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General Index, 



Page. 



ProlLids j;o to fcirni Tut 41, 4^ 



Prof. Taunor on In (.'cdiiig power, 255 

 Purifyiii<4 blood liy ]ire:ilhing. . .. 117 

 Purity of breed 113 



Q,urtlity of milk like )hat of feed. 84 



of milk for butter 77 



in veal and beef 143, 1 U 



Kiipid growth, and poor quality. . 339 

 Increase of yield iu dairy cows 



and lieifers 316 



Keaf^on of wedi^e sbape in cows.. 76 



Ivediiced exercise in cows 153 



Jteduclion of blood dries tbe nd- 



der 62 



of muscle in short-' cms 123 



Pi'laxed adders difficult to dry . . 43 



Kelaxing the udder skin 18-22 



Ki-i^tingcows thatabort 239,240 



Keversed hair on buttocks 33 



Rich feed no cure for wasting 



muscle ^ 173 



Rudimentary teats inherited 73 



Safe rates of increase in feed and 



blood 243 



Saving muscle in fattening cattle 175 

 Scattering bunch grass, and i x- 



ercise in grazing "97 



Selecting and combining quali- 

 ties 186 



Selection and concentration 286 



Several demands for same blood 36 



Size of cattle according to feed 98, 99 



of organs according to use. .. 119 



in Yield Mark ; also form 26 



Starvation of the embryo 194, 205 



Slow feeding, and go )d quality.. . 141 



Sl^inr? thicken in exposure 178 



Specimens of the poor man's cow 271 



Suitable form in cows 74 



Superior meat qnality of active 



cattle and nther animals. . . 179 

 Sure signs of easy milkers, and 



hard milkers 271 



Special breeding of Dairy cows . . 2(11 

 Small calves make small cows 2.">3, 25o 



Suffolk cattle 133 



Suggestions on shelter 103 



System building caused doubt. . . 34 



Table of rates of increase 206 



Tenderness in cattle 00, 91 



The calf's breathing colors its 



blood 39 



The Dalton inquiry commission. . 193 

 Tliick skins to liear exposure 94 



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Thick and full mnseles 93 



Thin skinned catlle most tender. 93 



Tight skin on hiii-liones 79 



The greater liability to second 



abortions 22 1 



The irrepressible conflict 66 



The law of compensation 172 



The larire yield in dairy districts, 195 



The size of the udder.' 39 



The udder-supply arteries; heif- 

 ers, and home-raised cows 



212,213 



The Brittany cattle 103 



The Yield Mar-v ex])]ained 44 



Too early fattening and breeding 138 

 Training and adaptation 78 



Udder-supply artery engorge- 

 ment leads to embryo star- 

 vation 196 



Unequal sides of the Yield Mark ; 



strain of hand-milking 56 



Uterine disorder prevents breed- 

 ing 237 



Various forms of Yield Mark. . . . 53 



Vigor according to muscularity. . 96 



important in the West 103 



the reverse of plasticity 104 



Waste of muscle in fattening 



steers 166 



Woi!];ht strain In the udder 26 



AVhat cattle need least change... 103 



Guenon did 28 



When muscles die 177 



Why arteiy walls remain thin . . . 208 

 embryo growth is arrested 210, 220 



cu\\s dry up their yield 63 



cannot dry themselves 64 



milking conflicts with breed- 

 ing 255 



Short-horns increase in mus- 

 cle 17S 



cows abort 218 



home-raised cows are usually 



exempt 223 



abortions are few in old dairy 



tlislriets 224 



milk is not red 39. 41 



heifers abort 2'23, 224 



Guenon's system failed 27 



Short-horns mature early — 143 

 cattle are handled over the 



hips 80 



Wheie endurance is required — 98 

 im])roveuient is necessary... 188 



