INDEX. 



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Sheep, improve the character of the vegeta- 

 tion. Page 57. 



extirpators of briers and shrubs, 57. 



small risk by death, in breeding, 57. 



impropriety of feeding, in yards with 

 other stock, in winter, 210. 



comparison of breeds of, 153, 154, 163, 

 164. 



comparison in respect to weight of fleece, 



154, 156, 157. 



comparison in quality of wool, 154. 

 comparison in consumption of food, 154, 



156. 

 comparison in proportion of wool to 



food consumed, 156. 

 comparison in hardiness, 156, 157. 

 comparison in longevity, 156, 157. 

 comparison in mutton, 153, 154, 158. 

 comparison in bearing hard stocking, 154, 



155, 156. 



comparison in profitableness in the South, 



156, 157. 



how they should be caught and other- 

 wise handled, 174. 



washing of. See Washing sheep. 



shearing of. See Shearing. 



(for other particulars of the management 

 of, see the different heads.) 



cordial, how compounded, 250. 



dogs, of the ancients, 278, 279 



dogs, of Spain, 280284. 



dogs, of Spain, cut of, 281. 



dogs, of France, 286. 



dogs, of Hungary, 284. 



dogs, of England, 287. 



dogs, of England, cut of, 287. 



dogs, of Scotland, 288. 



dogs, of Scotland, cut of, 288. 



dogs, of Mexico, 284286. 



dogs, of South America, 285. 



dogs, sheep must be familiarized with, 



288. 

 Silesia, climate of, 104, 115. 



face of the country, 114. 



character of the soil, 114. 

 Slave cloths, description, 85,. 86, 89, 90. 



expense of imported, 85, 86, 89. 



actual first cost of, 90, 91. 



great profits of manufacturers of, 90, 91. 



should be manufactured in the southern 

 states, 87. 



offers of northern manufacturers to fur- 

 nish below present prices, 90, 91. 



cost of manufacturing as good or better 

 plains in the north, 86. 



cost of manufacturing " at the halves," 

 87. 



cost of manufacturing by hand on plan- 

 tations, 89. 



Smith's Island sheep, 129. 

 Smyrna wools, quality of, 90. 

 Snuffles. See Catarrh. 

 South America, portion of, in the wool zone, 

 105. 



climate of, 104, 105. 



exports of wool from, 105. 



sheep husbandry in, 105. 



advantages of, for wool growing, 105, 

 106. 



advantages of, compared with U. S.,* 

 105, 106. 



pampas of, compared with prairies of 



thcep dogs of, 285. 



I South America, for other particular of, see 



Buenos Ayres, &c. 

 Southdown sheep, origin of, 144. 

 cut of ram, 145. 

 cut of ewe, 146. 

 cut of wool viewed through microscope , 



145. 



general description of, 144, 145, 148, 154 

 value of, as a mutton sheep, 146, 147. 

 weight and quality of fleeces of, 146. 

 wool of, deficient in felting properties, 



145, 146. 



introduction into U. S., 147. 

 South Carolina, population of, IT. 

 number of sheep in, 17. 

 pounds of wool grown in, v. 

 average weight of fleeces in, 18, 21 

 woollen factories in, 17. 

 woollen goods manufactured in, 17. 

 price of land in, 59, 60. 

 neglect of grass culture in, 31. 

 hay imported into, 31. 

 adaptation of soils of, to grass culture, 



31, 32, 34 ? 59, 80. 

 adaptation of climate of, to grass culture. 



36. 



system of cropping in, 32, 79. 

 system of cropping compared with New 



York, 32, 33. 



system of cropping, change in, recom- 

 " mended by legislature, 79, 80. 

 system of cropping, utility of sheep 



husbandry in effecting such change in, 



85. 



cost of keeping sheep in, 59, 60. 

 winter pasturage for sheep in, 58 60. 

 adaptation of mountains of, to sheep 



pasture, 47, 59. 

 present method of managing sheep in, 



59, 60. 



wolves in, 64. 

 Southern States, what states included under 



this designation, 30. 

 area of, 30, 94. 



natural features and geology of, 30, 31. 

 quality of soils of, 30, 35, 42, 69. 

 profits of sheep husbandry in, 5862. 

 profits of, compared with other hus- 

 bandry in, 76, 77. 



advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 77. 

 advantages of, compared with othei 



states and countries. See Wool grow 



' * n o' 



advantages of, for migratory sheep hus- 

 bandry, 62. 

 advantages of, for migratory sheep hua 



bandry, compared with Spain, 6264. 

 expense of keeping sheep in, 59, 60. 

 expense per pound, of growing wool in, 



61. 

 expense per pound, of growing wool in, 



compared with New York, 61. 

 prejudice in, against sheep husbandry, 



and causes of, 72, 81. 

 sheep exposed to dogs and wolves in, 64, 

 compared with other countries in above 



particular, 65. 



prices of land in, 44, 46, 47, 60. 

 amelioration of sterile and worn-out 



soils of, by sheep husbandry, 52, 



7072. 

 amelioration of stprile and worn-out soili 



of, by sheep husbandry, more cheaply 



than by the available manures, 67. 



