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INDEX. 



Mexico, sheep dogs of. Page 284 — 28u. 

 Microscopic views of wool, 135 — 1^7, 145. 

 Middli! wools. See Southdown wool. 

 Midriff'. See Diaphragm. 

 Millet, productiveness of. South, 37, 38. 



straw of, fed to sheep in Germany, 211, 



212. 

 value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Milt. See Spleen. 

 MiBcellaneaus diseases, 271 — ^273. 

 Miaeissippi, population of, 17. 

 number of sheep in, 17. 

 pounds of wool grown in, 17. 

 average weight of fleeces in, 18, 21 

 woollen factories in, 17. 

 woollen goods manufactured in, 17. 

 fine wooled sheep bred in, 27. 

 latitude, &c., of, compared with Aus- 

 tralian, 27. 

 Missouri Territory, advantages of, for sheep 



husbandry, 96—103. 

 Modena, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



113. 

 Mogadore wool, 90. 

 Morea, exports of wool from, 110. See 



Greece. 

 Morocco. See Africa. 

 Mountains of the South. See Mou7i(ain 



zone, under head of Southern States. 

 Mud, as a fertilizer. See Swamp mud. 

 Muriate of soda. See Salt. 

 Muriatic acid, use of in sheep medicine, 276. 

 Mutton, economical food for slaves, 56, 57. 

 its effects on the system compared with 



other meats, 56. 

 the quality of, in uiffe.-ent breeds of 

 sheep, 153, 154, 158. Also, see the 

 different breeds, 

 eheep, the English. See Southdow?is, 



Leiresterg, and Colswoldx. 

 sheep, where they constitute the most 



profitable variety, 153, 154. 

 sheep, comparison between varieties of, 



153, 154. 

 sheep, unadopted to most parts of the 



South, 154, 155. 

 sheep, less profitable in the South than 

 Merinos, 158. 



N. 



Naples, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 



113. 

 Nasal bones, cut of the, 236. 

 Native sheep (so called) of the U. S., origin 

 of, 130. 

 general characteristics of, 131. 

 crosses with other breeds, 131, 164. 

 policy of grading up with the Merino in 



the South, 164, 170. 

 selection of, to cross with Merlr-^s, 170. 

 do not cross successfully with Saxons, 

 164. 

 Nerves, the, 236. 

 Nervous diseases, the, 251. 

 New England, advantages of, for wool 



f Towing, 95. 

 ersey, advantages of, for wool grow- 

 ing, 95. 

 New Leicester sheep. See Leicester. 

 New Oxfonl.shire sheep. See Coiswolds. 

 New South Wales. See Australia. 

 Vew York population o', 17. 



New York, siieep introduced in by the D itck 



colonists, 130. 



number of sheep in, 17. 



pounds of wool grown in, 17. 



average weight of fleeces in, 18, 21. 



woollen factories in, 17. 



woollen goods manufactured m, 17. 



grass lands of, how managed, 32. 



price of grazing lands in, 53. 



price of sheep in, 53. 



cost of producing wool per pound in, 61, 



profits of wool growing in, 53 — 55. 

 Nitrate of silver. See Lunar caustic. 

 Nitrate of potash, use of, in sheep medicine 



276. 

 Nitre. See Nitrate of potash. 

 Nitric acid, use of, in sheep medicine, 276, 

 North Carolina, population of, 17. 



number of sheep in, 17. 



amount of wool grown in, 17. 



average weight of fleeces in, 18, 21. 



woollen factories in, 17. 



woollen goods manufactured in, 17. 



price of land in, 44, 60. 



adaptation of mountain lands of, \» 

 sheep husbandry, 44 — 46. 

 Norway, exports of wool from, 110. 



climate and flora of, 104, 105. 

 Numbering sheep, advantages of, 178. St* 

 Rtjiistering. 



Von Thaer's system of, 179 



cuts illustrating, 179. 



o. 



Oats, value of, in producing live weight, 

 wool, and tallow, 214. 

 per cent, of nitrogen in, 214. 

 value of straw of, as a fodder, 213. 

 straw of, fed to sheep in Germany, 211. 

 Odessa, exports of wool from, 117. 

 (Esophagus, course of the, 234 — 236. 

 entrance of, into stomach, 228, 229. 

 obstructions of the, how treated, 273. 

 CEsophngean canal, structure and functions ol 



the, 229. 

 CEstrus ovis, description of, 256. 

 natural history of, 256, 257. 

 cuts of 256. 

 Ohio, advantages of, for wolI growing, 95 

 Omentum, description of the, 228. 

 One crop system of the South, 81. 



exhaustion of land consequent on ttie, 



81, 82. 

 exhaustion of land consequent on the, 

 De Candolle's, Macaire's, Mirbel's 

 Braconnet's and Gyde's theories and 

 experiments on, 81. 

 Opium, use of, in sheep medicine, 276 

 Opthalmia, ireatment of the, 239. 

 Orchard grass, unsuccessful in New folk, 

 33. 

 flourishes on the southern n .)untain9,61 

 O'kney, wool of. 90. 

 Otter sheep of the U. S., 129. 

 Ovaries, the, 233. 



Palsy, nature and treatment of, 253. 

 Pancreas, structure and functions of thflt 

 Panicum milliaceum. See MilJtt. 



