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INDEX. 



Sarah (Kinnaird), 139. 

 Sybil (Baads), 188, 189, 368. 



(Ballindalloch, 167, 196, 369. 



Victoria (Queen), 361. 



(Rothiemay), 373. 



(Westertown), 133. 



(Balwyllo), 160. 



Windsor (Queen), 360. 

 Zara, 153, 154, 375. 



Loss of horns in cattle, 12, 14 Dar- 

 win on, 12 Dr Alexander Smith 

 on, 13 Professor Low on, 13 ten- 

 dency to, 28. 



Low, Professor, on variations in ani- 

 mals, 9. 



Management 



At Ballindalloch, 385. 



Benholm, 379. 



Bridgend, 384. 



Easter Skene, 384. 



Gavenwood, 386. 



Greystone, 383. 



Kinnochtry, 378. 



Mains of Kelly, 377. 



Rothiemay, 388. 



Spott, 378. 



Waterside, 389. 



Wellhouse, 380. 

 Fullerton, Mr W., on, 377. 

 Summary of, 390. 

 System of, in herds, 376. 

 M'Combie, the late Mr William, 

 M.P., 62 his show-yard success, 

 63 his system of breeding, 120-123. 

 Moray, polled herds in, 66. 



Nilsson on Bos longifrons, 5 on Bos 



urus, 3. 

 Norfolk and Suffolk polled breed, 



23, 26. 



Origin of domestic cattle, 1, 25 of 

 polled Aberdeen and Angus breed, 

 26, 33, 38, 44 of polled varieties 

 of cattle, 11. 



Owen on Bos longifrons, 4 on Bos 

 urus, 5. 



Panmure, Lord, as a patron and breed- 

 er of polled cattle, 55. 



Pedigree, unstained, 77. 



Pliny on Bos urus, 3. 



Polled cattle, antiquity of, 17 classed 

 as distinct breeds, 14 distribution 

 of, 17 in Aberdeenshire, 29 in 

 Banffshire, 29 in early shows, 67 

 in England, 18, 23 in foreign 

 countries, 17, 86 in Forfarshire, 



29 in Galloway, 21 in Ireland, 21 

 in Kincardineshire, 29 in Lan- 

 arkshire, 19 in Morayshire, 66 

 in Scotch Highlands, 20 origin of, 

 11, 13. 



Polled Cattle Society, 70 its objects, 

 71. 



' Polled Herd Book,' 68, 70. 



Principles of breeding, 390. 



Rearing calves, &c., 376, 390. 

 Riitimeyer on the genus Bos, 2. 



Sales, public, 444. 



1841 Brechin Castle, 445. 



1844 Ardovie, 445. 



1848 Keillor, 445. 



1850 Bridgend, 446. 



1853 Auchtertyre, 446. 



1856 Crathes Castle, 446. 



1857 West Scryne, 447. 



1857 Inchmarlo, 447. 



1857 Bridgend, 447. 



1860 Keillor, 447. 



I860 Dorsell, 448. 



1861 Kinnaird, 448. 



1862 Montbletton, 449. 



1863 Balwyllo, 449. 



1865 Kinnaird, 449. 



1867 Tillyfour, 449. 



1869 Portlethen, 450. 



1870 Castle Fraser, 450. 



1871 The Thorn, 450. 



1871 Tillyfour, 450. 



1872 Rothiemay, 450. 



1871 Ballindalloch, 451. 



1873 Drumin, 451. 



1874 Portlethen, 451. 



1874 Westertown, 451. 



1876 Mulben, 451. 



1877Tullochallum, 451. 



1878 Montcoffer, 451. 



1880 Tillyfour, 452. 



1881 Balquharn, 452. 

 Sales, private, 451, 



rise in price of bulls at, 452. 



average prices at, from 1850 to 



1881, 452. 



Scotch cattle, breeds of, 26, 68 dif- 

 ferences in, 26 origin of, 25. 

 Scurs, 77. 

 Selection in breeding, 14 - - Colum- 



ella on, 16 in ancient nations, 



16 Palladius on, 16 Virgil on, 



16. 



Senior Wranglers, 421. 

 Shorthorn cattle in Aberdeenshire, 60 



threatened extinction of polls, 



61 crosses in Buchan, 73. 

 Show-yards, the breed in, 393. 



