INDEX. 



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Sheep, improve the character of the vegeta- 1 South America for other parlicula:. of, aet 

 tion Page57. Buenos Ayres, &.c. 



extirpators of briers and shrubs, 57. 



email risk by death, in breeding, 57 

 impropriety of feeding, in yards with 



other stock, in winter, 210. 

 comparison of breeds of, 153, 154, 163, 



164. . ,. ^„ 



comparison in respect to weight ot lleece, 



154, 156, 157. 



comparison in quality of wool, 154. 

 comi^arison in consumption of food, 154, 



156. . , . 



comparison in proportion ot wool to 



food consumed, 156. 

 comparison in hardiness, 156, 157. 

 comparison in longevity, 156, 157^ 

 comparison in mutton, 153, 154, 158. 

 comparison in bearing hard stocking, 154, 



155, 156. ^ c u 

 comparison in profitableness in the South, 



156,157. , ^ ^ 



how they should be caught and other- 

 wise handled, 174. 



washing of. See Washing sheep. 



shearing of. See Shearing. 



(for other particulars of the management 

 of, see the different heads.) 



cordial, how compounded, 250. 



dogs, of the ancients. 278, 279 



dogs, of Spain, 280—284. 



dogs, of Spain, cut of, 281. 



dogs, of France, 286. 



dogs, of Hungary, 284. 



dogs, of England, 287. 



dogs, of England, cut of, 287. 



dogs, of Scotland, 288. 



dogs, of Scotland, cut of 288. 



dogs, of Mexico, 284—286. 



dogs, of South America, 285. 



dogs, sheep must be familiarized with. 



Silesia, climate of, 104, 115. 

 face of the country, 114. 

 character of the soil, 114. 

 Shve cloths, description, 85, 86, 89, 90. 

 expense of imported, 85, 86, 89. 

 actual first cost of, 90, 91. 

 great profits of manufacturers of, 90, 91. 

 should be manufactured in the southern 



states, 87. 

 oifers of northern manufacturers to fur- 

 nish below present prices, 90, 91. 

 cost of manufacturing as good or better 



plains in the north, 86. 

 cost of manufacturing " at the halves," 



87. 

 cost of manufacturing by hand on plan- 

 tations, 89. 

 Smith's Island sheep, 129. 

 Smyrna wools, quality of, 90. 

 Snuffles. See Catarrh. 

 South America, portion of, in the wool zone, 

 105. 

 climate of, 104, 105. 

 exports of wool from, 105. 

 sheep husbandry in, 105. 

 advantages of, for wool growing, 105, 



106. 

 advantages of, compared with U. S., 



105. lOG. 

 pampas of compared with prairies of 



U. S., 105. 

 ■be«p dogs of, 285. 



Southdown sheep, origin of, 144. 

 cut of ram, 145. 

 cut of ewe, 146. 

 cut of wool viewed through micro£Cop« , 



145. 

 general description of, 144, 145, 148, 154 

 value of, as a mutton sheep, 146, 147. 

 weight and quality of fleeces of, 146. 

 wool of deficient in felting propcrliea, 



145, 146. 

 introduction into U. S,, 147. 

 South Carolina, population oi, IV. 

 number of sheep in, H, 

 pounds of wool grown r\, ■ > 

 average weight of fleeces in, 18, 21. 

 woollen factories in, 17. 

 woollen goods manufactured in, 17. 

 Iprice of land in, 59, 60. 

 neglect of grass culture in, 31. 

 hay imported into, 31. 

 adaptation of soils of, to grass cuRure, 



31, 32, 34. 59, 80. 

 adaptation of climate of, to grass culture, 



36. 

 system of cropping in, 32, 79. 

 system of cropping compared with New 



York, 32, 33. 

 system of cropping, change in, recom- 

 mended by legislature, 79, 80. 

 system of cropping, utility of sheof 

 husbandry in effecting such change in, 

 85. 

 cost of keeping sheep in, 59, 60. 

 winter pasturage for sheep in, 58 — 60. 

 adaptation of mountains of, to sheep 



pasture, 47, 59. 

 present method of managing sheep in, 



59, 60. 

 wolves in, 64. 

 Southern States, what states included undei 

 this designation, 30. 

 area of, 30, 94. 



natural features and geology of, 30, 31. 

 quality of soils of, 30, 35, 42, 69. 

 profits of sheep husbandry in, 58—62. 

 profits of, compared with other hus- 

 bandry in, 76, 77. , , , „^ 

 advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 77 

 advantages of, compared with othei 

 states and countries. See Wool grow 



advantages of, for migratory sheep hus- 

 bandry, 62. 



advantages of, for migratory sheep hua 

 bandry, compared with Spain, 62—64, 



expense of keeping sheep in, 59, 60. 



expense per pound, of growing wool lt, 

 61. 



expense per pound, of growing wool in, 

 compared with New York. 61. 



prejudice in, against sheep husbandry, 

 and causes of 72, 81. 



sheep exposed to dogs and wolves in, 64 



compared with other countries in above 

 particular, 65. 



prices of land in, 44, 46, 47, 60. 



amehoration of sterile and worn-o.U 

 soils of, by sheep husbandry, 52, 

 70-72. , ., 



amelioration of stp^ile and worn-ont soila 

 of, by sheep husbandry, more cheaply 

 than by the available manures. 67. 



