CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME:

S:E°@:2: 200 Mw XII. LIVE STOCK.

LIVE STOCK, Importance of Great attention to Further:improvement of, necessary Additional facts and experiments wanting ’ for 4: Circumstances to be attended to in: Shelter and warmth, with a high degree of fertility of pasture, useful Systems of practice pursued in, different Crossing the breeds é i i Supposed advantages and disadvantages of this method: 3 Though useful, should be practised with

cautiom% 6: A Injury easily done by it when injudiciously performed,:=

Various proofs of i; Breeding in-and-in; Advantages of this method - What necessary to be regarded in Principal object of the farmer:—profit Form of animal most proper for‘ Properties to be regarded in Shape: What necessary in Most perfect kind of ij Which most advantageous in the view of the grazier:: The most perfect probably best Size A 5 5 Question concerning, not fully settled Opinions differ, from the quantity of food consumed not being well ascer- taincd 5 j A number of small animals consume less than of large ones 7; Mr. Knight's opinion favourable to large

size for fattening:. 4 ‘Consumption of food not in proportion to

size.. Advantages of small-sized animals Smaller sizes best for milk: A Sizes must be much regulated by pasture

or herbage 4

On rich pastures, larg

e breeds most

pr fitable 4 A i On inferior ones, the smaller sorts Tameness of di on; great utility of, in domestic animals.; Hardiness, a desirable property in

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Early maturity: advantages of, to the farmer Circumstances most tavourable to Good feeding and warmth while young Quality of flesh probably depends on breed, and not on size of animal 4 A Goodness of flavour, in some measure, on

food E é* Badness of colour, perhaps morbid f Appearances of good meat A Effects of difference of age on the appear-

ance: 5 Disposition to fatten, highly necessary to be attended to A i Principle of, not fully investigated° Much influenced by form of breed, in Mr. Bakewell’s practice:‘ Advantage and disadvantage of too much fattening: 5, Fattening the only means of procuring good lean meat é i“

Much attention to this property necessary

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Necessary feel of° i:

Utility of, in exposed situations:

Property of supplying milk largely Nature of anima! for j

Should probably be an exclusive breed for Sir John Sinclair’s opinion of a breed suited for this purpose, and for

that of the grazier. i Aptitude for labour, a property necessary in certain circumstances 5

What proper to be considered in Blood, or inherent quality of a breed: Utility and advantages of, in breeding animals‘

uch regard necessary to these properties in breeding

Modes of conducting the business na Success of, on what depends:‘ Choice of live stock 6

Various circumstances to be considered in Vast advantage of improving live stock, shown NEAT CATTLE

Breeds of, very numerous

No perfect arrangement of:

Methods that have been attempted in A

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By the names of the counties or districts

where they prevail most

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