The horse and other live stock . s?, 56 A Good Milch Cow, 58 Milk-Mirror (A), „ 62 Milk-Mirror (B), 63 Milk-Mirror (C), 63 Milk-Mikror (D), 64 Milk-Mikeor (E), 65 11 12 ILLUSTRATir^NS. MiLK-MlKROR (F), 66 MlLK-MlBEOE (G), 69 MiLK-MlREOR (H), 70 Milk-Mirror (K), 72 MiLK-MlEROR (L), 74 ow AND Calf, 77 Ready for Action, 85 A Speightlt Youth, i9 Feeding, 97 The Family Pets, 102 Buying Cattle, 107 Calling in the Cattle, 112 On the Rampage, 117 Patiently Waiting, , 123 A Chance for a Selection, , 129 A West Highland Ox, 139 Barn for Thiety-fouk Cows and Three Yoke op Oxen,..* 150 Transverse Section,
The horse and other live stock . s?, 56 A Good Milch Cow, 58 Milk-Mirror (A), „ 62 Milk-Mirror (B), 63 Milk-Mirror (C), 63 Milk-Mikror (D), 64 Milk-Mikeor (E), 65 11 12 ILLUSTRATir^NS. MiLK-MlKROR (F), 66 MlLK-MlBEOE (G), 69 MiLK-MlREOR (H), 70 Milk-Mirror (K), 72 MiLK-MlEROR (L), 74 ow AND Calf, 77 Ready for Action, 85 A Speightlt Youth, i9 Feeding, 97 The Family Pets, 102 Buying Cattle, 107 Calling in the Cattle, 112 On the Rampage, 117 Patiently Waiting, , 123 A Chance for a Selection, , 129 A West Highland Ox, 139 Barn for Thiety-fouk Cows and Three Yoke op Oxen,..* 150 Transverse Section, 152 Room over the Cow-Room, 153 The Preferable Method,.., 159 Maternal Affection, 168 Frolicsome, 177 Points of Cattle, 185 A Frontispiece, 190 Scotch Mode of Cutting up Beef, 195 English Mode of Cutting up Beep, 197 Diseases and Their Remedies, 205 A Chat on the Road, , 218 The Mad Bull, 230 An Aberdeenshire Polled Bull « 244 Taking an Observation, 256 The Twins, \ 268 A Rural Scene, 2S5 Taking it Easily, 299 Home Again 313. It is quite certain that the ox has been domesticatedand in the service of man from a very remote are informed in the fourth chapter of Genesis, that cattlewere kept by the early descendants of Adam ; Jubal, the sonof Lamech—who was probably born during the lifetime ofAdam—being styled the father of such as have cattle. Theox having been preserved by Noah from the flood of waters,the original breed of our present cattle must have been inthe neighborhood of Mount Ararat. From thence, dispersingover the face of the globe—altering by climate, by food, and 13 14 CATTLE AND THEIR DISEASES. by cultivation—originated the various breeds jf modernages. That the value of the ox tribe has been in all ages andclimates highly appreciated, we have ample evidence. Thenatives of Egypt, India, and Hindostan, seem alike to haveplaced the cow amongst their deities; and, judging by herusefulness to all classes, no animal could perhaps have beenselected w
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