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INDEX. 



Wool, table of average quarterly prices 



from 1834 to 1861, 93-94. 

 prices medium have never sunk below 



cost of production, 94. 

 prices have been generally remunera- 



annual exports and imports of from Wright 

 1840 to 1861, 95, 96. 



the domestic supply has never met the 

 demand, 96. 



cost of producing in New York and 

 New England, 97. 



cost of producing in the South and Wright, G 

 South-west, 98. 



cost of producing in the Western and 

 North-western States, 98. 



cost of producing in intermediate situ- 

 ations, 98. 



Wounds, lacerated and contused -wounds 



381. 



punctured wounds, 381. 

 dog bites, 381. 

 poisoned wounds, 381. 

 Wright, Loyal C., his ram, 113. 

 Wright, M. W. C., first crosses the Paular 

 and Infantado Sheep in Vermont, 

 138 note, 

 originates the Panlar and Infantado 



cross, 416. 

 his statements, 418. 



ov., of Indiana, at World's Fair, 



Wrinkles", (see Folds.) 



average production of per head by Y: 



Merinos in large flocks, 98. 

 comparative profit of producing i: 

 different parts of the United States, 

 99. 

 profits of producing on land worth $50 Yolk 



per acre, 100. 



washing of on the back, 163, 164. 

 shearing, mode of, 170-172. 

 doing up, mode of, 173-175. 

 frauds in doing up, 175. 

 storing wool, 176. 

 place lor selling wool, 177. 

 wool depots and commission stores 



177. 



sacking wool, 177. 

 cost of getting to market, 251. 

 product of, in the United States in 



1860, 426. 

 proportion to meat in sheep of differen 



ages, sexes and sizes, 433 et seq. 

 Woolens, exports and imports of, from 



1840 to 1861, 95. 

 Wooster, Abel J., describes the " Woost 



Ram," 113 note. 



Wooster Kam described, 113 and note. 

 Worms, 312. 

 Wounds, (see Diseases and Wounds.) 



rds for sheep (see Barns.) 



size, situation of, etc., 220. 



littering yards, 220. 



confining sheep to them in winter, 221 

 et seq. . 

 described, 77. 



chemical analysis of, 77. 



uses of, in wool, 77. 



proper amount and consistency of, 

 78, 79. 



proper color of, 80, 81. 



artificial imitation of its color exter- 

 nally, 81. 



artificial propagation and preservation 



of in fleece, 81. 



Youatt, William, discovers conformation 

 of wool, 16. 



his testimony in favor of pure blood, 

 131 note. 



in rccard to sagacity and affection of 

 sheep, 213. 



in regard to defects of the Merino, 223 

 note. 



cited in regard to diseases of sheep, 

 268, 374, 275, 278, 279, 380, 282, 283, 

 291, 300, 301, 306, 309, 314, 315, 317, 

 318, 326, 327, 329, 330, 336, 330, 340, 

 342, 344, 345, 347, 350, 354, 356, 357, 

 363, 364, 373, 385, 389. 



