VOLUMES OXE TO SIXTEEN. 



89 



Shale, bituminous, of Christian Melford, 

 Wilts, an account of the effect of, as 

 manure, by R. Goweii, iv. 27G. 



, rock (Craiglockart), analysed, xiii. 



^32 ; soil of, 544. 



, the shale series, soils of, in Derby- 

 shire (Kowley), xiv. 39; analysis of a 

 soil, 47. 



—— of Dorsetshire (Ruegg), xv. 390, 

 394 ; analysis of, 395. 



Shallow cultivation, on the advantages 

 of ver}-, on a light moory farm in 

 Gloucestershire, by H. Parker, vi. 187 ; 

 effect of one ploughing in six years, 

 188; Mr. Pusey on, 191. 



Shearing sheep by taskwork, the cost 

 of (liaynbirdj, vii. 138. 



Shed-feeding sheep, by J. \V. Childers, 

 i. 169-407. 



• , experiments on, by the Rev. A. 



Huxtable, vi. •242. 



, on the construction of sheds (Tan- 



cred), xi. 205; (Ewart), 2(;8. 



•^— cattle in Derbyshire for the sake of 

 the manure (Rowley), xiv. 23. 



Sheep, on the selection of male animals in 

 the breeding of, by Earl Spencer, i. 22. 



— — , on shed-feeding, by J. \V. Childers, 

 i. ICO. 



, those of Northumberland (Grey), 



ii. 174; the Cheviot breed, t6. ; the 

 Leicester, iO. 



' , experiments at "Whitfield farm upon 



the effects of shelter and warmth in 

 economising food (Morton), iv. 222. 



, their consumption of salt in summer 



and in winter, iv. 237. 



, the sheep kept in Cheshire (Palin), 



V. 71 ; the number of Cheviots and 

 Leicesters, ilj. 



, the chief live stock of South Wilt- 

 shire, chieHy Southdowns and breeding 

 flocks (Littlj), v. 170. 



, of Norfolk (Almack), v. 317. 



, the Merino, or Saxon, of Mecklen- 



burgh (S. Carr),i. 127 ; their mooI, 131. 



, on the diseases of, by Henry Clceve, 



i. 295 ; symptoms and remedies for 

 diseases, ih. ; water in the head. Hi. ; 

 goggles, turnsick, &c., 29t'> ; a|)oplexy, 

 blond, 299; epilepsy, 3no ; i)alsy, >'>. ; 

 rubies, 301; opiithainiia, 3U2 ; "black- 

 mu//le, 303; thrush, I'l. ; hove, hoven, 

 or blown, 3U4 ; diarrhoea, 300 ; dy- 

 sentery, i'>. ; rot, .'107; dropsy, 314; 

 redwater, ih.; braxy, 31(i ; black water, 

 f''. ; jioisons, ih. ; iutlammation, i/>. ; 

 cough or cold, 317 ; consuniplion, 318; 

 foot-rot, i'>. ; wounds, 321 ; scab, pelt- 

 rot, I'tc, 323-5; the Jly, or sore-heads, 

 3'J(j-7 ; ticks, 328. 



Sheep, the number required to manure an 

 acre of land (Morton), i. 404. 



, J. W. Childers on the shed-feeding 



of, i. 407. 



, Spanish proverb of, vi. 5. 



, the first introduction of Bakewell's 



Leicester into Nottinghamshire (Cor- 

 ringham), vi. 18. 



, experiments on shed-feeding sheep, 



by the Rev. A. Huxtable, vi. 242. 



, improved Kent (Buckland), vi. 263. 



, on the breeding, feeding, and gene- 

 ral management of, by T. E. Pawlett, 

 vi. 361. 



, experiments on feeding of. vi. 368, 



. breeds of, in Cornwall (Karkeek), 



vi. 448. 



, use of the white mustard crop for, 



by T. C. Burroughes, vii. 33. 



■ , shearing by Uiskwork, the cost of 



(Raynbirdj, vii. l.'iS. 



, experiments on tlie feeding qualities 



of different breeds of ( Leicesters, South- 

 downs, half-bred Southdown and Lei- 

 cester Cotswolds, and Cotswolds), by 

 E. W. More, vii. 294. 



, on the management of, by R. Smith, 



a prize essay, viii. 1 ; the Leicesters or 

 Dishley flock, 2 ; the general practice 

 of the Leicester breeders, 3 ; manage- 

 ment of rams, i/». ; period of gestation 

 of the ewes, 4; lambing time, 5 ; wean- 

 ing of the lambs, A. ; the Southdown 

 breed, 7 ; Mr. John Ellman's merits, ib. ; 

 the Babraham flock of Mr. J. Webb, 

 ill. ; the Hampshire downs, 8 ; the 

 Sussex downs, ih. ; a comparative trial 

 of the Leicesters with the downs, 9 ; 

 the longwools, the Lincolns, new 0.\- 

 fords, Cotswolds, Teeswaters, and 

 Kents, 11; the diseases of, 19; the 

 halt, 20; dysentery, 21 ; the scab, 22 ; 

 the rot, 23 ; the sturdy, i'-. ; blindness, 

 24 ; redwater, i'*. ; sore-heads and fly- 

 galls, iij. ; the setting a flock, i'). ; the 

 wool, 25 ; good effect of warmth on, 30. 



, grazing of sheep, on, in Suff'olk 



(Rayubird), viii. 295 ; their breeds, 305. 



, an experimental comparison of tiio 



consumption of food by large and small 

 animals (Hampshire down sheep), by 

 G. Shackel, viii. 487. 



, on the sheei>-pox, by J. S. Carr, 



viii. 489. 



, on the digestive organs of, by J. B. 



Simonds, ix. 27. 



of 10. R. of Yorkshire, by (J. IjC- 



pard, ix, 12 1. 



of Devonshire (Tnnncr>, ix. 481 



of N. IJ. of Yorkshire (Milbuni), ix. 



519. 



