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INDEX. 



Barns for sheep, cut of. Page 205. 



ground-plan of, with sheds and yards, 



209. 



Barrack for hay, description and cut of, 209. 

 Bavaria, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



114, 115. 

 Beans, value of, as a fodder, 213. 



straw of, fed to sheep in Germany, .61 _ 

 Beet field, value of, as a fodder, 213. 



white Silesian, value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Belgium, exports of wool from, 110. 



exports of wool from, to U. S. in 1846, 124. 



late increase of manufactures in, 294. 

 Beloochistan, advantages of, for sheep hus- 

 bandry, 118. 

 Bermuda grass in the South, 38. 



its enormous product, 38. 



its adaptation to meadow or pasture, 38. 



its adaptation to barren sands, 38. 

 Bichloride of mercury, use of, in sheep me- 

 dicine, 275. 

 Biflex canal, description of, 238. 



disease of, 261. 

 Bile, account of the, 231. 

 Biliary duct, description of the, 231. 

 Bladder, the, 233. 

 Blain, unusual in U. S., 222. 

 -Blankets for slaves, description of, 87, 90. 



cost of manufacturing, 87, 9092. 

 Bleeding, place for, 273, 274. 



rules for, 274. 



the quantity of blood to be abstracted in, 



274. 

 Blood, the circulation of the, 235. 



the importance of purity of, in breeding, 



168, 171, 172. 

 Bide grass, as the food ot sheep, 212. 



in the North, 33. 



in the South, 37. 



on the Southern mountains, 44, 47, 48. 

 'Blue Ridge of mountains, location of, 30. 

 Also, see Apalachians. 



geology of, 30. 



soils and products of, 31, 4447, 59. 



advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



4447, 59. 



'Bone dust, as a manure in the South, 67. 

 ; Bot. See Grub in the Head. 

 Box for feeding grain to sheep, cut of, 203. 



for dipping lambs, cut of, 192. 

 Brain, description of the, 236. 

 Brazil, a portion of, in wool zone, 105. 



exports of wool from, 110. 



exports of wool from, to U. S. in 1846, 



124. 

 breeding, principles of, 168-172. 



importance of selection in, 168, 190. 



in and in, effects of, 169. 



in and in, how avoided, 170, 172. 



crossing, when admissible in, 170. 



crossing, how conducted, 172. 



crossing, method of starting flocks in the 

 South by, 170. 



crossing, importance of selecting good 

 rams for, 172. 



register, how kept, 180. 

 British America, exports of wool from, 110. 



to U. S. in 1846, 124. 



firitish West Indies, exports ot wool from, 

 110. 



to U. S. in 1846, 124. 



Broad-tailed sheep introduced into the U. S.. 

 151. 



wool and mutton of the, 151. 



Bronchial tubes, the, 235. 



Bronchitis, description and treatment of, 240. 



Bronchocele. See Goitre. 



Browse, feeding of, in winter, 217. 



Buckwheat, value of, in producing lire 



weight, wool and tallow, 214. 

 per cent, of nitrogen in, 214. 

 -aioe of straw ofT as a fodder, 213. 

 straw of, fed to sheep in Germany, 21 J. 

 Buenos Ayres, advantages of, for sheep hus- 

 bandry, 105, 106. 

 advantages of, for sheep husbandry, com 



pared with U. S., 106. 

 exports of wool from, 105. 

 exports of wool from, to U. S., in 1846 



124. 



pampas of, 105. 

 inhabitants of, 105. 

 Burdock, injurious to wool, 131. 



c. 



Cabbage, value of, as a fodder, 213. 



Cabul, advantages of, for sheep husbandry. 



118. 



Cachectic diseases, 254, 255. 

 Camphor, use of, in sheep medicine, 275. 

 Cape of Good Hope, 65, 119. 



Merinos introduced in, 26. 



Merinos, their increase in, 26. 



exports of wool from, 110. 



exports of, to U. S. in 1846, 124. 



wool of, compared with Australia, 2<>. 



advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 65, 



climate of, 26, 119. 



climate of, effect of, on quality of wool, 26. 

 face of the country in, 119. 

 remarkable drouths in, 11!). 

 prevalence of wild beasts in, 119. 

 Capillaries, functions of the, 234. 

 Caraway seeds, the use of, in sheep medi 



cine, 275. 



Cardiac opening, the, 231. 

 Carrots, value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Castration of rams, 180. 

 Cataract, the, 239.' 

 Catarrh, common, description and treatment 



of, 240. 

 malignant epizootic, description of, 240 



247. 

 malignant epizootic, ravages of, in U. S., 



240. 

 malignant epizootic, treatment of, 245, 



246. 



Catechu, use of, in sheep medicine, 275. 

 Cattle doctor, the most dangerous of mala- 

 dies, 226. 



Caul. See Omentum. 

 Census of U. S., inaccurate in its wool re 



turns, 18. 



Cerebellum, the, 236. 

 Chalk, the use of, in sheep medicine, 275. 

 Chelmsford plains, for slave cloths, 86, 90. 



quality and cost of manufacturing, 90 93 

 Cheviot sheep, introduction of, into U. S, 



149. 



description of, 149, 150, 154. 

 low quality of their wool, 151. 

 Chili, portion of, in the wool zone, 105. 

 exports of wool from, 110. 

 exports of wool from, to U. S. in 1846 

 124. 



