449 



Marking and numbering sheep, differen 



modes of, 183-186. 

 Marshall, Gen. O. F., his mode of salting 



sheep in winter, 247. 

 Marshes, access to not dangerous to sheep 



in Northern States, 88, (see Salt 



Marshes.) 



Mauchamp Merinos in France, 104. 

 Meat and Wool, proportion of, betwe 



sheep of different ages and sex 



433 et seq. 

 Medicines, mode of introducing into the 



stomach of sheep, 299. 

 explanation of medical terms used, 343. 



list of medicines used in diseases ol 



Merino, American, introduced into United 



States, 22. 



little noticed before 1807, 24. 

 prices of wool from 1807 to 1824, 24. 

 prices of sheep from 1807 to 1815, 24. 

 circumstances affecting prices of wo 



24. 

 established as a variety in United 



States, 27. 

 the mixed Leonese or Jarvis family 



27,28. 



the Infantado or Atwood family, 28. 

 Mr. Hammond, founder of the im 



proved Infantados, 29, 30. 

 the improved Paular or Eich family. 



30-33. 



other American Merino families, 33. 

 prices of, in winter of 1862-63, 69 note, 

 proper form and size of, 69. 

 the different families should not be 



merged, 69, 70, 

 proper qualities of skin of, 70. 

 proper amount of folds or wrinkles, 70. 

 characteristics to be sought in the 



fleece, 71, 72. 

 spotted and black Merinos, etc., 72 



note, 

 the most profitable quality of wool and 



breed of sheep to propagate, 72, 73. 

 evenness of the fleece, 73. 

 trueness and soundness of wool, 74. 

 pliancy and softness of wool, 74. 

 style of wool, 75. 

 length of wool, 75, 76. 

 endures extremes of weather better 



than any other valuable breed, 86. 

 is a better working sheep than the 



English, 87. 



effect of abundant food on, 88. 

 will not endure wet soils, 88, 

 the great capacity of, for herding, 89. 

 average production of wool per head 



in large flocks, 98. 

 annual value of manure of, 99. 

 its manure far more valuable than that 



of the horse or cow, 99 note, 

 annual value of lambs, 99. 

 comparative profits of, in different 



parts of the United States, 99. 

 full bloods as cheaply raised as grades, 



profits of growing oa lands worth $50 

 per acre, 100. 



Merino, American, breeding in-and-in of 

 the improved Infantados, 120. 



pedigrees of celebrated improved In- 

 fantados, 121, 122. 



origin of the improved Paulars, 128 

 note. 



effect of crossing American Merinos 

 with coarse breeds (see Cross- 

 Breeding.) 



effect of crossing different families of 

 Merino3-(see Cross-Breeding.) 



origin of improved Infantados, 412- 



leading early animals of Mr. Ham- 

 mond's flock, 412-416. 

 origin of improved Panlars, 416-418. 

 leading early animals of the family, 



victorious at World's Fair at Ham- 

 burg, 438. 

 Merino, French, origin of, 18, 19. 



stock from which the RambouiUet 

 flock sprung, 19. 



weight of fleece given by Lasteyrie, 

 etc., 19, 20. 



general description of, by Trimmer, in 

 1827, 19. 



introduced into the United States by 

 D. C. Collins, 35. 



A. B. Allen, description of them, 35. 



imported by John A. Taintor, 36. 



weight of fleeces of this family, given 

 by J. D. Patterson, 36. 



character of the variety, 36, 37. 



crossed with American Merinos, 129. 

 Merino, Saxon, origin of, 20. 



management of. in Germany, 20. 



its characteristics of carcass and fleece, 

 20. 



introduced into United States in 1824, 

 25. 



circumstances affecting its success in 

 United States, 25, 26. 



supercedes the Spanish, and in turn 

 superceded by them, 25. 



cut of Von Thaer's Saxon ram. 26- 

 Merino, Silesian, introduced into the 

 United States, 39. 



description of them by Mr. Chamber- 

 lain, 39-42. 



cut of a group of Mr. Chamberlain's 

 ewes, 41. 



have been closely bred in-and-in, 120. 



effect of the original cross from which 



the family was established, 128, 129. 

 Merino, Spanish, origin of, 13, 125 note. 



provincial varieties of, in Spain, 13. 



cabanas, or families of, in Spain, 13, 14. 



migrations of, in Spain, 13. 



general treatment of, in Spain, and 

 effects, 13, 14. 



its wool, character and color, 15, 16. 



its wool, compared with that of Ameri- 

 can Merino, 15. 



fineness and felting properties of its 

 wool, 16. 



cut illustrating appearance of wool, 16. 



best families of, lost to Spain, 16, 17. 



the character of the present flocks of 

 Spain, 17, la 



