INDEX. 



443 



Campbell, Samnel. and James Brodic, cats 

 of a ram and ewe belonging to them, 



import Cheviot sheep, 52. 

 Canada Breeders of, 351. 

 Carcass the first point to be regarded in 



sheep, 69. 

 proper form and size of the Merino. 



69. 



Carrots as sheep feed, 243. 

 Castration, 101. 

 Catarrh, 268, 318, 319. 



Malignant epizootic, 319-324. 

 Catching and handling sheep, proper mode 



of; 131-141. 

 Chamberlain, William, his account of the 



present Merinos in Spain, 17, 18. 

 introduces Silesian Merinos into the 



United States, 39. 

 his description of his sheep, 39-42. 

 cut of a group of his ewes, 41. 

 a close in-and-in breeder, 120. 

 time he has his lambs yeaned, 143 note. 

 Chevoit sheep introduced into the United 



States, 52. 



character of the unimproved family, 52. 

 the improved family described, 52, 53. 

 Chilled Lambs, how treated, 148, 149. 

 Chinese, or Nankin sheep in the United 



States, 54. 

 Choking, 292, 293. 



Clapp, the Messrs., their experiments in 

 crossing French and American Meri- 

 nos, 129 note. 

 Clark, Bracy, cited in regard to diseases of 



sheep, 274. 275. 

 Clift, Leonard D., imports Lincoln sheep 



in 1835, 50. 



character of his sheep, 50, 

 Climate to be regarded in selecting a breed 



of sheep, 85, 86. 

 Cline, Mr., his views on disparity in size 



of sire and dam in breeding, 114. 

 Closed Teats, 157. 

 Clover, as sheep feed, 235, 237, 246. 

 Clumps of trees in pastures, utility of, 212. 

 Colic, 310. 

 Colley, (See Dog.) 



Collins, D. C., introduces French Merinos 

 in the United States, 34. 

 description of his she ep, 35. 

 Coloring Sheep artificially, a fraud, 81. 

 Confinement, eflect of on pregnant ewes 



Congenital Goitre, or swelled neck, 152- 



154. 

 Constipation of sheep, 221, 228, 310. 



of young lambs, 149. 

 Consumption, 327, 328, 379. 

 Corning, Erastus, with Wm. H. Sotham 



imports Cotswold sheep, 48. 

 Cornstalks as sheep feed, 245, 258. 

 Cossit, Capt. Davis, his remarkable sue 



cess in crossing Infantado and Saxon 



Merinos, 130 and note, 

 pedigree of his ram, " Wrinkly 3d,' 



415. 



Costiveness, (See Constipation.) 

 Cotswold Sheep introduced into the Uni 



ted States about 35 years since, 48. 



Cotswold Sheep, imported by Mr. Dunn in 



1832, 48. 

 imported by Messrs. Corning & Sotham 



in 1840, 48. 



imported by Henry G. White, 49. 

 described by Mr. Spooner, 49. 

 Crook, shepherd's, manner of using, 139. 



cut of, 139, 

 Cross - breeding, meaning of term as used 



in this book, 124. 

 effects of between the Merinos and 



coarse breeds, 124. 

 the Merino unimprovable by such a 



cross, 124. 

 the Merino cross improves coarse 



sheep for certain purposes, 125. 

 the cross between Merino and mutton 



sheep results in failure, 124, 125, 

 the cross between the Merino and long 



wools, 125. 

 the cross between the Merino and 



Downs, 125. 



permanent intermediate varieties un- 

 attainable, 125. 



peculiar tenacity of hereditary trans- 

 mission in the Merino, 125. 

 due probably to its great purity and 



antiquity of blood, 125 note, 

 coarse breeds can be merged in it, 126. 

 grade flocks started in Texas, 126. 

 successful cross between Merino and 



Mexican sheep, 126. 

 experience of Mr. Kendall in this par- 

 ticular, 126, note, 

 choice rams desirable in such a cross , 



127. 

 grades never equal to pure Merinos, 



127. 



French ideas on this subject, 127. 

 German ideas on same subject, 127. 

 degrees of blood in ascending crosses 



reckoned, 127 note, 

 crossing different families of Merinos, 



127-130. 



effect of in the French Merino, 128. 

 effect of, in Mr. Jarvis' flock, 128. 

 effect of, in the Rich or improved Pan- 



lars, 128 and note, 

 effect of in the Silesian Merinos of 



the United States, 128, 129. 

 between the American and French 



Merino, 129 and note, 

 between the American and Saxon Me- 

 rino, 129. 

 remarkable result of an improved In- 



fantado and Saxon cross, 130 and 



note, 

 inexpediency of crossing for the sake 



of crossing, 130. 131. 

 ordinary reasons for crossing unfound- 

 ed, 131. 

 bad effects of frequent and unmeaning 



crosses, 131. 

 always better to adhere to one breed 



and family if it contains the elements 



of improvement, 131. 

 the most splendid successes have been 



secured in this way, 131, and note, 

 crossing between English 



families, 132. 



