Cattle 1853 - Lewis Family Farm

Breast, the projecting and wide, advantage,
of, 237, 238.
Brisket, description of the, 239.
Brisket, remarkable deepness of, in some
cattle, 240.
British cattle, early history of, 11.
British cattle, the original were probably
middle-horned, 13.
Bronchitis, nature and treatment of, 262.
Bronchitis, the air-passages filled with
worms in, 263.
Butter, experiments to ascertain the various
quantities of, from different breeds,
133.
CiEcum, description of the, 330, 332.
Caesarian operation, description of, and
when justifiable, 393.
Calamine, the basis of the best healing
ointment for, 450.
Calculi in the rumen of cattle, 299, 360,
Calculi in the kidney, composition, symptoms,
and treatment of, 377.
Calculi, urinary, ditto, 378.
Colombo, a useful tonio, 450.
Calomel, the cases in which it should be
used, 450.
Calves, diseases and management of, 421.
Calving, the treatment of the oow before
it, 387.
Calving, natural, the treatment of, 388.
Calving, the power of ergot of rye in exciting
the labor pains, 389.
Calving, the management of unnatural
presentations, 391.
Calving, when the calf should be cut away,
and description of the operation, 395.
Calving, on retention of the foetus, 398.
Calving, attention to the cow after it, 399.
Camphor, its medicinal properties, 450.
Cancer of the eye, treatment of, 162.
Cantharides, the basis of the best blister
application, 450.
Capillary vessels, description of them, 223.
Carotid artery, description of the, 205,
206.
Carraway, a useful aromatic, 450.
Castor oil, the use of it as a medicine, 450.
Castration of calves, the various methods
of, 426.
Castration will often remove rupture in
the calf, 364.
Cataract, treatment of, 162.
Catarrh, nature and treatment of, 246.
Catarrh, the necessity of attention to it
on its first appearance, 247.
Catarrh, epidemic, symptoms of, 247.
Catechu, its useful astringent properties,
450.
Cattle, the proper points of, generally, 16,
Cattle, wild, account of, 11, 12.
Caustics, those used in cattle practice,
450.
Chalk, its utility in the treatment of dysentery
and diarrhoea, 346, 451.
Chamomile, its tonic properties, 451
INDEX.
Charge, Mr., an account of his fat sevenyear-old
ex, 104.
Charges/the use of, and the method of
applying, 451.
Chest, the advantage of a capacious one
in cattle, 16.
Chest, the proper form of, 236.
Chloride oflime, the value of, 308, 455.
Choking in cattle, treatment of, 279, 281.
Chyle, its nature and formation, 331.
Cleansing.—See Placenta.
Cleansing drink, the best, 400.
Clue-bound, treatment of, 313, 314
Clysters, the benefit of, 451.
Coates, Mr. G., the author of the " Short-
Horned Herd Book," 102.
Colic, flatulent, its symptoms, nature, and
treatment, 348.
Colic, spasmodic, its symptoms, nature,
and treatment, 350.
Colic, spasmodic, too often leads on to
strangulation of the intestines, 350.
Colling, Mr. Charles, 97.
Colling, Mr. Charles, an account of the
cross of his cattle with the Galloway,
Colling, Mr. Charles, a detailed account
of his sale of the improved short-horns,
100.
Colling, Robert, a successful improver of
the short-horns, 110.
Colling, Robert, the sale of his stock, 109.
Colon, description of the, 330, 332.
Colors, the prevailing ones of short-horns.
109.
Constipation, the treatment of, 355, 423.
Consumption, nature and treatment, 272.
Consumption, the peculiar oough of, 274.
Consumption, delusive character and progress
of, 274.
Copper, the compounds of, used in cattle
practice, 451.
Cordials, the use and abuse of, 452.
Cords, the nature and treatment of, 351.
Cork-screw probang, description of the,
282.
Corrosive sublimate, its use in cattle practice,
452.
Corrosive sublimate, the treatment of poisoning
by, 311.
Coryza, the nature and treatment of, 182*.
Cow-pox, distinction between the trne and
the false, 420.
Cow-pox, history of its establishment as
, a preventive against small-pox, 420.
Craven, the native country of the longhorns,
81.
Cravens, two distinct breeds of, the smaller&nd
larger, 81.
Croton, a powerful purgative, 452.
Cud, loss of the, treatment of, 309.
D, Mr. Bakewell's bull, account of, 86.
Derbyshire cattle, account of, 93.
Devon oattle, 15.
Devon cattle, for the dairy, 23.