INDEX. 



A.BER 5EENSHIRE cattlo, description of the, 



52, 53, 54. 

 Aberdeenshire cattle, origin of the present 



breed of, 53. 

 Abomasura, the internal structure of, 286, 



2^, 290, 293. 

 Abomasum, diseases of the, 317. 

 Abortion, the symptoms of. 382 

 Abor ion, the usual causes of, 383. 

 Abortion, precautions to prevent the re- 

 currence of, 386. 

 Age, the natural, of cittle, 194. 

 Age, as indicated by the horns, 150. 

 Age, as indicated by the teeth, 188. 

 Aislaby family of Durham and Studley, 



112. 

 Alderney cattle, account of them, 138. 

 Althorp, Lord, cut of his bull, 109. 

 Althorp, Lord, cuts of his cow and heifer, 



106, 1U7. 

 Aloes, noi a good purgative for cattle, 



447. 

 Alteratives, their nature, and the best 



composition of them, 448. 

 Alum, the medicinal properties of, 448. 

 Ammonia, the medicinal properties of, 



449. 

 Anglesey eattle, description of, 39. 

 Angus polled cattle, 71. 

 Angus polled cattle, difference between 



them and the Galloways, 72 

 AntiTnony, the medicinal properties of. 



449. 

 Apoplexy, symptoms and treatment of, 



164. 

 Argyleshire, description of the cattle, and 



their management, 47. 

 Arteries, their structure and functions, 



222. 

 Arteries, the smallness of, in the ox, com- 

 pared with the veins, 217. 

 Astringents, the best for cattle, 449. 

 Ayrshire cow, Mr. Alton's description of 



her, 55. 

 Ayrshire cow, origin of, 56, 57. 

 Ayrshire cow, the present, 59. 



Ayrshire cow, compared with the Alder- 

 ney, Holderness, and Devon, 60. 



Ayrshire cow, the quantity of her milk, 

 and the quantity of butter, 59, 60. 



Badsvvorth, Mr. Mitton's old bull, de- 

 scription of, 126. 



Bakewell, Mr , the great improver of the 

 long horns, 83. 



Bakewell, Mr., his supposed principles, as 

 stated by Mr. Marshall, 84. 



Bakewell, Mr., description of his cattle, 

 85. 



Bakewell, Mr., his benevolent character, 

 85. 



Barbs in the mouth, treatment of, 206. 



Bars of the mouth, description of, 186. 



Berry, the Hev. H., his account of the 

 short horns, 95 



Bile, the composition and uses of, 320, 331, 



Black water, the nature and treatment of, 

 373. 



Bladder, inversion of the, 331 



Bladder, protrusion of, treatment of, S98. 



Bladder, on rupture of the, 380. 



Bladder, stone in the, symptoms and treat- 

 ment of, 378. 



Blain, the symptoms and treatment of,l96. 



Blain, contagious, 197. 



Blain, sometimes epidemic, 197. 



Bleeding, the rule by which it should be 

 guided, 218. 



Bleeding, places, the preferable, 218 



Blisters, the difficulty of raising them in 

 cattle, 266. 



Blood, ietermination of to the brain, 163. 



Blown— See " Hoove." 



Bloxedge, the sire of the long-homs, an 

 account of him, 83. 



Bolinbroke, an early short-horn bull, an 

 account of him, 99. 



Bone of the heart, description of the, 222. 



Brain, description of the, 153. 



Brain, inflammation of the, 164. 



Brain, hydatids in the, 162. 



Breast bone, description of the, 238. 



