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INDEX. 



Trifoliuin repons. See Clover, white. 

 i'riiolium pratense. See Clover, red. 

 ■J'ronghs, for feeding roots or grain. Page 203. 



for fiieding roots or grain, cuts of, 203. 



for folding wool, 187. 



for folding wool, cut of, 187. 

 Tunica aractinoidcs, the, 230. 

 Tunisian sheep, introduced into TJ. S., 151 



character of, 151, 152. 

 Turbinated bones, cut of the, 236. 

 "I arnlps, succeed on the southern mountains. 

 62. 



how fed off by sheep in England, 72. 



value of, as a fodder, 213, 216. 



Swedish. See Rata haga. 

 Turnsick. See Hydatid in the brain. 

 Turpentine, spirits of, use of, in sheep prac- 

 tice, 277. 

 Turkey, soils and climate of. 118. 



soils and climate of, in Europe, 114. 



face of the country in, 114. 



population of, 114. 



institutions of, unfavorable to sheep hus- 

 bandry, 114. 



e.\porls of wool from, 109, 110. 



exports of carpets, 108. 

 Tuscany, advantages of, for sheep hus- 

 bandry, 113. 

 Typhus iever, not common in U. S., 238. 



u, 



Lkrainc, Merinos introduced in, 117. 



advantages of, for sheep husbandry, 117. 

 Uw' cd States, number of sheep and pounds 

 of wool in, in 1839, 123. 



breeds of sheep in, 129. 



exports oi' wool to England for thirty 

 years from, 110. 



exports of wool in 1845, 1846, 122. 



annua, imports of wool of, from 1837 to 

 184;, 124. 



annuR. .moorts, from what countries, in 

 1846, 124. 



annual imports of woollens, from 1821 

 to 1845, 125. 



annual consumption of woollens in, 126, 

 127. 



annual consumption of A'oollens in, per 

 head of population, 1.27. 



proportion of woollens consumed in, do- 

 mestic, 126. 



proportion of woolkns consumed in, im- 

 ported, "i26. 



proportion of domestic made in manufac- 

 tories, 126. 



proportion of domestic made in families, 

 126. 



increase of population in, 127. 



amount of wool which will be requisite 

 for population of, at different periods, 

 for one hundred and fifteen years, 

 128. 



adaptation of, to sheep husbandry. See 

 Southern States, New E>i<rla9id, Prai- 

 rie.o, and the states by name. 



adaptation of, to sheep husbandry, com- 

 pared with Germany, 116. 



adaptation of, tci sheep husbandry, Mr. 

 Grove's opinion concerning, 116. 



adaptation of, to sheep husbandry, com- 

 pared with other countries See Wool 

 f-owmg. 



United States, woollen manufactories of. Scf 

 Woollen factories. 

 tariffs of, on wool. See Tar-fs. 

 ;for all other particulars conserriing , tet 

 names of the things in relation .o 

 which information is sought.) 

 Urnguay, in the wool zone, 105. 

 Ureters, the. 233. 

 Urethra, the, 233. 



I^rinary organs, description of the, 233. 

 Uterus description cf the, 233. 



Vagina, description of the, 233. 



Van Diemen's Land. See Australia. 



Veins, description of the, 234. 



Vena cava, the, 234. 



V^entricles, the, 234. 



Verdigris, use of, in sheep practice, 277. 



Vetches, dried into hay, value of, a* a fodder 



213. 

 Veterinary works, character of American, 

 219. 

 character of English, 219. 

 how far English ones are applii able in 

 U. S., 220. 

 Virginia, population of, 17. 

 number of sheep in, 17. 

 wool grown in, 17. 

 average weight cf fleeces in, 18, 21 

 woollen factories in, 17. 

 woollen goods manufactured in, 17. 

 adaptation of, to sheep husbandry, 42, 



47, 60. 

 adaptation of mountains of, to sheep 



husbandry, 47. 

 adaptation of north-western, to sheep 



husbandry, 60. 

 winter herbage on mountains of, 62. 

 winter pasturage in other parts of, 60. 

 cost of keeping sheep in, 60, 61. 

 price of lands in, 60. 

 Vitriol, blue, value of, in sheep practice 

 27.'^. 

 green, use of, in sheep practice. 27G. 

 oil of, as a caustic in sheep orac'.ce, 276. 



w. 



Washing sheep, cut of apparatus f<jr, 181. 



vats and yards for, 181. 



directions for, 182. 



time to elapse after, before shearing, 184. 

 Water necessary for drink of sheep, 195,218. 

 Weaning lambs, proper time for, 19''. 



how managed, 195. 

 Welsh plains, for slave cloths. See Slavt 



cloths. 

 Wheat, value of, in producing live 'veighl 

 wool, and tallow, 214. 



per cent, of nitrogen in. 214. 



straw of, value of, in difTerent sir tea, w 

 a fodder, 213. 



fed to sheep in Germany, 211. 



chaff of, value of, as a (odder, 213. 



bran of, value of, as a fodder, 213. 

 Wind-pipe, the. 235. 

 Winter feed. See Fodders. 

 Wire grass. See Bermuda grass. 

 Wirtemberg, advantages of, for sheep htu 

 bandry, 1!4. 



