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Sheep, the number of, sliowii fit tho So- 

 ciety's meetings from Oxford in 1839 to 

 Lewes in 1852, xiii. 402. 



, analysis of solid excreta, xiii. 482. 



, analysis of m-iue of, xiii. 500. 



of Derbyshire (Rowley), xiv. 25 ; 



the native woodland sheep, 50. 



, on tho comparative profit realised 



with different breeds, by Samuel Drucc, 

 xiv. 211 ; niuubers tliut may be kei^t 

 of Cotswold, Leicesters, Hampshire 

 Down, pm-e Southdowns, cross-bred, 

 212 ; their average weight of wool, ih. ; 

 of carcass, ib.; value of their tleece, 

 ib. ; of their carcass, ib. ; their monthly 

 food, //). ; note by Mr. Pusey, 213. 

 , on a method of obtaining imme- 

 diate fixity of type in forming a new 

 breed of sheep, by Jlalingie-Nouel, a 

 paper translated by P. Pusey, xiv. 214 ; 

 sheep more easily moved from south to 

 north than from north to .south, ih. ; 

 the Merino breed, 215 ; crossing of, ib. ; 

 French breeds, ib. ; attempts to im- 

 prove, ib. ; no pure English race thrives 

 in France, 2lO ; on purity of race, 220 ; 

 the Charmoise breed, 221; a sheep of 

 112 lbs. more expensive to feed than 

 two of 5G lbs., 222 ; the preferred 

 weight in France 5(J lbs., ib. ; lambs by 

 large rams and small ewes, ib. 



of Warwickshire (Evershed), xvii. 



479 ; origin of Bakewell's Leicesters 

 (Murray), ib. ; in North Warwieks., 

 Leicesters crossed with Downs, 485. 



, the Me'tis Merino at the Paris 



meeting, 1856 (Denison), xvii. 38. 



, the Danish Merino (Kainals), xxi. 



306. 

 , Shropshire, at the Canterbury meet- 

 ing, xxi. 515. 



, half-bred Southdown and Leicester, 



their feeding qualities as compared with 

 pure Southdowns (J. G. llebow), 552. 



, imjaroved Hampshire Downs, xxii. ; 



Mr. Poulett's flock (A. Yoimg), ib. 



, the Cotswold and Hampshire Down 



cross as ti'ied by Mr. Twynham, xxii. 

 296. 



,Exmoors at Stratfieldsaye, xxii. 2G2. 



, of the Isle of Wight, xxii. 355. 



, the Lonk, at the Worcester meeting, 



xxiv. 473. 



, of Hertfordshire, xxv. 317. 



, sheep-walks of East Lothian (Ste- 

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



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



418. 



of Oxfordshire (Eead), xv. 227 ; the 



Down - Cotswold, 228 ; ram-breeders. 

 230. 



Sheep, on the teeth of sheep, by J. B. 

 Simonds, xv. 276 ; on the dentition of, 

 335 ; on the liver ilidjc in, 277. 



, those shown at the Lincoln meet- 

 ing (1854), XV. 381. 



, on parturient fever in ewes, a prize 



essa}% by J. Seaman, xv. 383. 



of Dorsetshire (Ruegg), xv. 430 ; 



the "Dorset horns," ib.; the Portland 

 mutton, 431. 



, experiments on feeding sheep with 



oilcake, by members of the Tamworth 

 Agricultural Cliemistry Association, xv. 

 460. 



, on lameness in sheep and lambs, a 



prize essay, by J. Seaman, xvi. 1. See 

 " Diseases of animals." 



, on the hcreditai-y diseases of sheep 



and pigs, by F. Dun, xvi. 16, see " Dis- 

 eases of animals;" the points which a 

 sheep should possess to mdicate health, 

 36. 



, on the various breeds of, in Great 



Britain, especially with reference to 

 the value and character of their wool, 

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

 wooUed, ib. ; tlie short-wooUed, ib. ; and 

 the intermediate, ib. ; tho long-wools, 

 Lincohishire, 223 ; the Leicester, ib. ; 

 Bakewell's of Dishley, ib. ; the new 

 Leicesters, 225 ; the Cotswolds, 226 ; 

 the Romney Marsh, 227; the black- 

 faced Scotch, ib. ; the Exmoor, 228 ; 

 the Devon South Hams, 229; tho 

 Bampton, ib. ; the Herdwicks, 230 ; 

 the intermediate breeds, viz. the Dorset, 

 230 ; the Cheviots, 231 ; the Radnor or 

 Welsh, 232; the short-woollcd breeds, 

 viz. the SouthdoNATis, 233 ; the Sussex, 

 ib. ; Ellman of Glynde, ib. ; the Hamp- 

 shire Downs, 234 ; the Norfolk Down.;, 

 235 ; the Sliropshire Downs, 236 ; tho 

 Ryeland, 237; the Mermo, 238; tho 

 Shetland, ib. 



, the general character, commercial 



uses, &c., of British wool, 239. See 

 " Wool." 



of Buckinghamshire (Read), xvi. 299. 



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



381 ; estimated nimiber of sheep in 

 Great Britain and their value, ib. ; ana- 

 tomy of, 381; fractures, 386; rheu- 

 matism, 387; paralysis, 391; scrofula 

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

 mours and bursal enlargements, 393 ; 

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

 rheumatic foot-rot, 403 ; interdigital 

 inflammation, 405 ; murrain, 408. 



, the prevailing breeds in Durham, — 



Leicesters, Cheviots, and half-bred (Dr. 

 Bell), xvii. 107. 



