INDEX 



Page 

 A 



Absorbents used in stables. . 204 



A.lments of cattle 419 



Abortion 42 7 



Actinomycosis, or lumpy jaw .... 433 



Anthrax 436 



Blackleg 439 



Cornstalk disease 444 



Eversion of womb 448 



Hemorrhagic Septicemia 441 



Hoven, or bloat 450 



Milk fever 430 



Scour in calves 453 



Tuberculosis 419 



Autumn calves, Concentrates for 



second winter 47 



Ensilage and roots for second winter 48 



Second winter 43 



When to market 4 



B 



Baby beef 72 



Adaptation in breeds for 73 



Age at which to sell 87 



Amount of concentrates for 



growing- 85 



Animals for, should start well .... 78 



Concentrates for growing 83 



Fodders for growing 80 



Rapid gains wanted when growing. 79 



Reared on dams or hand fed 76 



Relative profit in growing 78 



Succulence for growing 81 



Value of high finish m 8S 



Barn and stable built b>' author. 357-362 



Beet pulp for finishing cattle 148 



Beet tops for cattle 231 



Blanketing show cattle 338 



Bulls, Exercise for 118 



Exercise for young 112 



Feeding and care of 104 



Food and care of, during milk 



period 107 



Food for mature 114 



Food for, subsequent to weaning . . 109 



Management of mature 116 



Management of, subsequent to 



weanmg Ill 



Past meridian of vigor 122 



Prejudice against mature 126 



Purchase and disposal of 125 



Rearing beef by hand 109 



Rearing beef on dam 108 



Restoring lost power 124 



Ringing 114 



Service required of 120 



Standard ration for 115 



Three types of 104 



Training to lead 113 



Page 

 Bulls — Continued 



Trimming feet of 119 



Vicious 123 



C 



Calves, Amount of milk for 24- 



Autumn, second winter 43 



Benefits from confinement fur .... 13 



Breeding of the dairy type of ... . 1 1 



Breeding of the dual type of ]() 



Economy of rearing b^' hand 5 



Economy of rearing on dams 5 



Ensilage for 24 



Excessive fatness in 9 



Feeding in stanchions 40 



Feeding oats 23 



Feeding on arable farms 8 



Field roots for 24 



Fodders fed to, at different ages , . 310 



Fodders for ... 23 



Grazing for 36 



Growing for veal 34 



Learning to take meal 28 



May not always come in autumn . . 4 

 Miscellaneous considerations in 



rearing jg 



Modifying methods of rearing .... 9 



Nurse cows for show 308 



Profit greater from handfed 6 



Reared on skim milk 16 



Reared on whey 25 



Reared without milk 27 



Sanitary conditions for 41 



Skim milk for _ 25 



Soiling for 37 



Spring, second winter 49 



Standard meal ration for 21 



Starting in life 15 



When bom for exhibiting 306 



When should come 1 



Cars for shipping cattle 295 



Castration, Age for 395 



Benefits from 305 



Facts regarding 394 



Methods of 393 



Of show cattle 334 



When advisable 397 



Cattle, Age to purchase for finishing . 130 



Amount of concentrates for feeding 142 

 Avoid short grazing periods ot 



finishing 173 



Care while in transit 296 



Carrying through --inter 222 



Cars for shipping 295 



Character of food for. in winter . . . 226 



Cheap rations for, being wintered . 22^ 



Choice of markets for 2*12 



Coming modifications in fattening . 162 



Condiments for being fattenci . , lol 



468 



