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INDEX. 



Horns, objectionable. Page 166. 



method of shortening, 192. 



cause and treatment of maggots under 



the, 192. 



Hoppling sheep, how performed, 193. 

 Hospital for feeble sheep, in winter, 199. 

 Hound's-tongue, the burr of, injurious to 



wool, 174. 



Hungary, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 

 115117. 



advantages of, compared with those of 

 other countries, 117. 



climate of, 115, 116. 



soils of, 116. 



land tenures in, 116. 



want of market facilities in, 116, 117. 



Prince Esterhazy's flock in, 116. 



sheep dogs of, 284. 

 Hydatid in the brain, 254, 255. 



causes of, 254. 



prevalence in England of, 254. 



not very common in U. S., 254. 



barbarous popular method of treating, 

 255. 



proper treatment of, 255. 



I. 



Ileum, cut of the, 232. 



Illinois, advantages on prairies of, for wool 



growing, 96103. 



Saxon sheep introduced into south of, 27. 

 rot prevails in south of, 222. 

 In-and-in breeding, effects of, 169. 

 Independent Tartary, advantages of, -for 



sheep husbandry, 118. 

 Indiana, advantages of, for wool growing, 



96103. 



Inflammation of the bladder. See Cystitis. 

 of the brain. See Phrenilis. 

 of the eye. See Opthalmia. 

 of the intestines. See Enteritis, 

 of the larynx. .See Laryngitis. 

 of the lungs. See Pneumonia. 

 of the liver. See Rot. 

 of the stomach. See Gastritis. 

 of the udder. See Garget. 

 of the membrane lining the thorax. See 



Pleuritis. 

 of the mucous membrane lining the 



bronchial tubes. See Bronchitis. 

 of the mucous coat of the smaller intes- 

 tines. See Diarrhoea. 

 of the mucous coat of the larger intes- 

 tines. See Dysentery. 

 of the mucous membrane lining the nasal 



passages. See Catarrh. 

 of the cellular tissue of the tongue. See 



Blain. 



Intermaxillary bone, cut of the, 236. 

 Intestines, cut of the, 232. 

 Iodine, use of, in sheep medicine, 275, 276. 

 Iowa, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



96103. 

 Italy, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



113. 



exports of wool from, 110. 

 exports of woollens from, 108. 

 area of, 113. 

 population of, 111. 

 soil and climate of, 113. 

 ^aeturage of, 113. 



.1. 



Jejunum, cut of the, 232. 



J^hn's-wort, bad effects of, on sheep, 271. 



bad effects of, how treated, 271, 2^2. 

 Jjgular vein, the best place for bleediEA 



274. 

 une grass. See Blue grast. 



K. 



Kalmia angustiflora. poisonous to sheep, 271 



antidotes for, 271. 

 Kentucky, population of, 17. 



number of sheep in, 17. 



pounds of wool grown in, 17. 



average weight of fleeces in, 18, 21. 



woollen factories in, 17. 



woollen goods manufactured in, 17. 



fine wooled sheep bred in, 27. 



advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 27 

 47, 48. 



adaptation of mountain lands of, foi 



sheep husbandry, 47, 48. 

 Kidneys, structure and functions of the, 233, 



L. 



Lacteala, the, 231. 



Lambs, how fed in winter, 215, 216. 



should be wintered separately, 199. 

 Lambing, proper time for, 175. 



shelters necessary for, 175. 



assistance when to be rendered ewe in 

 175. 



care of the newly dropped lamb, 176. 



changing dams, how done, 177. 



irritation of the bag, how managed, 177 



the convenience of pens in, 177. 



pinning of young lambs after, 177. 

 Lard, use of, in sheep medicine, 276. 

 Larynx described, 235. 

 Laryngitis, little known in U. S:, 238. 

 Laurel, low, poisonous to sheep, 271. 

 Leg, treatment of, when fractured, 273. 

 Leicester sheep, origin of the, 142. 



cut of the/142. 



cut of the microscopic appearance tt 

 wool of, 136. 



general description of, 143, 154. 



characters of as breeders, 143. 



degree of hardiness of, 143. 



points aimed at by breeders of, 144. 



introduction of, into U. S., 144. 

 Lentils, value of, as a fodder, 218. 



straw off value of, as a fodder, 13. 



straw of, fed to sheep in Germany, 211 

 Lice, method of destroying, 192. 

 Lime, chloride of, use of, in sheep medicint 

 276. 



carbonate of, use of, in sheep practice, 

 276. 



as a fertilizer in the South, 6770. 



as a fertilizer, when valuable, 68. 



as a fertilizer, Johnson's opinions con- 

 cerning, 68. 



as a fertilizer, Von Thaer's opinion con- 

 cerning, 68. 



as a fertilizer, Fety.holut's opinion con 

 cerning, 69. 



