INDEX. 



325 



Cliiiia advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



Fage 118. 

 Choking, treatment of, 273. 

 Chyle, account of the, 231. 

 Climate, not controlled by laf'tude, 104. 

 of various countries compared, 104. 

 range of, in which fine sheep are bred, 



17, 18. 

 range of, in which wool can be most eco- 

 nomically grown, 103, 104. 

 of U. S., favorable to sheep, 18, 103, 104. 

 f.ffcct of, on health of sheep, 18, 103. 

 effect of. on the amount of wool, 22. 

 effect of, on the quality of wool, 23, 

 27—29. 

 Clogging sheep, how done, 193. 

 Clover, red, as the food of sheep, 212. 



value of, cut in different states, as a fod- 

 der, 213. 

 acclimation of, in Virginia, 36. 

 acclimation of, on the mountains of Vir- 

 ginia, 44, 47. 

 acclimation of. south of Virginia, 44,47. 

 not indispensable, 44, 47. 

 substitute for, as a fodder, and manuring 



crop, 39, 41. 

 white, as the food of sheep, 212. 

 flourishes on the southern mountains, 

 45, 47. 

 (/oecum, cut of the, 232. 

 Colic, symptoms and treatment of, 253. 

 (]old storms, dangerous effects of, after shear- 



ing, 191. 

 Colombia, exports of wool from, 110. 

 Colon, cut of the, 232. 

 Cobza, value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Copperas, sulphate of, use of, in sheep medi- 

 cine, 275. 

 Corn, Indian, as food for sheep, 216. 

 value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 blades of, as sheep fodder, 41, 212, 214. 

 stalks of. as a sheep fodder, 41, 212,214. 

 Corrosive sublimate, use of, in sheep medi- 

 cine. 275. 

 Cotswold sheep, origin of, 149. 



introduction of, into the U. S.. 149. 

 description of, 149. 

 crosses of, with other breeds, 149. 

 cut of, 148. 

 Cotton, statistics of the crop of, 79. 

 cost of growing, 79, 85. 

 cost of growing, compared with that of 



growing wool, 85. 

 should alternate with other crops, 78 — 83. 

 alternating of, with wool growing pro- 

 posed, 81. 

 rotations for such alternation proposed, 



83, 84. 

 more should be grown on less land, 80, 



85. 

 seed of, as a food for sheep, 216. 

 Crab grass, account of the, 37. 

 Creeping panic grass. See Bermuda graas. 

 Crimea, advantages of, for wool growing, 



Merinos introduced in, 117. 

 Crook, uses of the, described, 196. 



cut of the. 196. « 

 Crossing breeds and varieties, object of, 170. 



effects of, 170—172. 



advantages of, under some circums'ances, 

 162, 164, 170. 

 Cud, loss of the, not a disease, 272. 

 Cimberland grass. See Bermuda frr^t 



Cumberland mountains described, 43. Ala*, 



see Apalachians. 

 the adaptation of, to sheep husiwdrir 



48. 

 Curled kale, as food for sheep, 62. 



flourishes on southern mountains, 62 

 Cynodon dactyloii. See Bermuda g>a<». 

 Cynoglossum officinale, injurious to wod , 



174. See Hound' s-ton<rue. 

 Cystisis, unusual in U. S., 238. 



D. 



Dactylis glomerala. See Orchard -rroxs. 

 Dangerous rams, how managed, 193. 

 Denmark, exports of wool from, 110. 

 Depots for wool. See Wool Depoix 

 Diaphragm, structure and functions of. 234. 

 Diarrhoea, description and treatment of, 250. 

 Digestion, the process of, 229 — 231. 

 Digitalis, use of, in sheep medicine. 275. 

 Digitaria sanguinalis, account of the. 37. 

 Diseases, the classification of, adopted, 226. 

 same causes do not produce the same, in 



different countries, 220. ^ 



popular superstitions concerning causes 



of, 220, 221. 

 many of those of England not found in 



U. S., 221—223, 238. 

 difference in the type of, in England and 



U. S., 224. 

 treatment of, in England and U. 3. dif- 

 ferent, 224. 

 English treatment of, too e.tpensive, 



224, 225. 

 English treatment requires too much 



skill for popular use, 225. 

 English treatment, its pharmacopteia too 



extensive, 225. 

 tre^ment of, by "cattle doctors" dan- 

 gerous, 226. 

 better do too little for, than too much 

 226. 

 Dissection indispensable to learn nature and 

 treatment of diseases, 227. 

 amount of instruction necessary to per- 

 form, 227. 

 directions for, 227, 228. 

 proper subjects for, 227. 

 Division of flocks proper in summer, 193. 



necessary in winter, 199. 

 Docking sheep, necessity for, 181. 



how performed, 181. 

 Dogs, sheep. See Sheep doss. 



destruction of sheep in the South by, 64 

 legal enactmeYits in relation to killing 



sheep by, in New York, 64. 

 methods of protecting sheep from, 65. 

 Down sheep. See Soulhdownf. 

 Dropsy, acute, unusual in U. S., 222. 

 Drouths, the severe, which prevail in Ann- 

 tralia and the Cape of Good Hope, 

 119, 120. 

 Ductus chc edochus, functions of the, 231. 

 Duodenum, cut of the, 232. 

 Dura mater,»the, 236. 

 Dutch West Indies, exports of wool from, io 



U. S. in 1846, 124. 

 Duties on wool in different nations. Se* 



Tariffs. 

 Dysentery, difference between, and diarriMB*, 

 251. 

 tture and treatment of, 261. 



