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DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
INTRODUCTION.
INDEX.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS—GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING, NUTRITION, MANAGEMENT, &c.
PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING.
GENERAL FORM AND CHARACTERISTICS.
The Lungs.
RESPIRATION IN ANIMALS.
The Effects of Respiration.
Perspiration
The Food which supplies Respiration.
Circumstances which augment Respiration.
THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS.
Purposes fulfilled by different Kinds of Food.
The Changes in the Food of Animals.
The Profit of Feeding.
CHAPTER II. NEAT OR HORNED CATTLE.
Various Domestic Breeds.
Native Cattle.
The Devon
The Short Horns, or Durhams.
THE IMPORTATION OF SHORT HORNS INTO THIS COUNTRY.
Herefords.
The Ayrshire
MANAGEMENT OF CALVES.
Diseases and Remedies.
Breeding.
Breaking Steers
Management of Oxen.
Management of Bulls or Vicious Animals.
The proper time for turning off Cattle.
Fattening Cattle.
The selection of Animals for Stall Fattening.
Stall-Feeding.
DISEASES IN CATTLE.
Hoven, or Swelling of the Paunch,
The Proper Mode of giving the above Remedies
Choking
Inflammation of the Stomach.
Mange, or Scab.
Hollow Horn, or Horn Ail.
Jaundice, or Yellows.
Mad Itch.
Bloody Murrain, or Red Water.
Hoof Ail
Loss of Cud
Scours, or Diarrhœa.
Warbles
Wounds
Milk, or Puerperal Fever,
Caked Bag
Garget
Sore Teats
Warts
Sore Necks on Working Oxen.
The Bite of Poisonous Snakes
For Stings of Bees, Hornets, &c.
For a Forming Tumor.
Lice and Vermin
The Trembles,
CHAPTER III. THE DAIRY.
Cows for the Dairy.
Management of Dairy Cows.
Milking.
MILK
The Constituents of Milk
Circumstances which modify the Quantity and Character of Milk.
Cream.
BUTTER.
Electricity
Sour Cream.
Sweet Cream
Clouted Cream
Churning the whole Milk
Sourness of the Cream.
Quickness in Churning.
Over-churning.
Temperature of the Milk or Cream.
The alleged advantages of Churning the entire Milk.
Cleanliness in all the operations of the Dairy.
CHEESE.
The Circumstances affecting the Quality of Cheese.
Natural Differences in the Milk
Milk of Different Animals.
Creamed or Uncreamed Milk.
Buttermilk Cheese.
Whey Cheese.
Mixtures of Vegetable Substances with the Milk.
Potato Cheeses,
Preparation of Rennet.
Salting the Stomach.
Making the Rennet.
Different Qualities of Cheese.
Mode in which the Milk is warmed.
The time during which the Curd stands.
The quality of the Rennet.
The quantity of Rennet added.
The way in which the Rennet is made.
The way in which the Curd is treated.
The Separation of the Whey
The Mode in which the Salt is applied.
Addition of Cream or Butter to the Curd.
Size of the Cheese.
The Method of Curing.
Ammoniacal Cheese.
Inoculating Cheese.
CHAPTER IV. SHEEP
Uses.
VARIETIES.
The Domesticated Sheep (O. Aries)
Native or Common Sheep of the United States.
The Merino.
Exportation of Merinoes from Spain.
The first importation of Merinoes into the United States,
Varieties of the Spanish Sheep.
The Saxon,
The first Importation of Saxons into this Country
The Rambouillet Flock.
The first Importation of the Rambouillets to this Country.
The Progress of the Merino in the United States.
Peculiarities of the Merino.
Breeding Merinoes.
The South Down.
The form and characteristics of the South Downs.
The Cheviot
The Bakewell or Leicester, the Cotswold and Lincolnshire,
Improvement of the Long-Wools.
The Cotswold and Lincolnshire.
Peculiarity of long Wool and its Uses.
Importation of Long-Wools.
Breeding the Long-Wools.
The ewe goes with young
Winter Management and Food.
Shelters.
Racks or Mangers.
Troughs.
Food.
The Care of the Ewes with Young
Yeaning.
Management of Lambs.
Castrating and Docking Lambs.
Tagging, or Clatting,
Summer Management.
Washing Sheep.
Shearing.
Smearing or Salving Sheep
Weaning.
The time for taking Sheep from the Pastures.
Drafting the Flock,
Stall-Feeding.
Management of Sheep for the Prairies.
DISEASES OF SHEEP.
Diarrhœa or Scours,
Dysentery.
Hoven.
Braxy.
Costiveness.
Stretches.
Poison,
Inflammation of the Lungs.
Rot.
Foot-Rot.
Corrosion of the Flesh by Flies or Maggots,
Flies on Sheep
Protection from the Gad-Fly.
Swollen Mouth
Foul Noses.
Scab.
Ticks and Lice
Pelt-rot
Staggers or Sturdy, and Water in the Head,
Abortion
The Uterus
For Garget, or Caked Bag.
Bleeding.
Large cuts are healed
To protect lambs from wolves and foxes,
CHAPTER V. THE HORSE.
Some of the prominent external points of a fine Saddle or Gig Horse,
Considerations which affect the Value of the Horse.
Breeding.
The Gestation of the Mare
The Mare comes in Heat
Management of the Colt.
Castrating.
Docking
Nicking.
Breaking.
Longevity of the Horse.
Feeding.
DISEASES.
Glanders.
Farcy.
Lampas.
Poll-evil.
Heaves.
Catarrh or Horse Distemper.
Spasmodic Colic.
Flatulent Colic.
Inflammation of the Bowels.
The second variety of Inflammation of the Bowels
Physicking.
Worms.
Bots.
Wind-galls.
Inflammation of the Fetlock.
Cutting.
Sprain of the Coffin-Joint.
Ringbone.
Enlargement of the Hock.
Curb.
Bone Spavin.
Swelled Legs.
Grease.
Cutting the Hair from the Heels.
Setons
Founder,
Poison
Epidemics among Horses,
Inflammation of the Eyes.
The Sting of Hornets,
For Sprains,
For a Bruise or Blow.
Fistula.
Wounds
Galls,
Shoeing.
Contraction of the Foot.
Litter.
Corns.
An Over-reach
Forging, or Clicking,
The Bearing Rein
The Bit
An Unruly Stud may be controlled
Blinds
The Crib Biter.
The Stable
CHAPTER VI. THE ASS, THE MULE, AND THE COMPARATIVE LABOR OF WORKING ANIMALS.
THE ASS
Varieties.
THE MULE
Breeding Mules in the United States,
The Breeding, Rearing, and Management of Mules
ADVANTAGES OF MULE OVER HORSE LABOR.
The comparative Economy of Horse and Ox Labor.
CHAPTER VII. SWINE.
Breeds of Swine.
Breeding.
Management and Fattening.
Curing Hams and Pork.
Hams and Shoulders
DISEASES OF SWINE.
Pulmonary Affections, Colds, Coughs, and Measles.
Blind Staggers.
CHAPTER VIII. FARM-DOGS.
The Newfoundland Dog.
The Shepherd's Dog.
The Drover's Dog.
The Terrier.
CHAPTER IX. POULTRY.
Hens
The Food
The Hen-house
Varieties.
The Diseases of Hens.
THE TURKEY.
Breeding.
THE PEACOCK AND GUINEA-HEN.
THE GOOSE.
Breeding.
DUCKS
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