INDEX. 



Panicuin sanguinale. See Crab grass. 

 Papal States, advantages of, for sheep bus- 



bandryl Page 113. 



Parietal bone, cut of a section of, 23<f. 

 Parma, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



113. 



Parotid glands, the, 236. 

 Parturition. See Lambing. 

 Pastures, the natural ones of the South, 33, 



34, 36, 4448, 59, 60. 

 how formed on sterile lands, 7375. 

 Patagonia, portior. of, in wool zone, 105. 

 Paunch. See Rumen. 

 Peas of the South, 39. 



substitute for clover in the South, 39,41. 

 value of, as a fodder, 39, 41, 213, 214. 

 value of, in the production of live weight, 



wool, and tallow, 214. 

 per cent, of nitrogen in, 214. 

 value of, as a green manuring crop, 74, 



75. 



what time plowed under for green ma- 

 nure, 75. 

 haulm of, valuable as a fodder, 39, 213, 



214. 



haulm of, valuable as a manure, 40. 

 chemical analysis of, 39. 

 Pedigree, only, value of. 171. 

 Pelt-rot, description and treatment of, 255. 

 Pens for the lambing season, how con- 

 structed, 177. 



Pennsylvania, adaptation of, to sheep hus- 

 bandry, 95. 

 Pepper, black, use of, in sheep medicine, 



276. 



Pericardium, the, 234. 

 Persia, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



104, 118. 

 Peru, exports of wool from, 110. 



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

 Pharynx, the, 235, 236. 

 Phleum pratense. See Timothy. 

 Phrenitis, rare in U. S., 253. 

 Pia mater, the, 236. 



Pimento, use of, in sheep medicine, 276. 

 Pindars, value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Pinning, fatal to lambs, how managed, 177. 

 Pleura, the, 234. 



Pleuritis, little known in U. S., 238. 

 Pleurisy. See Pleuritis. 

 Pneumonia, nature and treatment of, 239, 



240. 



Poa pratensis. See Blue grass. 

 Poisonous plants to sheep, 271. 

 Portugal, exports of wool from, 110. 

 Potatoes, Irish, as a winter feed for sheep, 



41,213. 

 value of, in the production of live weight, 



wool, and tallow, 214. 

 per cent, of nitrogen in, 214. 

 sweet, winter feed of sheep, 41. 

 Poudrette, as a manure, South, 67. 

 Prairies of the Western States described, 



95107. 

 advantages on the, for wool growing, 



95107. 



natural grasses of the, 9699. 

 natural grasses, succulent during but a 



short season, 96, 97. 

 natural grasses, rapidly exterminated, 96. 

 natural grasses, will not alone support 



sheep, 96. 



natural grasses, make poor hay for 

 efc.eep, 98. 



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Prairies of the Western States will not pro 



duce winter pasturage, 98. 

 time of winter foddering necessary on, 



97. 

 cost of sheep husbandry on, compared 



with Eastern States, 99. 

 cost of fuel, fences and buildings on, 99, 



100. 

 difficulties in the way of the shepherd 



system on, 100, 101. 

 scarcity of water on, 101. 

 climate of, variable and excess.ve, 102, 



103. 

 climate of, compared with Eastern 



States, 102. 

 climate of, compared with Southern 



States, 102, 103. 

 climate of, unfavorable to fine wooled 



sheep, 103. 



Pregnant ewes, how managed. See Ewes. 

 Prussia, for general description of, see Ger- 

 many, 114 116. 

 exports of wool from, 110. 

 exports of woollens from, 108. 

 advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 116, 

 climate of, 104, 115. 

 management of sheep in, 139. 

 Pulse, place for feeling the, 274. 



natural rapidity of, 274. 

 Purging. See Diarrhoea, 

 Pylorus, the, 228, 231. 



R. 



Rabies, uncommon in U. S., 253. 

 Racks, for feeding sheep, 200203. 

 box, cut and description of, 200. 

 hole, cut and description of, 200. 

 sparred, cut and description of, 201. 

 hopper, cut and description of, 202. 

 Rams, method of castrating, 180, 181. 

 dangerous ones, how managed, 193. 

 importance of careful selection in, 172. 

 objections to several running in the sar;i 



flock of ewes, 197. 

 necessity of selecting ewes in reference 



to quality of, 197. 

 proper age of, to put to ewes, 197. 

 different methods of putting to ewes, 



198. 



how fed when running with ewes, 199. 

 time allowed to run with ewes, 199. 

 number of ewes those of different ages 



will serve, 197. 



not allowed to run with ewes in sum- 

 mer, 193. 

 Rambouillet Merino. See French family of, 



under head of Merinos. 

 Rape, as food for sheep, 62. 



flourishes on southern mountains, 62. 

 Rectum, the, 232. 

 Red-top. See Herds grass. 

 Red water. See Dropsy, acute. 

 Registering sheep, Mr. Grove's and author's 



method, 180. 

 importance of, 178. 

 Respiratory passages, the, 235. 

 Respiration, how produced, 234. 

 Resting lands, meaning of the term 'u agn 



culture, 82. 

 theory of, 82. 

 inexpediency of, 82. 

 Reticulum, description of the, 226 



