INDEX. 



in size to the Ryelaml, 460 ; account of 

 experiments tending to prove the superio- 

 rity of small breeds of sheep, 461 ; weight of 

 the Merino Ryeland sheep per quarter, ib.; 

 capacity of quick growth, and of early fat- 

 ness, dependant on form, and other circum- 

 stances, 462 ;. description and defects of the 

 new Leicester sheep, 463, et seq.; defici- 

 ency of the Merino breed in Spain, and 

 why, 466 ; they have improved in England, 

 and are capable of being made sufficiently 

 perfect, 467 ; Merino-Ryeland cross better 

 in form than the Merino, ib.; in crossing, 

 the lambs take after the female in carcase, 

 and after the male in skin and fleece, 468 ; 

 number of sheep kept, food given, and ex- 

 tent of land, 469 ; capacity and time of 

 fattening, and flavour of the meat, 470; 

 eiFects of breeding in and in 471; charac- 

 ter of the Merino-Ryeland breed, 472 ; dis- 

 eases to which they are subject, the rot, 

 shortness of breath, giddiness, 473 ; scab, 

 474; foot-rot, 475 ; the lambs require shel- 

 ter when young, ib.; obstacles to the exten- 

 sion of the breed, 476, 478 ; reasons for 

 its extension, 477 ; modes suggested for the 

 increase of the sales of Merino-Ryeland 

 wool, 479 ; comparison of the profit of the 

 Merino-Ryeland breed to the farmer over 

 other breeds, 480; they will bear fatigue, 

 483 ; comparison between the Merino- 

 Ryehtnd breed, and the Ryel.uid and South 

 Down, 485 ; and the Romney Marsh, 487; 

 their wool adapted to the manufacture of 

 shawls, 488 ; management of the Merino 

 Ryeland sheep, age and season of propaga- 

 tion, 489, et seq.; times of yeaning, 491, 

 493 ; modes of admitting the ram, with 

 their conveniences and inconveniences, 492, 

 et seq.; number of ewes a ram will serve, 

 493 ; time of copulation, ib.; when suffici- 

 ency of food necessary, ib.; expediency and 

 advantage of housing the ewes and lambs. 



and methods of effecting this purpose, 494 ; 

 timeof gestation, 495 ; valuable suggestion 

 as to the period of lambing, ib.; method of 

 housing practised in Sweden, ib.; quality 

 of food, ib.; hay when whole, should be 

 given in cribs rather than in racks, ib.; good 

 cfrects of linseed, 496; effects of oil cake, 

 ib., and of grains, 497 ; advantage of feed- 

 ing on rouen, ib.; remarks on turnips, 498 ; 

 benefits arising from giving the drum head 

 cabbage, and mode of cultivating, ib. 

 et seq.; preventative against the fly, 502 ; 

 account of the early York and Battersea 

 cabbage, 503 ; of rape, carrots, and pota- 

 toes, 504; of chicoree, 505 ; of vetclits, /^.; 

 manner of feeding and treating the ewes and 

 lambs, ib.; effect of salt, 506 ; foot-rot, 

 how cured, ib.; treatment of the scab, 507, 

 and remedies,5o8; advice of Cato and Colu- 

 mella, relative to the scab, ib.; sheep-tick, 

 how destroyed, 508, 509 ; remedy for the 

 scouring, ib,; for the fly, and maggots, 510 ; 

 remark on the tetanus, ib.; directions for tlie 

 management of the fleece, i;ii; the propri- 

 ety of shortening the tail of the sheep 

 doubted, ib.; ill consequences resulting 

 from sheep being washed before shearing, 

 512 ; season and mode of shearing, ib.; 

 number shorn by one man in a day, ib ; 

 wool varies in weight after being shorn, 513 

 Gilbert's method of cleaning wool, 514; 

 publick lavatories recommended, 517; 

 Roman process to improve the fleece, ib.; 

 question as to shearing lambs, 518; little 

 judgment to be formed as to the wool or 

 carcase of tiie Merino-Ryeland sheep fiom 

 the lamb, 519 ; lambs weaned at once, 

 520; extirpation of the horn, ib ; manner 

 of marking, ib.; that practised -by Sir Jo- 

 seph Banks the -best, 521; pitch-mark 

 should, if possible, be wliolly avoided, ib ; 

 choice of breeding animals in forming a 

 flock to unite superfine wool and a beautiful 



