ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



271 



Sheep, Merino, characteristics of, 1857 

 (Part 1), 122; 1860 (Parti), 101; 1862 

 (Part 2) ,217; 1863 (Part 1) , 60, 128 (Part 

 2), 60; 1864 (Part 1), 161 (Part 2), 121 ; 

 1865 (Part 1), 122; 1868 (Part 2), 198; 

 1891, 111. 



introduction of, into Massachusetts, 



1853 (Parti), 86, 88. 



— Oxford Down, characteristics of the, 

 1860 (Part 1), 113 (Part 2), 209; 1864 

 (Part 2), 120; 1886, 154; 1891, 109. 



— Oxfordshire, new, characteristics of the, 

 1S60 (Part 1), 110 (Part 2), 209. 



Down, characteristics of, 1864 (Part 



2), 119; 1857 (Part 1), 117. 



— pastures, fences for, 1878 (Part 1),300; 

 1888, 65, 80; 1891, 118, 124. 



— pasturing, with cows, 1853 (Part 1), 

 87. 



— poisoning of, by laurel, 1860 (Part 1) , 

 132. 



— profit from (J. D. Avery), 1888, 55. 



— raising (E. M. Gardner), 1865 (Part 

 1), 118. 



— report on (P. Le B. Stickney), 1874 

 (Part 2), 111. 



— round throat worm in, concerning the, 

 1873 (Part 1), 336. 



— salt for, 1860 (Part 1), 122. 



— Saxony, characteristics of, 1857 (Part 

 1), 123; 1860 (Part 1), 103; 1862 (Part 

 2), 219; 1863 (Part 1), 128 (Part 2), 

 60; 1891, 112. 



— scab in, concerning, 1860 (Part 1), 132; 

 1878 (Parti), 303. 



— scours among, treatment of, 1860 (Part 

 1), 133. 



— selection of, 1879 (Part 1), 203. 



— shearing of, 1860 (Part 1), 122. 



— Shropshire Down, characteristics of, 

 1860 (Part 1), 112; 1862 (Part 2), 215; 

 18S6, 153; 1891, 109. 



— soiling of, 1891, 140. 



— Southdown, characteristics of, 1857 

 (Part 1), 116; 1860 (Part 1), 106; 1862 

 (Part 2), 215; 1864 (Part 2), 119; 1865 

 (Part 1), 122; 1886, 153; 1891, 108. 



— stretches in, treatment for, 1860 (Part 

 1), 133. 



— summer treatment of, 1860 (Part 1), 

 120; 1N78 (Part 1), 300. 



— tagging of, 1860 (Part 1), 121. 



— tar ill' on, effect of the, 1891, 118. 



— ticks on, remedies for, 1860 (Part 1), 

 131; 1878 (Part 1), 303. 



— varieties of, adapted to particular pur- 

 poses, 1865 (Part 1), 120; 1871 (Part 2), 

 283. 



Sheep, winter treatment of, 1860 (Part 1), 



125; 1878 (Part 1), 298; 1888, 58; 1891, 



135. 

 Sheep's fescue grass, characteristics of, 



1856 (Part 1), 55, 154. 

 Sherman, E. F., address by, on articles 



of food, 1857 (Part 2), 30. 

 Shetland cattle, characteristics of, 1S59 



(Part 2), 94. 

 Shoeing, horse and ox (David Stiles, Jr.), 



1859 (Part 2), 295. 



— horses and oxen, methods of, 1859 

 (Part 2), 295; 1860 (Part 1), 210; 1877 

 (Part 1),95. 



Shorey, John L., address by, on capital 



in farming, 1874 (Part 2), 1. 

 Shorthorn or Durham bull, desirable 



qualities in the. 1857 (Part 1), 18. 



— cattle, characteristics and value of, 

 1853 (Part 2), 397; 1854 (Part 2), 263, 

 343; 1855 (Part 2), 185, 188; 1857 (Part 

 1), 16; 1859 (Part 2), 205, 231; 1860 

 (Part 2), 29; 1861 (Part 1). 35 (Part 2), 

 178; 1865 (Part 1), 28,42; 1866 (Part 1), 

 90; 1867 (Part 1), 21 ; 1869 (Part 1), 86, 

 92 ; 1870 (Part 1) , 92 ; 1871 (Part 2) , 263 ; 

 1872 (Part 1), 116; 1873 (Part 1), 251; 

 1879 (Parti), 96; 1884, 167. 



history of, 1857 (Part 1), 16; 1859 



(Part 2), 231 ; 1870 (Part 1), 92 (Part 2), 

 24, 176; 1871 (Part 2), 263; 1872 (Part 

 1), 116; 1884, 161. 



importation^ of, 1857 (Part 1), 18; 



1860 (Part 2), 29; 1870 (Part 2), 24, 176; 

 1884, 167. 



improved, 1857 (Part 1), 16; 1859 



(Part 2), 205, 235. 



in Massachusetts (William R. Ses- 

 sions), 1884, 161. 



points of excellence in, 1853 (Part 1), 



104; 1857 (Part 1), 18. 



— cows, records of particular, 1870 (Part 

 2), 173. 



— grades, value of, 1857 (Part 1), 52; 

 1863 (Part 2), 36; 1864 (Part 1), 123. 



Shrew, description and habits of species 



of, 1861 (Part 1), 142. 

 Shrubs from seed, the propagation of trees 



and (Jackson Dawson), 1885, 468. 



— ornamental, concerning, 1862 (Part 2), 

 152. 



insects affecting, 1869 (Part 1), 249. 



Silk worm disease, cause of the, 1887, 



208. 

 Silo and ensilage, the (B. P. Ware), 1882, 



382. 



— as a catch-all, the, 1887, 157. 



— ensilage in the, bacteria in, 1883, 289. 



