INDEX. 



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China advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



Page 118. 



Choking, treatment of, 273. 

 Chyle, account of the, 231. 

 Climate, not controlled by latitude, 104. 

 of various countries compared, 104. 

 range of, in which fine sheep are bred, 



17, 18. 



range of, in which wool can be most eco- 

 nomically grown, 103, 104. 

 of U. S., favorable to sheep, 18, 103, 104. 

 effect of, on health of sheep, 18, 103. 

 effect of, on the amount of wool, 22. 

 effect of, on the quality of wool, 23, 



2729. 



Clogging sheep, how done, 193. 

 Clover, red, as the food of sheep, 212. 



value of, cut in different states, as a fod- 

 der, 213. 



acclimation of, in Virginia, 36. 

 acclimation of, on the mountains of Vir- 

 ginia, 44, 47. 



acclimation of, south of Virginia, 44, 47. 

 not indispensable, 44, 47. 

 substitute for, as a fodder, and manuring 



crop, 39, 41. 



white, as the food of sheep, 212. 

 flourishes on the southern mountains, 



45, 47. 



Coecum, cut of the, 232. 

 Colic, symptoms and treatment of, 253. 

 Cold storms, dangerous effects of, after shear- 

 ing, 191. 



Colombia, exports of wool from, 110. 

 Colon, cut of the, 232. 

 Cobza, value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Copperas, sulphate of, use of, in sheep medi- 

 cine, 275. 



CJcrn, Indian, as food for sheep, 216. 

 value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 blades of, as sheep fodder, 41, 212, 214. 

 stalks of. as a sheep fodder, 41, 212, 214. 

 Corrosive sublimate, use of, in sheep medi- 

 cine, 275. 

 Cotswold sheep, origin of, 149. 



introduction of, into the U. S., 149. 

 description of_ 149. 

 crosses of, with other breeds, 149. 

 cut of, 148. 



Cotton, statistics of the crop of, 79. 

 cost of growing, 79, 85. 

 cost of growing, compared with that of 



growing wool, 85. 



should alternate with other crops, 78 83. 

 alternating of, with wool growing pro- 

 posed, 81. 

 rotations for such alternation proposed, 



83, 84. 

 more should be grown on less land, 80, 



85. 



seed of, as a food for sheep, 216. 

 Crab grass, account of the, 37. 

 Creeping panic grass. See Bermuda grass. 

 Crimea, advantages of, for wool growing, 



Merinos introduced in, 117. 

 Crook, uses of the, described, 196. 



cut of the, 196. 

 Crossing breeds and varieties, object of, 170. 



effects of, 170172. 



advantages of, under some circumstances, 



162, 164, 170. 



Cud, loss of the, not a disease, 272. 

 Cumberland grass. See Bermuda gnu* 



Cumberland mountains described, 43. Also, 



see Apalachians. 

 the adaptation of, to sheep husoandry, 



48. 

 Curled kale, as food for sheep, 62. 



flourishes on southern mountains, 62 

 Cynodon dactylon. See Bermuda giass. 

 Cynoglossum officinale, injurious "to 



174. See Hound' s-tonyue. 

 Cystisis, unusual in U. S., 238. 



D. 



Dactylis glomerala. See Orchard grass. 

 Dangerous rams, how managed, 193. 

 Denmark, exports of wool from, 110. 

 Depots for wool. See Wool Depots. 

 Diaphragm, structure and functions of, 234. 

 Diarrhoea, description and treatment of, 250. 

 Digestion, the process of, 229 231. 

 Digitalis, use of, in sheep medicine, 275. 

 Digitaria sanguinalis, account of the, 37. 

 Diseases, the classification of, adopted, 226. 

 same causes do not produce the same, in 



different countries, 220. 

 popular superstitions concerning causes 



of, 220, 221. 

 many of those of England not found in 



U. S., 221 223, 238. 

 difference in the type of, in England and 



U. S., 224. 



treatment of, in England and U. S. dif- 

 ferent, 224. 

 English treatment of, too expensive 



224, 225. 

 English treatment requires too much 



skill for popular use, 225. 

 English treatment, its pharmacopeia loo 



extensive, 225. 



treatment of, by "cattle doctors" dan- 

 gerous, 226. 

 better do too little for, than too much, 



226. 

 Dissection indispensable to learn nature and 



treatment of diseases, 227. 

 amount of instruction necessary to per- 

 form, 227. 



directions for, 227, 228. 

 proper subjects for, 227. 

 Division of flocks proper in summer, 193. 



necessary in winter, 199. 

 Docking sheep, necessity for, 181. 



how performed, 181. 

 Dogs, sheep. See Sheep dogs. 



destruction of sheep in the South by, 64 

 legal enactments in relation to killing 



sheep by, in New York, 64. 

 methods of protecting sheep from, 65. 

 Down sheep. See Southdowns. 

 Dropsy, acute, unusual in U. S., 222. 

 Drouths, the severe, which prevail in Aus- 

 tralia and the Cape of Good Hope, 

 119, 120. 



Ductus choledochus, functions of the, 231. 

 Duodenum, cut of the, 232. 

 Dura mater, the, 236. 

 Dutch West Indies, exports of wool from, io 



U. S. in 1846, 124. 

 Duties on wool in different nations. See 



Tariffs. 

 Dysentery, difference between, and diarrhera, 



251. 

 ^<ture and treatment of, 261. 



