GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. 151 



Salt, is it proper to give to sheep, 64. The effect it produces, id. In 

 what quantity, at what time, and in what manner to be given, id. 

 Put on the back of lambs, in some cases, to make the ewes lick 

 there, 82. 



Samples, necessary to know the different qualities of wool, 31. 



Satchel, or scrip, necessary for a shepherd, and its use, 10. 



Semiring of sheep, a disease ; dew and white frost produce it, 63, 99. 

 Means of preventing it in lambs, 89. Pernicious in fatting, 99. 



Scouring of -uool, how it is done, 110. 



Scab, a disease in sheep, its symptoms, 130, 131. There is a scab, 

 which does not itch, 131. What is the best application for it ? id. 

 How is it used? 132. 



Scratcher, its form, 10. 



Season, whert fodder is given, and when discontinued, 57, 60. 



Seeds, what are those used for sheep in winter, 50. 



Sheds, what they are, and if they make good lodging for sheep, 19, 20. 



Sheep, in England, remain the whole winter in the open field, 23. What 

 are the principal points which distinguish them ? 28. How is their 

 age known ? id. Their different sizes, 29. Different breeds, id. 

 Means of enlarging them, 68. Different qualities of their wool, 31. 

 Signs of their ill health, 33. Description and cure of their common 

 diseases, 127 133. How to choose sheep to have them good, 33. 

 Are the largest to be preferred ? 84. At what age to form a flock, id. 

 The attention to be paid in shifting sheep from one country to an- 

 other, 36 Rules to be observed in pasturing them, id. In coupling 

 them, 65. Means of drawing good profit from them, id. At what 

 uge and season to journey, 76. Precautions to be taken in bringing 

 them to a new country, 77. At what time to shear, 103. How to 

 be washed before shearing, 105. The care to be taken of them 

 after shearing, 108, 109 Folding, 116. How much land each 

 sheep can manure at a folding, 123. On chewing the cud, 40. 

 Sheep of Spain produce lambs at a great age, 68. 



Sheep fescue grass, (coquiole) 54. Its qualities, 55. Can be used for 

 the fatting of wethers, 100. 



Shepherd, at what age to be chosen, 7. His livelihood, 7, 8. His quali- 

 fications, 8. His necessaries, 8. 9. How he ought to conduct his 

 flock, 36. German shepherds wean their lambs at six weeks, 84. 



Shelter, what is the best, 29. 



Skirret, its root good for sheep in winter, 49. 



Snoiff, prevents the gangrene in parts frost bitten, 9. How do sheep 

 get rid of it ? 22. Can they be buried in it for a length of time 

 without suffering, 22, 23, 24. Is it hurtful to sheep to eat it? 63. 

 Experiments thereon, id. 



Second vjool t in fineness, the part of the body from which it is taken, 111. 

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