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INDEX. 



Fischer, Louis, effect of his cross between 

 the Negretti and Infantado, 128, 129. 



Fleece, proper characteristics of in a Me- 

 rino, 71, 72. 



Fleischmann, Charles L., his drawing of a 



Saxon ram, 26. 



his statements about German cross- 

 bred sheep, 127. 



his drawings of marking instruments, 

 184. 



Fodder for sheep, value of different, 233- 



Folds, or wrinkles, proper amount in the 



skin of the Merino, 70, 71. 

 Forshey, Caleb G., on the climatology of Guillaum 



Texas, 428 et seq. G ~ 



Foster, William, first introduced Merinos Q 



into United States, 22. 

 Foot -Rot, (see Hoof -Hot.) 

 Fouls, 356. 

 Fractures, 254. 



Grove, Henry D., his account of importa- 

 tions of Saxon sheep, 25. 

 weight of fleeces of his Saxon flock, 



25 note, 

 his account of origin of the " little 



eared " sheep, 104. 

 Grognier, Prof., his account of French 



sheep dogs, 401. 

 Grub in the head, 273-277. 

 Guillaume inoculates for small-pox, 349. 

 Gullet, obstructions of, 292, 293. 

 um on wool (see Yolk.) 



Gad - fly of the sheep, cut of, 274. 



cut of Larvae of, 274. 



their effect on sheep, (see Grub in the 



Head.) 

 Garget, 157. 



Gayot, inoculates for small -pox, 350. 

 Gasparin, cited in regard to sheep diseases, 



Gaudeloupe Merino, 14. 



Geddes, James, cut of his Silesian Merino 



ram "Carl," 38. 

 cut of his improved wool - press, 174. 



Geddes, Hon. George, experiments in feed- 

 ing beets to sheep, 243. 



Germany, Breeders of, at World's Fair, 

 438, 439. 



Gestation, period of in the ewe, 207. 



Gilbert, his description of the origin of 

 " ~ ' nillel " * '" 



the Rambouillet flock, 19. 

 Girard, inoculates for small -pox, 349. 

 Goitre, congenital, 152, 154. 

 Gold Drop, Mr. Hammond's ram, pedigree 



of, 121, 122. 

 Goodale, 8. L., his work on the principles 



of breeding, 114 note, 123. 

 Gossip, George H. and Brother, import 



Lincoln sheep into the U. States, 50. 

 Gragnier inoculates for small pox, 349. 

 Grasses, most valuable ones for sheep, 233, H 



Gravel, 355. 



Grease in wool (see Yolk.) 



Greaves, Mr. W., cited in regard to sheep 



diseases, 305. 



Greer, W. F., in regard to hoof-rot, 371. 

 Grennel, James S., his report on sheep 

 husbandry to the Massachusetts 

 State Board of Agriculture, 51. 

 his account of New Oxfordshire 



51. 

 his statement of comparative waste in 



cooking beef and mutton, 83. 

 his statement of increase of 

 bought in Boston market betwee 

 1839 and 1859, 84. 

 his account of sheep poisons 



Grinnel, J. B., his statement of cost of get- 

 ting wool and other products to mar- 



ket from Iowa, 251 note. 



prairie f 

 260. 



his article on prairie sheep husbandry, 



Hammond, Edwin, commences his flock 

 with Infantado or Atwood sheep, 29, 



the great improver of the Infantados, 



present character of his flock, 29, 30. 



his ram Sweepstakes (the frontis- 

 piece of this volume,) 29. 



length of Sweepstakes' wool, 76. 



pedigree of Sweepstakes, 121. 



description of Sweepstakes, 413. 

 the points which Mr. H. has bred 

 for, 30. 



the extent of his in - and - in breed- 

 ing, 30, 120. 



pedigrees of his leading stock rams 

 and ewes, 14, 122. 



in - and - in breeding a lever of his suc- 

 cess, 122. 

 plan of his sheep establishment, 218. 



description of his leading animals, and 



course of breeding, 412-416. 

 Hampshire Downs described by Professor 

 Wilson, 59, 60. 



Mr. Spooner's account of their origin 



and blood, 60, 61. 



Handling Sheep (see Catching and Hand- 

 Harrison, Dr., on symptoms of rot, 372. 

 Head, grub in, 273-277- 



swelled, 268. 



:rding, capacity for in different breeds 

 of sh 



iheep, 89. 



Hereditary Diseases, 379, 380. 

 Hogg, James, cited in regard to diseases of 



sheep, 268, 278, 291, 312, 364. 

 Hoof-Rot, 356-371, 380. 

 Hoofs, shortening of the, 168, 169. 



cut of toe-nippers, 169. 

 Hoove, 299-301. 



[lorns on sheep, shortening, etc., 189. 

 sheep, Howard, Charles, describes origin of 



Shropshire Downs, 63. 64. 

 Howard, Sanford, imports Cheviot sheep, 



sheep Huard inoculates for small-pox, 349. 



Humphreys, David, imports Merinos into 

 the United States, 



ates, 23. 

 breeds in-and-in, 120. 



