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Sheep fiuming in England (Southdown) 763-777 



(History of Southdown sheep, 763-766 ,■ the Merton flock, 766 ; how to form a flook ; hteed- 

 ing ; praotioe at MertoD, 767 ; feeding ; management; of flock, '^68 ;^how to avert 

 abortion; lambing, 769; straining in ewes after lambing, 770; discussion on 

 sheep breeding, 771 ; Southdown sheep and Cambridgeshire jfiigmj^ng, 773-777.) 



Sheep, French .T......1.. ,„. 777 



Sheep in Backs, England : 711 



Sheep, portraits of British 788,789 



Sheep, Syrian, suitable for the United States 653 



Sheep v«. cattle in the Argentine Bepublio 612 



Sheep, weights of, at Islington 778-782 



Shepard, Isaac F., consul at Hankow : 



Keport: Cattle in the Yang-tse-Kiang Valley 664r-668 



(Topography of the valley, 664 ; soil, sabstratum, grasses, and breeds of cattle, 665 ; 

 the water buflalo of the Tang-tse ; methods of housing, 666 ; breeding ; cattle 

 census ; exports of cattle to the TTnited States, 667.) 

 Shetland cattle : 



Description of, and habitat 142 



Shorthorn cattle. (See also Bulls and Cows.) ^ 



Abbey farm herd, description, &0.L 72 



Bred in the TTnited States larger than the' English 213 



Characteristic* 59,60,99,157 



Cow in Torkshire, milch, description of 157 



Cross-breeds 70,100 



Dairy 102 



Herds, how to &rm '. 101 



Wonderful record 103 



Denchfield stock 73 



Dufljcynherd, history and statistics of 69 



In Colombia ;... 633 



Ireland -^ 228,228 



New Zealand 646 



Ontario 539,542,547,553,555,556,558,561 



Scotland 213 



Letting ont cows to laborers 107 



Milking quaUties 70,188 



Milk and bntter yield 75,103,107,157,171,190,202,216,227,228 



Origin and history 59,98,216,366 



Prices T 73,75,76,80,158,190,205,214 



Remarkable herd of , in Torkshire 105 



Treatment of, on a model farm 105 



Valuable properties of 100 



Weight and size 69,70,74,103,158,171,180,190,202,205,216 



field in products, general 104 



Shows. iSee Cattle shows.) 



Siam water bnflalo, habits and uses of .-- 060 



Sierra Leone, cattle statistics of 071 



Siler, James W., consul at Cape Town : 



Beport: Cattle in Cape Colony 609,670 



(The Africander cattle, characteristics, uses, weight, milk yield, &c., 669, 670; im- 

 ported cattle, battle census, value of cattle, imports of dairy products, 670.) 

 Silesia : 



Area, climate, soil, topography, griiases 432 



Cattle fairs, imports and exports of cattle - 434 



Characteristics of cattle *^* 



Feeding, housing, dairy farming ..,. *^^ 



Imported and favorite breeds in ^3" 



Products of Dutch cows in, census of cattle - .**7 



Simcoe district, Ontario, cattle statistics of - ^7" 



Simmenthal cattle : 



Beef cattle ^'^ 



Characteristics 289,391,445 



Cross with Shorthorn ^^^ 



Milkers 289,446 



Ofishoots ^^ 



