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vard de Sebastoix)!, ib.; railway loco- 

 motive tank, 340 ; cost of iiightsoil, 

 ■ib. ; cess-pits how emptied, ih. ; the 

 water-supply, its history sketched, ib. ; 

 recent sanitary reforms, 8-11 ; M. Mary's 

 siphon and reservoirs, ib. ; sub-ways 

 342 ; size of sewers aud drahis, ih. ; pro- 

 visions against choking, 343 ; lighting 

 and signals, ib. ; devices for straining 

 sewage aud economising materials, 344 ; 

 accumulations of gas, how got rid of, 

 ib. ; description of works, 345 ; M. 

 Miile's reports, ib. ; IM. Hermann's 

 pipes, ib. ; mode of joining, ib. 



Sex of the offspring of animals, directions 

 for regulating (M. Thury), xxv. 253. 



Seymour, F. H., on exi^eriments on top- 

 dressing grass-land iu Windsor Park, 

 xiii. 347. 



SuACKEL, George, comparison of the con- 

 sumption of food by large and small 

 animuls, viii. 487. 



Shale, blue, its application to the surface 

 of land, by C. Charnoek, iii. 161. 



• , bitmninous, of Christian Melford, 



Wilts, an account of the effect of, as 

 manure, by R. Gowen, iv. 276. 



, rock (Craiglockart), analysed, xiii. 



532 ; soil of, 544. 



, the shale series, soils of, in Derby- 

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

 soil, 47. 



of Dorsetshire (Ruegg), xv. 390, 



394 ; analysis of, 395. 



Shallow^ cultivation, on the advantages 

 of very, on a light moory farm iu 

 Gloucestersliire, by H. Parker, vi. 187 ; 

 effect of one ploughing in six years, 

 ISS ; Mr. Pusey on, 191. 



Shearing sheep by taskwork, the cost of 

 (Raynbird), vii. 138. 



Shed-feeding sheep, by J. W. Childers, 

 i. 169-407. 



, experiments on, by the Eev. A. 



Huxtable, vi. 242. 



, on the construction of sheds (Tan- 



cred), xi. 205; (Ewart). 268. 



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. W. Childers, 



i. 169. 



, those of Northumberland (Grey), 



ii. 174 ; tlie Cheviot breed, ib. ; the 

 Leicester, ih. 



, experiments at Whitfield farm ujion 



the etfects of shelter and warmth iu 

 economising food (Morton), iv. 222. 



, their consumption of salt in summer 



and in winter, iv. 237. 



Sheep, the sheep kept iu Cheshire (Palin\ 

 V. 71 ; the number of Cheviots an(l 

 Leicesters, ib. 



, tlio chief live stock of South Wilt- 

 shire, chieiiy Southdowns and brecdiusj 

 flocks (Little), v. 170. 



• , of Norfolk (Almack), v. 317. 



, the Merino, or Saxon, of Mecldou- 



biirg (S. Carr), i. 127; their wool, 131. 



, on the diseases of, by Henry Cleeve, 



i. 295 ; symptoms and remedies for 

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

 goggles, turn.sick, &c., 296 ; apoplexy, 

 blood, 299; epilepsy, 300; palsy, ih.; 

 rabies, 301 ; ophthalmia, 302 ; black- 

 muzzle, 303 ; thrush, ib. ; hove, hoveu, 

 or blown, 304 ; diarrhoea, 306 ; dy- 

 sentery, ib. ; rot, 307 ; dropsy, 314 ; 

 red water, ib. ; braxy, 316 ; black water, 

 ■ib. ; poisons, ih. ; inllammatiou, ih. ; 

 cough or cold, 317 ; consumption, 318 ; 

 foot-rot, ib.; wounds, 321; scab, pelt- 

 rot, &c., 323-5; the fly, or sore-heads, 

 326-7 ; ticks, 328. 



, the number required to manure an 



aeie of land (Morton), i. 404. 



, J. W. Childers on the shed-feeding 



of, i. 407. 



, Spanish proverb of, vi. 5. 



, the fiist 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 breedhig, feeding, and gene- 

 ral management of, by 'J.'. 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 taskwork, the cost of 



(Raynbird), vii. 138. 



, experiments on the feeding qualities 



of ditferent 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, ib. ; period of gestation of 

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

 ing of the lambs, ib. ; the Southdown 

 breed, 7 ; Mr. .John EUman's merits, ih. ; 

 the Babraham flock of Mr. J. Webb, 

 ib. ; the Hampshire Downs, 8 ; the 

 Sussex Do>vns, ih. ; a comparative tri;il 

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