INDEX 



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Georgia, woollen goods manufactured in. 

 Page 17. 



advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 42, 



59, 60. 



price of land in, 60. 

 adaptation of mountain lands of, to sheep 



husbandry, 47. 

 Germany, area of, 114. 

 population of, 114. 

 lace of the country in, 114. 

 soils of, 114. 

 climate of, 115. 

 land tenures in, 115. 



system of sheep husbandry in, 115, 139. 

 method of managing sheep in, 139. 

 circumstances under which the wool of, 



is grown in, 115, 116. 

 export of wool from, 110, 114. 

 export of woollens from, 108. 

 late increase in woollen manufactures of, 



296. 

 general advantages of, for wool growing, 



114116. 

 general advantages of, compared with 



U. S., 116. 

 general advantages of, Mr. Grove's 



opinion, 116. 



Gestation, period of. 197. 

 Gibraltar, exports of wool from, 110. 

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

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

 Glands, the parotid, 236. 

 the thyroid, 236. 

 the thyroid, diseases of, 270. 

 the salivary, 236. 

 Glottis, account of the, 236. 

 Goggles. See Hydatid in the brain. 

 Goitre, account of the, 270, 271. 

 Grain, policy of feeding to store sheep in 



winter, 215. 



best kinds of, for winter feed, 216. 

 equivalents of, in nutriment, 213. 

 effects of different kinds of, in producing 



wool, tallow and muscle, 214. 

 G'rain box for sheep, cut and description of, 



203.. 

 Grasses, natural ones of the South, 36 39, 



44, 45, 4749, 58, 59. 

 varieties of, which should be tried in the 



South, 33, 3538. . 

 best acclimated ones of the South, 33, 



3638. 

 manner of forming swards of, in the 



South, 7375. 



Great Bucharia, wool trade of, 118. 

 Greece, exports of wool from, 110, 114. (In 



Table on page 110 it is called Morea.) 

 advantages of, for sheep husbandry. See 



Remarks on Turkey, 104, 114. 

 Grub in the head, description of the, 256, 



257. 



the larva of the CEstrus ovis, 257. 

 cuts and description of the CEstrus, 256. 

 time CEstrus deposits its eggs, 256. 

 locality and habits of the larva, 256, 



257. 



cuts and description of the larva, 257. 

 cut and description of the chrysalis, 257. 

 do the larva produce disease in the sheep ? 



257, 258. 



opinions of eminent veterinarians in rela- 

 tion to, 258. 

 method of preventing and expelling the 



larva, 258. 



Guano, as a manure in ths South, 67. 

 Guatemala, exports of wool from, 110. 

 Guernsey and Man, exports of wool from 



110. 



Gullet, obstructions of, how treated, 273. 

 Gypsum as a fertilizer in the South, 67. 



H. 



Handling sheep, directions for, 174. 



Hay, different value of different qualities ol, 



as fodder, 213. 

 comparative value of, in producing live 



weight, wool, and tallow, 214. 

 nitrogen in, 214. 

 Hay holders for winter foddering described, 



211. 

 Hanse Towns, exports of wool from, to U. S. 



in 1846, 124. 



Head, for proper form of, see the descrip' 

 tions of the several breeds, and prin 

 ciples of breeding. 

 cut of the bones of the, 236. 

 Heart, structure and functions of the, 234, 



235. 



Hedysarum onibrichis. See Sainfoin. 

 Hepatization of the lungs, description of, 



239. 

 Herds grass, character of, 33, 37. 



flourishes in South Carolina, 36, 59. 

 flourishes on the mountains of North 



Carolina, 44. 

 the soils adapted to, 37. 

 Hindostan, wools exported from, 108. 

 Holland, exports of wool from, 110. 



exports of wool from, to U. S. in 1815, 



124. 



exports of woollens from, 108. 

 Honeycomb, or second stomach. See Rct\- 



culum. 



Hooding dangerous rams, how done, 193. 

 Hoof, periodical shortening of the, necessary, 



183. 

 best time and method for cutting the, 



183. 



cut of toe-nippers for shortening the, 183. 

 Hoof-ail, erroneous statements of English 



writers concerning, 262. 

 author's experience with the, 262. 

 consecutive symptoms of, 263. 

 treatment of, 264 269. 

 preparation of the foot for treatment HI 



the different stages of, 265. 

 common remedies for, 265, 266. 

 common method of treating, ineffectual 



264. 



effectual method of treating, 266, 267. 

 effectual mqthod of treating, expense of. 



267. 

 cheap method of keeping under, 267, 



268, 

 cheap method of keeping under, cuts of 



arrangements for, 267, 268. 

 evident contagiousness of, 269, 270. 

 propagated by inoculation, 269, 270. 

 is it propagated otherwise than by ino- 

 culation? 270. . 

 does not originate spontaneously in U. S., 



222, 223, 269. 

 originates spontaneously in England 



223. 



Hoof-rot. See Hoof -ail. 

 Hoove, cause and treatment of, 272, ?73. 



