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INDEX. 



Selection, natural, 24, 188; of breeding animals, 246, et seq. 



"Seventeen," importation of, 193. 



Shakespeare, the bull, 89, 145. 



Sheep, prepotency of some breeds, 58; crosses among, 194; effect of 

 shelter upon when fattening, 305. 



Shelter, 298, et seq.; for milch cows, 348. 



Short-horn cattle, prepotent power of, 50, 94; types of, 129, 263; early 

 history, 148; crosses of, 200; families of, 213; valuable qualities 

 of, 247; milking qualities, 250; pedigrees of, 253. 



Sinclair, Sir John, on cross breeding, 201. 



Sir Arthur Ingram, the bull, 140. 



Soiling, 381. 



Stewart, Prof. Elliott W., cited, 349, 383, et passim. 



Studley, the, bull or bulls, 217, 227. 



Studley herd, the, 166, 171. 



Thoroughbred horse, the, pedigrees of, 95. 

 Townley herd, 180. 

 Torr, William, 174, 180. 

 Touchstone, the horse, 56. 



Variation, 61; definition of, 62; causes of, 63; classes of, 64; impor- 

 tance of, 83. 



Warlaby herd, the, 171. 



Wetherell, Mr., 180. 



Whitaker, Jonas, 51, 224. 



"Wild White Cattle, the, Darwin's description of, 115; becoming 



extinct, 118. 

 Youatt, W., quoted, 88, 90, 127. 



