INDEX. 



Abortion, 329. 

 Abscess, 382. 

 Adams, Seth imports Merinos into United 



States, 22. 

 Allen, A. B. describes first French Merinos 



imported into United States, 35. 

 recommends tar, sulphur and alum for 



diseased sheep, 194. 

 Anatomy of the sheep, 264, et seq. 

 cut of skeleton, 264. 

 cut of skull, 265. 

 cut of teeth, 266. 



cut of section of sheep's head, 273. 

 the omentums described, 293. 

 cut of external appearance of stomachs, 



294. 

 cut of internal appearance of stomachs, 



stomachs and their functions described, 



295. 

 mode of introducing medicines into 



the stomach, 299. 

 cut of the intestines, 303. 

 Apoplexy, 280. 

 Arlington loug-wooled sheep, origin of 44, 



Atwood. Stephen, his family of Merinos 



described, 28, 29. 

 his family of Merinos compared with 



Mr. Jarvis' 28. 

 their improvement in other hands, 29, 



30. 



a strict in-and-in breeder, 120. 

 the improved Paulars receive a cross 



from his flock, 417-419. 



Baker, the Messrs., their experiments in 



crossing French and American Me- 



rinos, 129 note. 

 Bakewell, Robert, the great improver of 



Leicester sheep, 45. 

 an in-and-in breeder, 46, 119. 

 in-and-in breeding formed an element 



of his success, 132. 

 origin of his flock not probably drawn 



from different breeds, 133. 

 Ms sheep improved by Cotswold blood, 



47, 133. 



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Bakewell, Robert, he purposely rotted 



sheep, 376. 



Barns for sheep, construction of, 212-219. 

 cuts of 213, 217, 218. 

 should be cleaned out in winter, 219. 

 Beanes, Capt., imports Teeswater and 



South Down sheep, 44 note. 

 Bedford, Dr., on the necessity of exercise, 



etc., to pregnant females, 222. 

 Beets as sheep feed, 243. 

 Bement, Caleb N., his account of C. Dunn's 



flock, 44 note. 



Biflex Canal, disease of, 354, 355. 

 Bigelow, Dr., account of St. Johns-wort, 



Black-faced Scotch sheep described, 51. 

 introduced into the United States by 



Samuel Campbell, 52. 

 weight of their fleeces, 52. 

 imported by Sanford Howard, 52. 

 Blacklock, Mr., cited in regard to diseases 



of sheep, 277, 316. 

 ^.ain, 291, 292. 

 Blanchard, H., introduces the Wool Depot 



system, 177. 

 Bleeding, place for, 314, 315. 



mode of performing, 314, 315. 

 Boardman, S. P., states cost of getting 

 wool and other products to market 

 from Illinois, 251 note, 

 his article on prairie sheep husbandry, 



260. 



Brain, hydatid on, 277-279. 

 water on, 279, 280. 

 inflammation of the, 281. 

 Braxy, 311. 



Breeding, in-and-in, extent of among im- 

 proved Infantados, 30. 

 definition of the term, 101. 

 like produces like, 101. 

 breeding back, 101. 

 causes of hereditary transmission 

 partly controllable, 101, 102. 

 likeness inherited with unifon 



among full bloods, 102. 

 mongrels, etc., do not transmit like- 

 ness with uniformity, 102. 

 counteracting the defects of one parent 

 by the excellencies of the other, 103. 

 hereditary predispositions to be re 



garded, 103. 



accidental characteristics, how ac 

 counted for, 103, 104. 



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