INDEX. 



Abortion, 329. 



Abscess, 382. 



Adama, Setb imports Merinos into United 



States,' 22. 

 Allen, A. B. describes first French Merinos 

 Imported into United States, 35. 

 recommends tar, sulphur and alum for 

 diseased sheep, 194. 

 Anatomy of the sheep, 264, et seq. 

 cut of skeleton, 261. 

 out of skuU, 265. 

 cat of teeth, 266. 



cut of section of sheep's head, 273. 

 the omentums described, 293. 

 cut of external appearance of stomachs, 



294. 

 cut of internal appearance of*atomachs, 



295. 

 stomachs and their functions described, 



295. 

 mode of introducing medicines ihto 



the stomach, 299. 

 cut of the intestines, 303. 

 Apoplexy, 280. 

 Arlington long-wooled sheep, origin of 44, 



54. 

 AtwoodJ Stephen, his family of Merinos 

 described, 28, 29. 

 his family of Merinos compared ■vrith 



Mr. Jarvis' 28. 

 their improvement in other hands, 29. 



30. 

 a strict in-and-in breeder, 120; 

 the improved Paulars receive a cross 

 from his flock, 417-419. 



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Baker, the Messrs., their experiments in 

 crossing French and American Me- 

 rinos, 129 note. 

 BakMvell, Eobert,. the great improver of 

 t/^ Leicester sheep, 46. 

 *^n in-and-in breeder, 46, 119. 

 in-and-in breeding formed an element 

 ^' of his success, 182. 

 - ' origin of his flock not probably drawn 

 from different breeds, 133. ~ 

 his sheep improved by Ootswold blood, 

 47, 133. 



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Bakewell, Eobert, he purposely rotted 



sheep, 376. 

 Barns for sheep, construction of, 212-219. 

 cuts of 213, 217, 218. 

 should be cleaned out in "winter, 219. 

 Beanes, Capt., imports Teeswater and 



South Down sheep, 44 note. 

 Bedford, Dr., on the necessity of exercise, 



etc., to pregnant females, 222. 

 Beets as sheep feed, 243. ■ ' ' ' 

 Bement, Caleb N., his account of C.Bunn's 



flock, 44 note. 

 Biflex Canal, disease of, 354, 355. . 

 Bigelow, Dr., account of St. Johns-wort, 



276. 

 Black-faced Scotch sheep described, 61. 

 introduced into the United States by 



Samuel Campbell, 52. 

 weight of their fleeces, 52. 

 imported by Sanford Howard, 52. 

 Blacklock, Mr., cited in regard to diseases 



of sheep, 277, 316. 

 Blain, 291, 292. 

 Blanchard, H., introduces the Wool Depot 



system, 177. 

 Bleeding, place for, 314, 315. 



_inoae of pertbrming, 314, 315, 

 Boardinan, S. P., states cost of getting 

 " * wool and other products- to market 



from Illinois, 251 note, 

 his article on prairie sheep husbandry, 

 ' 260. 



Braiiir, hydatid on, 277-279. 

 water on, 279, 280. 

 inflammation of the,. 281. 

 Braxy, 311. 



Breeding, in-and-in, extent of among im- 

 proved Infantados', 30. 

 definition of the term,, 101. 

 like produces like, 101. 

 breeding back, 101. 

 .causes of hereditary transmission 

 partly Controllable, 101, 102. 

 likeness inherited With uniformity 

 ■ among full bloods, 102. 

 mongrels, etc., do not transmit like- 

 ness with uniformity, 102. 

 counteracting the defects of one parent 

 by the excellencies of the other, 103. 

 hereditary predispositions to be re 



garded, 103. 

 accidental characteristics, how ao 

 counted for, 103, 104. 



