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INDEX. 



Mexico, sheep dogs of. Page 284 28v>. 

 Microscopic views of wool, 135 137, 145. 

 Middle wools. See Southdown wool. 

 Midriff. See Diaphragm. 

 Millet, productiveness of, South, 37, 38. 



straw ef. fed to sheep in Germany, 211, 



212. 



value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Milt. See Spleen. 

 Miscellaneous diseases, 271 273. 

 Mississippi, 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. 

 latitude, &c., of, compared with Aus- 

 tralian, 27. 

 Missouri Territory, advantages of, for sheep 



husbandry, 96103. 

 Modena, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



113. 



Mogadore wool, 90. 

 Morea, exports of wool from, 110. See 



Greece. 



Morocco. See Africa. 

 Mountains of the South. See Mountain 



zone, under head of Southern States. 

 Mud, as a fertilizer. See Swamp mud. 

 Muriate of soda. See Salt. 

 Muriatic acid, use of, in sheep medicine, 276. 

 Mutton, economical food for slaves, 56, 57. 

 its effects on the system compared with 



other meats, 56. 



the quality of, in cufferent breeds of 

 sheep, 153, 154, 158. Also, see .the 

 different breeds, 

 sheep, the English. See Southdowns, 



Leicesters, and Colswolds. 

 sheep, where they constitute the most 



profitable variety, 153, 154. 

 sheep, comparison between varieties of, 



153, 154. 

 sheep, unadapted to most parts of the 



South, 154, 155. 



sheep, less profitable in the South than 

 Merinos, 158. 



N. 



Naples, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



113. 



Nasal bones, cut of the, 236. 

 Native sheep (so called) of the U. S., origin 



of, 130. 



general characteristics of, 131. 

 crosses with other breeds, 131, 164. 

 policy of grading up with the Merino in 



the South, 164, 170. 

 selection of, to cross with Merinos, 170. 

 do not cross successfully with Saxons, 



164. 



Nerves, the, 236. 

 Nervous diseases, the, 251. 

 New England, advantages of, for wool 



growing, 95. 



New Jersey, advantages of, for wool grow- 

 ing, 95. 



New Leicester sheep. See Leicester. 

 New Oxfordshire sheep. See Colswolds. 

 New South Wales. See Australia. 

 York population o f , 17. 



New York, sheep introduced in by the Datdk 

 colonists, 130. 



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. 



grass lands of, how managed, 32. 



price of grazing lands in, 53. 



price of sheep in, 53. 



cost of producing wool per pound in, 61. 



profits of wool growing in, 53 55. 

 Nitrate of silver. See Lunar caustic. 

 Nitrate of potash, use of, in sheep medicine 



276. 



Nitre. See Nitrate of potash. 

 Nitric acid, use of, in sheep medicine, 276. 

 North Carolina, population of, 17. 



number of sheep in, 17. 



amount of wool grown in, 17. 



average weight of fleeces in, 18, 21. 



woollen factories in, 17. 



woollen goods manufactured in, 17. 



price of land in, 44, 60. 



adaptation of mountain lands of, to 



sheep husbandry, 4446. 

 Norway, exports of wool from, 110. 



climate and flora of, 104, 105. 

 Numbering sheep, advantages of, 178. Se 

 Registering. 



Von Thaer's system of, 179 



cuts illustrating, 179. 



o. 



Oats, value of, in producing live weight, 



wool, and tallow, 214. 

 per cent, of nitrogen in, 214. 

 value of straw of, as a fodder, 213. 

 straw of, fed to sheep in Germany, 211. 

 Odessa, exports of wool from, 117. 

 CEsophagus, course of the, 234 236. 

 entrance of, into stomach, 228, 229. 

 obstructions of the, how treated, 273. 

 CEsophagean canal, structure and functions ol 



the, 229. 



OEstrus ovis, description of, 256. 

 natural history of, 256, 257. 

 cuts of, 256. 



Ohio, advantages of, for wool growing, 90. 

 Omentum, description of the, 228. 

 One crop system of the South, 81. 



exhaustion of land consequent on the, 



81, 82. 



exhaustion of land consequent on the, 

 De Candolle's, Macaire's, Mirbel's, 

 Braconnet's and Gyde's theories and 

 experiments on, 81. 



Opium, use of, in sheep medicine, 276. 

 Opthalmia, treatment of the, 239. 

 Orchard grass, unsuccessful in New York, 



33. 



flourishes on the southern mountains, 62. 

 Orkney, wool of, 90. 

 Otter sheep of the U. S., 129. 

 Ovaries, the, 233. 



P. 



Palsy, nature and treatment of, 253. 

 Pancreas, structure and functions of the, SSI. 

 Panicum milliaceum. 



