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prove, ih. ; no pure English race thrives 

 in France, 219 ; on purity of race, 220 ; 

 the Charmoise breed, 221 ; a sheep of 

 112 lbs. more expensive to feed than 

 two of 56 lbs., 222 ; the preferred 

 weight in France .^G lbs., ih. ; lambs by- 

 large rams and small ewes, ib. 



Sheep, sheep-walks of East Lothian (Ste- 

 venson), xiv. 289 ; its sheep, 298. 



of Surrey (Evershed), xiv. 400, 411, 



413. 



of Oxfordshire (Read), xv. 227 ; the 



Down-(^otswold, 228; ram-breeders, 230. 



, on the teeth of sheep, by J. B. Si- 



monds, xv. 276 ; on the dentition of, 

 335 ; on tlie liver fluke in, 277. 



, those shown at the Lincoln meet- 

 ing (1S.">4), XV. .GSl. 



, on parturient fever in ewes, a prize 



essay, by J. Seaman, xv. 383. 



of Dorsetshire (Kuegg), xv. 430 ; 



the " Dorset horns," ih. ; the Portland 

 mutton, 431. 



, experiments on feeding sheep with 



oilcake, by members of the Tamworth 

 Agricultural Chemistry Association, xv. 

 460. 



, on lameness in sheep and lambs, a 



prize essay. I)y J. Seamau, xvi. 1. kIcc 

 "Diseases of animals." 



, on the hereditary diseases of sheep 



and pigs, by F. Dun, xvi. 10, sec 

 " Diseases of animals ; " the points 

 ■which a sheep should possess to indi- 

 cate health, 36. 



, on the various breeds of, in Great 



Britain, especially witii reference to 

 the value and character of their wool, 

 by J. Wilson, xvi. 222 ; the long- 

 woolled, ih. ; the short-woolled, ih. ; and 

 tbe intermediate, ih. ; the long-wools, 

 Lincolnshire, 223 ; the Leicester, 

 ih.- Bakewell's of Dishley, ih. ; the 

 new Leieestere, 225 ; the Cotswolds, 

 226 ; the Ivonuiey Marsli, 227 ; the 

 black-facetl Scotch, ih. ; tbe Kxmoor, 

 228; the Devon South Hams, 22'J ; 

 the Hampton, ih. ; the llerdwicks, 2.'iO ; 

 the intermediate lireeds, viz. tlie Dorset, 

 230 ; tlie Cheviots, 231 ; tlie lUdnor 

 or Welsh, 232 ; the short-woolled 

 breeds, viz. the ."^outhdowns, 233 ; the 

 Sussex. /''. ; Kllinan of (Jlyiide, iV'. ; the 

 Ilani]>shire downs, 234 ; the Norfolk 

 downs, 'J.';.') ; the .Shropshire downs, 

 236; the Kyeland, 237"; the Merino, 

 238 ; the SlKtlaiid, ih. 



, the genenil eliaractcr, eomniereial 



uses, itc, »if British wool, 23'J. .Vt 

 " Wool." 



of Buckinghamshire (Head), xvi.299. 



Sheep, on the lameness of, by F. Dun, xvi. 

 381; estimated number of sheep in 

 Great Britain and their value,!'!*. ; ana- 

 tomy of, 381 ; fractures, 386; rheu- 

 matism, 387 ; paralysis, 391 ; scrofula 

 and rickets, 392 ; black-leg, ih. ; tu- 

 mours and bursal enlargements, 393 ; 

 diseases of the feet, 395 ; foot-rot, 396; 

 rheumatic foot-rot, 403 ; interdigital 

 inflammation, 405; murrain, 408. 



Sheep's fescue-grass (Buckman), xv. 

 464 ; grows under the beech-trees of 

 the Cotteswolds, ih. 



, its growth in different situations 



(Buckman >, xv. 468. 



Shell-sand from Devon, Isla, and Nor- 

 mandy, analysis of, xiii. 536. 



Shelly, J. V., report on the wheats se- 

 lected for trial at the Bristol meeting, 

 iv. 584. 



Shelter, ill effects to horses of bsuffi- 

 cieut, by F. Dun, xii. 530. 



, advantage of, to cattle (Hopper), 



i. 163. 



, to sheep (Childers), i. 169, 407. 



, R. Smith and H. S. Thompson on, 



viii. 30. 



Shepherd's Corner farm, in Dorsetshire, 

 an account of, by Lord Portman, iv. 

 88. 



, expenditure and returns from 1S26-7 



to 1842, iv. 99, viii. 565. 



dogs, those of Cumberland (Dickin- 

 son), xiii. 266,269; their sagacity in 

 snowstorms, 267. 



needle, its soils and habits (Buck- 

 man), xvi. 361. 



purse, its soils and habits, xvi. 360. 



Sheppv, the Isle of, on its agriculture, by 

 G. Buckland, vi. 257. 



Sheraruia arvensis, see " Field madder." 



Shetland sheep, the, J. Wilson on, xvi. 

 238. 



SiiiKREFF, P., on Ho|)toun wheat, ii. 344. 



Shoddy, on the analysis of, by J.T. Way, 

 X. 617, xiii. -IKS. 



, on tlie action of, as a manure, by 



Dr. A. Voelcker, xvi. 94. 



Shorthokn breed, tlie, of C. Collings, 

 described by J. Wright, *<i" "Cattle," 

 vii. 201. .Str "Cattle," " Cows." 



Shropshire down sheep, the, J. Wilson 

 on, xvi. 236. 



SiuuALi), W. v.. on the diseases tK-curring 

 after parturition in cows and sheej), u 

 prize report, xii. 554. 



Sickle, the,coTiip:ire<l with the sc) the in 

 harvesting wheat (Kodwell), i. 447. 



SiD.NEV, Kev. lidwin, on the ])arasitic 

 fungi of the liritish farm, x. 382. Sco 

 " Fuiigusefi." 



