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SHEEP-,Or;|IiiaI causes of differences among sheep ^fai 



Different soils suited to the different breeds of sheeo • iRi 



oTsheer*^' expediency of keeping the different kinds 



33ifferent kinds ofsheep in Great Britain described • * . JfiJ 

 Merin© sheep—remarks on the introduction of • • 



Our common sheep improved by mixing with 

 Mr Livingston's remarks on improving the breed of sheeD 

 by crossing • • . . . "^^^^ 



Rule tor selecting ewes 

 On shearing merino sheep ' . 



Management of sheep after shearing • . * 



Remarks on managing the wool- • 



An European methodof managing merinos before cardin* 



Dry food for sheep in winter, its effect • . " 



Succulent food for sheep recommended • 



superiority of sheep in Great Britain and to what owing 

 Uiseases of#heep » . . . ''. 



Bot — scab •«.«,. 



Ticks— staggers • . . . * . 



Hoven or swollen— purging—the fly or Maggot 



Worms m the head of sheep • . , 



SwiPfE— Remarks on the economy of keepino- 



The Chinese breed, described and recommended 



Spanish breed described and recommended 



Rules for improving the breed of swine • 



Remarks on sows eating their offspring 



Objections to raising hogs for market considered • 



Remarks on feeding swine • • . , 1»i 



Diseases of swine — Measles— Mange • . . 



Murrian, or Leprosy, garget, inflamation of the udder 



i^ry caugh • . . . . ^ 



Sowing circumstances to be attended, to render it successful 



feeeds, how provided and preserved 



Miller's rxperirneuts respecting seeds for sowing 



Proper times tor committing seeds to th€ earth 



1 be forwardness of trees in unfolding their leaves the best 



criterion for the sowing season • . .. ^79 



Proper depths for burying seeds • » » , gfiO 



Few seeds will come up if buried deeper than nine inches 280 

 feome seeds will not rise if buried more than two inches 280 



^ature and state of the soil to determine depth of sowing- 280 



I ull 3 method to determine the depth in a doubtful case 281 



Advantages of sowing with a drill • . • 28X 



Relative quantity of seed to be sown on rich and poor land 282 

 Reason proper for sowing winter grain • * '282 



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