INDEX 



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Staegers. See Hydatid in (he hrain. 

 SteU, description of" ilie. Pago 206, 207. 

 cut of oiuside o.ie, 205. 

 cut of ancient ones, 206. 

 cut of inside circular ones, 207. 

 cut of circular one, with racks, &c, 207. 

 Sternum, the, 228. 



St. Helena, exports of wool from, 110. 

 Stomachs of the sheep, description of, 228— 

 231. 

 cuts of the, 228. 

 structure and functions of each of the 



228, 229. 

 course of the food through the, 229, 230 

 conflicting theories concerning, 230. 

 dtoring wool, 189. Also see Wool depots. 

 Storms, bad effects of cold ones after shear 



ing, 191. 

 Sturdy. See Hydatid in the hrain. 

 Sulphate of copper, use of, in sheep prac 



tice, 275. 

 Sulphate of magnesia, use of, in sheep prac 



tice, 27S. 

 Sulphur, use of, in sheep medi'^ine 276. 

 Sun-scald, cause and treatment of, 191. 

 Swamp mud, its value as a fertihzer, 70. 

 Sweden, exports of wool from, 110. 

 Sweet-bread. See Pancreas. 

 Syria, climate of, 104. 



adaptation of, to sheep husbandry, 117, 

 '18. 



T. 



Tible I. Of population, number of sheep, 

 pounds of wool, woollen factories, and 

 value of manufactured goods in south- 

 ern states and in New York, 17. 



3. Of average weight of fleeces in 

 southern states and New York, 18, 20, 

 21. 



5*. Of average weight of fleeces in four 

 counties of each of the above states, 

 20. 



4. Of comparative value of manures, 40. 



5. Of the flowering of plants, &c., in 

 New York, 49. 



6. Of thermometrical observations in 

 New York, 50. 



7. Of the average prices of wool in New 

 York, 53. 



8. Of importations of wool into Eng- 

 land every fifth year, from 1810 to 

 ^840, 110. 



9. Of importations of wool into U. S. 

 annually, from 1837 to 1846, 124. 



10. Of importations of wool into U. S. 

 in 1846, with countries from which 

 imported, 124. 



11. Of woollens annually imported into 

 U. S., during twenty-five years, 125. 



12. Of increase of population in U. S., 

 from 1790 to 1840, 127. 



13. Of increase of oopulation and amount 

 of wool requirec in U. S., at different 

 periods, for one hundred and fifteen 

 years, 128. 



14. Of the progressive reductions in du- 

 ties on wool and woollen, under the 

 " Compromise Tariff" of 1833, 159. 



Tafging, necessity o(, 173. 

 now performed, 173, 174. 

 cnt explanatory of, 173. 



Tar, propriety of feeding of, to sheep, 194. 



uses of, in sheep practice, 277. 

 Tariffs on wool, of France, 106. 

 of England, 106. 



of U. S., on wools and woollens, enacted 

 in the years 1824, 1828, 1832, 1833, 

 1841, 1842, and 1846, 158, 159. 

 effect of those of U. S. on the prices of 



wool, 159, 160 

 effect of those of U. S. on importntioBi 



of wool. 159, 160. 

 effect of those of U. S. on imporfatioiM 



of v,:oollens, 160. 

 effect of those of U. S. or. domestic pro- 

 duction of wool. 159. 

 efl^ect of those of U. S. on 'he quality 



of domestic wool, 159, 160. 

 frauds practised in invoicing coarse 

 wools imported into U. S., under that 

 of 1842, 107. 

 effect of that of 1846 on manufactures 



of U. S., 106, 125, 126, 161. 

 effect of fluctuations in, on manufac- 

 tures, 126. 

 Tasmania. See Australia. 

 Taurida. See Crimea. 

 Taylor, Col. John, of Virginia, his erroneous 

 views in relation to sheep husbandry, 

 72, 81. 

 Teeth, number and description of, 237. 

 indicative of the age, 237. 

 cuts of, at different ages, 237. 

 diflcrence in the retention of, bydifTerent 



breeds, 238. 

 causes of premature loss of, 238. 

 should be removed in some cases, 238. 

 Temperature, influence of, on quality H 



wool. See Climate. 

 Tennessee, 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 manufactured in, 17. 

 fine wooled sheep introduced in, 27. 

 fine wooled sheep, wool of, not deterio- 

 rated in, 27. 

 adaptation of, to sheep husbandry, 27, 



48. 

 adaptation of mountains of, to sheep 



husbandry, 48. 

 price of lands in, 47, 48. 

 Tetanus, unusual in U. S., 253. 

 Thibet, advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 

 118. 

 wool exported from, 118. 

 Thoracic duct, the, 231. 

 Thoracic viscera, the, 234. 

 Thorax, the, 234. 

 Thyroid glands, the, 236. 



diseases of the, 270, 271. 

 Ticks, mode of destroying, and kceptnif cv 



of flock, 192. 

 Tobacco, use of, in sheep practice, 277. 

 Timothy, the favorite meadow grass, Nnrb 

 33. 

 as the food of sheep, 212. 

 success on southern low ands queat^CR. 



able. 37. 

 succeeds on southern mountains, 44, ()2 

 Toe-nippers, description and use of, 18? 



cut of 183. 

 Tory weed. See Hound' s-tongue. 

 Trees, clumps of, for wmler shelter, 207. 



