TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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CATTLE. 
THEIR HISTORY, ORIGIN, BREEDS AND CHARACTERISTICS, 
MANAGEMENT AND CARE. 
CHAPTER L 
NATURAL HISTORY OF CATTLE. 
Their Origin— Early Domestication.— The Different Kinds and Their Peculiarities.— 
Improved Breeds. — Devons. — Herefords. — Sussex. — Short Horns. — Alderneys — Ayr- 
shires. — Holsteins. — Kerry Cows. — Polled Cattle. — Galloways. — The Cherokee or 
Texas Cattle, etc., etc. 
CHAPTER II. 
BREEDING AND FEEDING. 
Grasses. — Best Breeds. — How to Breed. — General Utility. — Breeding in Line. — Form and 
Quality. — Practical Suggestions. — Breeding Grades. — Start the Herd. — Tens Years’ 
Produce. — Selection. — Common-Sense. — Gestation of Cows. — Feeding Standards. — 
Ration for Milch Cows. — Raising Young Cattle. — Custratiou 123 
CHAPTER III. 
TRAINING AND WORKING. 
Training vs. Breaking. — Training the Calf. — Haltering. — Training to Milk. — Feeding at 
Milking Time. — Viciousness in Cows. — Hooking Cows. — Training Oxen. — Train 
Stock Young. — Summing Up. — Managing a Kicking Cow 143 
CHAPTER IY. 
HOW TO SHELTER. 
necessity of Shelter. — Artificial Protection.— A Framed Stable. — A Cheap Stable. — About 
Barns. — A Common-Sense Barn. — A Square Cross Barn.— Basements for Cattle. — 
Arranging the Basement. — Adapting Means to the End. — What to Plant 155 
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