of 1840.— VII. Hereford Grades Forty 

 Years Ago.— VIII. The Ohio Importation.— EX. Herefords in Canada.— X. 

 Early Imported Herefords not Fairly Tried.— XL The Herefords West.— 

 XIL The Hereford as a Work Ox.— XIII. The Hereford Cow.— XIV. Points 

 of the Hereford.— XV. The Hereford of To-Day in England.— XVI, High 

 and Authoritative Praise.— XVII. Distribution in the Southwest and Far 

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CHAPTER VIIL 

 MIDDLE HORNED CATTLE— THE DEVON AND THE SUSSEX. 



Antiquity of the Devons.— II. The Devons Comparatively Small Cattle.— IIL 

 Natural Grazing Grounds of the Devons. — TV. Working Qualities of the 

 Devons.— V. Their Deceiving Appearance. — ^VI. Points of the Devon.— 



