INDEX. 389 



Killerby herd, 171, et seq. 

 King Ban, the horse, 27, 56. 



Lancaster (360), the bull, 150. 



Launcelot, the horse, ,56. 



Lexington, the horse, 57. 



Line breeding, definition of, 106; different views of, 107-116; connec- 

 tion with inbreeding, 114; recentness of term, 116. 



Linton, William, 140. 



Longfellow, the horse, 57. 



Longhorn cattle, improved by Bakewell, 88-94; decay of, through 

 inbreeding, 96. 



London Duchess tribe, 132, 255. 



Mason, Charles, 180, 224, 257. 



Matchem, the bull, 171, 172, 175. 



Maynard of Ery holme, Mr., 146, 180, 182. 



Miles, Prof. Manley, cited, 32, 113, 117, et passim. 



Milk fever, treatment of, 342. 



Milk production, relation to beef production, 76, 195, note; fostering 



of, 346; rations for, 348; water needed for, 349. 

 Mixed breeding, 120. 

 Muscatoon, the bull, 51, 54, 134, 286. 

 Mussulman, the bull, 171, 175. 



Nathusius, Hermann von, opposed to inbreeding, 128, 164. 



Natural breeding, defined, 120; distinguished from cross breeding 

 and mixed breeding, 120, 121; compared with natural selection, 

 121, et seq. ; contrasted with inbreeding, 123, et seq. 



Nautilus, the example of variation, 72. 



Nesbit, Mr., cited, 305. 



Oliver, the bull, 51. 



Outcrossiag, 120, et seq.; contrasted with inbreeding, 123, et seq.; as 

 betwean distinct breeds, 187, 190. 



Patton stock, the, 192. 



Pedigree, 215, et seq.; definition of, 215; value of, 217; forms of, 222; 



character of, 251; importance of in selection of breeding animals, 



248. 



Philip II of Macedon, hereditary character of his genius, 99. 

 PigeoES, variations in, 75. 

 Pliny, 14. 



Plutarch, remarkable case of atavism reported by, 40. 

 Powell cattle, the, 51. 



Prepotency, 49, et seq. ; definition of, 49; in the Short-horn, 50, 82. 

 Princess tribe, 231, 255. 

 Ptolemy, dynasty of, 99. 



Ration, meaning of term, 375; practical, 376; tables of, 383. 

 Regulus, cross-bred steer, 211. 

 Renick, Abram, 52. 



Renick, the bull, 51; great prepotency of, 54, 208. 

 Reversion (see atavism), 39, et seq. 



Ribot, T., definition of atavism, 44; remarkable case of atavism cited 

 by, 46. 



