453 



Swelled Lips, 271. 

 Swelled Neck, 152, 154, 380. 



Tagging, how performed, 141. 



cut, illustrative of, 141. 

 Taintor, John A., his account of preser 

 Merinos of Spain, 17. 



imports French Merinos into United 



States, 36. 



description of his Merinos, 36. 

 Tariffs of the United States, effects of dif- 

 ferent ones on production, price, etc., 

 of wool, 25, 26 

 those in force from 1824 to 1861, 93-94 

 Teats, closed ones, how opened, 157. 

 Teeth, cutting of the, 150. 

 described, 266. 



the most reliable test of age, 266, 267. 

 to be extracted sometimes, 267. 

 Tessier, cited in regard to sheep diseases 



238, 318. 



Tetanus, 281, 282. 

 Texas, adaptation of to wool growing, 248 



et seq. 



climate of, 248, 249. 

 mean temperature at New Braunfels, 



Udder, inflamed, 157, 330. 

 opening closed teats, 157. 



t, Vaccination for small-pox, 350. 

 Valois inoculates for small-pox, 349. 

 Variola Ovina-(see Small Pox!) 

 Vegetation, kind of, required by different 



breeds of sheep, 86, 87. 

 Vermont, Merino sheep breeders of, 27-30. 

 Von Thaer, Albert, cut of his Saxon ram, 



i at Austin, 249. 



mean temperature at 



climate of, 428, et seq. 



northers of, 429, 430. 



seasons and crops, and their vicissi 



tudes, 431, 432. 



Thomiere, inoculates for small-pox, 350. 

 Thorne, Samuel, imports South Dowt 



sheep, 58. 

 describes his mode of managing them, 



his crosses to procure lambs for the 



butcher, 134, 135 note, 

 his account of parturient fever in his 



flock, 334, 335. 

 Ticks, effects of on sheep, 187. 



how exterminated from flocks, 187-189 

 cut of dipping box, 187. 

 Toe-nippers, cut of, 169. 

 Torry, Dr., his account of St. John's- Wort 



Travel-sore, 355. 



Treatment of ewe after lambing, 156, 157. 



Trees in pastures, 212. 



Trimmer, Mr., his description of French 



Merinos in 1827, 19. 

 his description of Spanish sheep dogs 



399, 400 

 Tunisian Mountain sheep introduced into 



Pennsylvania, 53. 

 bred and commended by John Hare 



Powell, 53. 



Turnips as sheep feed, 221, 235, 239-243. 

 " 21 per cent.," the ram so called, 15. 

 length of his wool, 76. 

 his qualities as a sire, 109. 

 remarkable cross between him an 



Saxon ewes, 130, and note, 

 his pedigree, 415. 



his mode of numbering sheep, 183. 



W 



Walker, Mr., his theory of hereditary 



transmission, 107 et seq. 

 Walz M., his description of scab, 388. 

 Washing sheep, 163, 164. 



its utility considered, 164-168. 

 Water for sheep, its utility in summer, 194. 



its necessity in winter, 231. 



modes of watering in winter, 231-233. 

 Water in pastures highly beneficial, 194. 



indispensable in winter, 232. 

 Weaning lambs, age and mode, 198. 



ng alter weaning, 198- 

 English mode of fall-feeding, 198, 199. 

 Webb, Jonas, his success in breeding 



South Down Sheep, 57 et seq. 

 Wells, Thomas, describes symptoms of 



small-pox, 347. 

 White, Henry G., imports Cotswold Sheep 



into United States, 49. 

 cut of his Cotswold ram Pilgrim, 48. 

 cut of his Cotswold ewe Lady Gay, 50. 

 an account of his sheep, 49. 

 Wilcox, Asahel F., pedigree of his " Thou- 

 sand Dollar Ram, 1 ' 415. 

 Wild-fire, 344. 

 Wilson, Professor John, his description of 



Leicester sheep, 45-17. 

 his description of South Down Sheep, 



55. 

 his description of the Hampshire 



Downs, 59, 60, 61, 63. 

 Womb, inversion of, 145, 330. 

 Wool, characteristics of Spanish, 15. 16. 

 fineness and felting property of Span- 

 ish, 16. 



felting property of Saxon, 16. 

 characteristics of Saxon fleeces, 20. 

 proper degree of fineness of in the 



American Merino, 72, 73. 

 that of the Merino sometimes black, 72 



note. 



evenness of, the term defined, 73. 

 trueness and soundness of, 74. 

 pliancy and softness of, 74. 

 style of, 75. 

 length of, 75. 

 yolk in (see Yolk.) 

 oil, grease, and gum in, (see Yolk.) 

 prices of in United States from 1800 to 

 1861, 91-94. 



