INDEX. 



Abortion, 354; sporadic type, 355: epizootic, 357; treatment of, 



356-358. 



Afterbirth (placenta), removal of, 342; in case of abortion, 356. 

 Agriculture, improvements in, in eighteenth century, 15. 

 Albion (14), the bull, 170. 

 Allen, Lewis F., "History of Short-horn Cattle," cited, 158, et 



passim. 



"Alloy" cross, the, 198. 



Angus cattle, the Aberdeen or Polled, 200, 203, 247. 

 Atavism, defined, 39; Darwin's definition of, 39; Kibot's definition, 



44; in Short-horn cattle, 42; Darwin's divisions of, 42; in various 



animals, 43, et seq. ; infrequency of, 82. 

 Averages, doctrine of, in relation to improvement of stock, 56. 



Bakewell, Robert, 15, 88, 96, 144, 151, 189. 



Barmpton Rose, Short-horn tribe, 55, 180, 222. 



Baron Butterfly, the bull, 51, 55, 137, 222, 229. 



Bates, Thomas, 108, 153; his breeding methods, 154, et seq., 176, 177, 



199. 



Bell's "History of Short-horns," 155, et passim. 

 Ben (70), the bull, 151, 164, 170. 

 Booth herds, the, 164, et seq. 

 Booth, Thomas, 93, 153, 164, 168, 177, 182. 

 Booths, the younger (J. B. and Richard), 164, 173, 176. 

 Breeding animals, selection of, 246, et seq.; in general, 248; the bull, 



279; shelter for, 298; general care of, 313; feeding of, 370. 

 Breeding of cattle, its dignity as a calling, 12; early development of, 



13; the science of, 16; the art of, 19. 



Breeding methods (see inbreeding, line breeding, etc.), 185, et seq. 

 Breeds of cattle, described by Pliny, etc., 14; in Europe, 14, 15, et 



seq.; Short-horn or Durham, 50, 94, 129, 148, 200, 213, 247, 250, 



253, 263; Longhorn, 88, 94, 96, 193; Hereford, 194, 200, 203, 211, 



247, 250; Polled Angus, 200, 203, 247; Jersey, 212, 247, 250; Hol- 



stein-Friesian, 200, 203, 247; Galloway, 247, 250. 

 Bull, breeding, selection of, 279; prepotency in, 286; temper in, 292; 



service of, 361; fitting for exhibition, 365. 



Calves, care of, 314, et seq.; milk diet for, 317; weaning of, 319; 



skim- milk ration, 321; feeding of, 327; fitting for exhibition, 



329; breaking to halter, 332. 

 Calving, care at time of, 315, 340. 

 Care of cattle, general, 313, et seq.; of calves, 314; of heifers, 333; of 



cows, 344; of bulls, 358. 



Carr's, "History of the Booth Herds," 94, 168, 171, et passim. 



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