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INDEX. 



Bams for sheep, cut of. Page 205. 



ground-plan of, wiih sheds and yards, 

 209. 

 Barrack (or hay, description and cut of, 209. 

 Bavaria, advaniages of, for sheep husbandry, 



114, 115. 

 Beans, vnlue of, as a fodder, 213. 



straw of, led to sheep in Germany, ^.. 

 Beet field, value of, as a fodder, 213. 



white Silesian, value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Belgium, exports of wool from, 110. 



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

 laie increase of manufacture.s in, 294. 

 Bcioochistan, advaniages of, for sheep hus- 

 bandry, 118. 

 Rermuda grass in the South, 38. 

 its enormous product, 38. 

 its adaptation to meadow or pasture, 38. 

 its adaptation to barren sands, 38. 

 Bichloride of mercury, use of, m sheep me- 

 dicine, 275. 

 Biflex canal, description of, 238. 



disease of, 261. 

 Bile, account of the, 231. 

 Biliary duct, description of the, 231. 

 Bladder, the, 233. 

 Blain, unusual in U. S., 222. 

 Blankets for slaves, description of, 87, 90. 



cost of manufacturing, 87, 90 — 92. 

 Bleeding, place for, 273, 274. 

 rules for, 274. 

 'the quantity of blood to be abstracted in, 

 274. 

 Blood, the circulation of the, 235. 



the importance of purity of, in breeding, 

 168, 171, 172. 

 Blue grass, as the food oi' sheep, 212. 

 in the North, 33. 

 in the South, 37. 



on the Southern mountains, 44, 47, 48. 

 Blue Ridge of mountains, location of, 30, 

 Also, see Apalachians. 

 geclogy of, 30. 



soils and products of, 31, 44 — 47, 59. 

 advaniages of, for sheep husbandry 

 44—47, 59. 

 Bone dust, as a manure in the South, 67. 

 Bot. See Gmh in the Head. 

 Box for feeding grain to sheep, cut of, 203. 



tor dipping lambs, cut of, 192. 

 Brain, description of the, 236. 

 Brazil: a portion of, in wool zone, 105. 

 exports of wool from, 110. 

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

 1''.4. 

 Breeding, principles of, 168—172. 



importance of selection in, 168, 190. 



in and in, effects of, 169. 



in and in, how avoided, 170, 172. 



crossing, when admissible in, 170. 



crossing, how conducted, 172. 



crossing, method of starting flocks in the 



South by, 170. 

 crossing, importance of selecting good 



rams for, 172. 

 register, how kept, 180. 

 British America, exports of wool from, 110. 



to U. S. in 1846, 124. 

 British West Indies, exports of wool from, 

 110. 

 to U. S. in 1846, 124. 

 -tailed sheep introduced into the U. S., 

 151. 

 kool and mutton of the, 151. 



Bronchial tubes, the, 2^5. 

 Bronchitis, description :iiid treaimeniof, 240, 

 Broiichocele. See Goiire. 

 Browse, feeding of, in winter, 217. 

 JJuckwheai, value of, in producing liva 

 weight, wool and tallow. 214. 

 per cent, of nitrogen in, 214. 



1 . e of straw ot, as a fodder, 213. 

 straw of, fed lo sheep in Germany. 21 J. 

 Buenos Ayres, advantages of, tor sheep liuc- 

 bandry, 105, lUo. 

 advaniages of for sheep husbandry, com 



pared with U. S., 106. 

 exports of wool from, 105. 

 exports of wool from, to U. S., in 1646 



124. 

 pampas of, 105. 

 inhabitants of, 105. 

 Burdock, injurious to wool, 131. 



c. 



Cabbage, value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Cabul, advantages of, for sheep husbandrv 



118. 

 Cachectic diseases. 254, 25y. 

 Camphor, use of, in sheep medicine, 275. 

 Cape of Good Hope, 65, 119. 

 Merinos introduced in, 26. 

 Merinos, iheir increase in, 2f». 

 exports of wool from, 110. 

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

 wool of, compared with Australia. 2l>. 

 advaniages of, for sheep husbandry, 65, 



119. 

 climate of, 26, 119. 



climate of, effect of, on quality of woo'., 26 

 facQ of the country in, 119. 

 remarkable drouihs in, 119. 

 prevalence of wild beasts in, 119. 

 Capillaries, functions of the, 234. 

 Caraway seeds, the use of, in sheep mc a i 



cine, 275. 

 Cardiac opening, the, 231. 

 Carrots, value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Castration of rams, 180. 

 Cataract, the, 239. 



Catarrh, common, description and treatment 

 of, 240. 

 malignant epizootic, description of, 240— 



247. 

 malignant epizootic, ravages of, in U. S., 



240. 

 malignant epizootic, treatment of, 245, 

 246. 

 Catechu, use of, in sheep medicine, 275. 

 I Cattle doctor, the most dangerous of mala- 

 dies, 226. 

 Caul. See Omentum. 

 Census of U. S., inaccurate in its wool r«i 



turns, 18. 

 Cerebellum, the, 236. 

 Chalk, the use of, in sheep medicine, 275. 

 Chelmsford plains, for slave cloihs, 86. 90. 



quality and cost of manufacturing, 90 — 93 

 Cheviot sheep, introduction of, into i.. S 

 149. 

 description of, 149, 150, 1,54. 

 low quality of their wool, 151. 

 Chili, portion of, in the wool zone, 105. 

 exports of wool from, 110. 

 exports of wool from, to U. S. in »84o 

 124. 



