GENERAL AND ALPHABETICAL 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



, by other dams than their mothers, page 86. 

 Jlfter birth, what it is, its use, and how it is to be extracted, 82. 

 Age of Sheep, how known, 28. 

 Mr, much of it required, 19. Sheep resist its injurious effects, 22, 



23, 24. When sick should be sheltered from it, 24. 

 Jtor, cold, its bad effects on sheep going out of warm stables, 18. 



Barometer, a short description of it, and the manner of using it, 106. 



Bark of Trees given to sheep, and the manner of preparing it, 56. 



Barley, when green, may prove injurious to sheep, 42. The grain used 

 for their food during winter, 50. Meal or flour disgusting to 

 sheep, 90. Is good for lambs, 87- And is used for stall-feeding, 101. 



Barley straw, if bearded, may be injurious to sheep, 56, 57. 



Bella, put on the necks of sheep, of \\hat use, 17. 



Barrenness of ewes, to what attributed, 78. 



Beans, small, given to sheep, 51 Bean chaff and straw also given, 52, 56. 



Beets, (white,) or scarcity root, given, 49. 



Birch-tree leaves, good for sheep, 53. 



Box, a tin one, for ointment, 10. 



Bleeding, good for sheep h^ ing a disease called the heat, or if over- 

 heated, 39. For the colick or inflation of the paunch, 43. When 

 ewes cannot cast their lambs from too much agitation, 79, 80. One 

 of the most necessary remedies, 127 Different methods of, 128. A 

 new method preferable to all others, id. In what diseases it is 

 most necessary, 129, 130. 



Braces, to support the sheep-fold, 117. 



Brine, the use made of it for sheep, 64. 



tf stands the winter, 47, Is an artificial grass, 54. Its qualities, .55. 



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