ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Abortion or slinking, 503 ; in the dairies 

 of New York, 604 ; treatment of by 

 Youatt, 506. 

 Ages of cattle — Marks indicating, 419. 

 Alderney cattle— Origin and history, 188 ; 

 description, 128, 129 ; cow, LSD; intro- 

 duction to the United States, 131 ; won- 

 derful yield of milk and batter, 131 ; 

 bull, 132 ; feeding in Channel Islands, 

 132; as a working ox, 133; as a beef 

 animal, 133. 

 Allen, A. B. — Cattle in the London Mark- 

 ets, 286-288 ; on the increase of Short- 

 horns in Great Britain, 164, 165. 

 Amalgamation of the dilTerent breeds in 



America, 34-39. 

 America favorable to cattle production, 



23. 

 Anatomical points of cattle, 41. 

 Ayrshire cattle. 111 ; description, 112- 

 117; cow, 113; bull, 115; their origin 

 and history, 116-118 ; milk production, 

 nS-120 ; beef qualities, 120 ; manner of 

 rearing calves, 122 ; introduction to the 

 United States,^ 123 ; review of their his- 

 tory, 123-126; in America, 125, 126; as 

 a beef animal, 126, 127 ; cows, Mr. Bir- 

 nie's, 359. 

 Bakewell, Eob't— Improver of the Long- 

 horns, 77-80. 

 Barns for stock, 306. 

 Barrenness in cows, 240-250. 

 Beauty in cattle, 189, 190. 

 Beef — Value of annual consumption in 



United States estimated, 15. 

 Beef cattle— Differences in breed, 276. 

 Bimie, William— Cooking food, 367-359. 



Bjack water, 451. 



Bladder — Inflammation of, 447. 



Bloody milk, 519. 



Bowels — Inflammation of, 442. 



Brain — Inflammation of, 448. 



Breachy animals, 431. 



Breeding, 192 ; in-and-in, 200 ; grade cat- 

 tle for grazing, 254 ; dairy cows, 255. 



Breeding cows— Their treatment, 219; 

 strange influences on them, 220; re- 

 markable effects of cross-breeding, 222. 



Breeds— Which are the best, 181-186. 



British cattle^Whence derived and their 

 improvement, 45-49. 



Bruises, 439. 



Bulls — Rearing and treatment, 202 ; in- 

 stances of remarkable usefulness, 264. 



Butter — Annual production and value in 

 United States, 16, 17. 



Caesarian operation, 467. 



Calves — Stock, their rearing and treat- 

 ment, 267-270 ; for veal, 270; in Lon- 

 don market, 290. 



Calving, 462. 



Care of neat stock in winter, 303. 



Castration, 516. 



Catarrh, 457. 



Cattle — In London markets, 286; orna- 

 ments of parks, 412; love of flne, 413; 

 in the Western States, 412 ; in the Mid- 



■ die and Eastern States, 413. 



Cattle yards— Railway, 291. 



Chaps, 468. 



Cheese — Annual production and va!ne,17. 



Choking, 461. 



Cold, 457. 



Colic, 469. 



