528 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Red water, 451. 



Rinderpest, 491; in America, 492; in 

 England, 495 ; law in New York, 498 ; 

 symptoms, 499; treatment, 500; pre- 

 cautions, 501. 



Eot— Scouring, 453^57. 



Sale milk dairies, BUS. 



Scotland— Its cattle, 85, 86. 



Sex of calves — Influencing, 374, 275. 



Shape of fat cattle, 284-286. 



Sheds for cattle, 306. 



Shelter to young animals, 271. 



Shoote, 483. 



Short-horns, 134 ; English writers on 

 them, 134, 135 ; Berry's pretended his- 

 tory of them, 135-140 ; Yonatt's his- 

 tory, 136-139 ; true history, 140-145 ; 

 the "Durham oi," 144; the "White 

 Heifer that travelled," 144 ; cow of the 

 old style, 145 ; introduction to America, 

 146-152 ; herd books, 153 ; character- 

 istics, 153-160; bull and cow of milking 

 tribes, 1.54; as flesh producers, 155; 

 bull, 156 ; heifer, 157 ; description and 

 colors, 158-160 ; as a dairy cow, 160 ; as 

 a working ox, 161 ; as a beef animal, 

 161-163; fat ox, 162; their proper homes, 

 16.3; ,their increasing popularity and 

 distribution, 164, 165 ; in the London 

 market, 286-288. 



Size — Extremes should not be crosRed, 

 198. 



Snores, 482. 



Soiling stock, 311-330 ; condition of ani- 

 mals, 317 ; effect of on milk, 318 ; saving 

 in fences, 319 ; saving in manure, 321 ; 

 saving in land, 321 ; crops, 322 ; method 

 of feeding, 323, 324; arrangement of 

 animals, 324. 



Sore teats, 468. 



Spanish cattle — See Texans, 174. 



Spaying heifers and cows, 517. 



Spniins, 439. 



Stall feeding, 280-284. 



Steam apparatus for cooking food, 346 ; 

 a cheap one, 348. 



Stewart, E. W.— On soiling, 315-329 ; on 

 cooking food, 336. 



Stock calves— Their rearing and treat- 

 ment, 267-270 ; running with the cows, 

 270. 



Stomach — Inflammation of, 444. 



Strains and bruises, 4S7. 



Straw cutters, 341. 



Summer food for dairy cows, 309-313. 



Swill, or distillery milk, 334-357. 



Teats— Sore, 468. 



Teeth— Indications of age, 420-427. 



Texan cattle — Descended from the Span- 

 ish cattle, 174 ; description, 175-178 ; 

 mode of rearing th^m, 175; portrait 

 of a group, 176; comparative value, 

 177 ; diseases of them, 179. 



Transportation of stock to market, 

 291. 



Tricks of cattle, 430. 



Udder— Swelling of, 467. 



Value of cattle in the United States, 18, 

 14 ; different kinds of cattle food com- 

 pared. 344-346. 



Veal— Estimated annual consumption 

 and value. 15. 



Venomous bites, 484. 



Virginia— When cattle were first intro- 

 duced into, 30. 



Water— Treatment of disease3,434; drink- 

 ing, 519. 



West Highland cattle— Their history, 87- 

 89; their management, 94, 95 ; as a beef 

 animal, 95, 96 ; ox, 96 ; proposed intro- 

 duction to America, 97 ; cow, 98 ; in the 

 London market, 289. 



What constitutes a good animal, 187-189; 

 a bad animal, 187, 188. 



Winter forage, 303 ; winter feeding, 305- 

 808. 



Womb— Inflammation of, 449. 



Working oxen, 293; rearing, matching 

 and training, 294-296. 



Wounds, 439, 484. 



Yellows, 480. 



