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INDEX. 



Fischer, Louis, effect of his cross between 

 the Negretti and Infsntado, 128, 129. 



Fleets, proper characteristics of in a Me- 

 rino, 71, 72. 



Fleischmann, Charles L., his drawing of a 

 Saxon ram, 26. 

 liis statements abont German cross- 

 bred sheep, 127. 

 his drawings of marking instruments, 

 184. 



Fodder for sheep, Talne of different, 233 - 

 245. 



Folds, or wrinkles, proper amount in the 

 skin of the Mei-ino, 70, 71. 



Forshey, Caleb G., on the climatology of 

 Texas, 428 et eeq. 



Foster, William, first introduced Merinos 

 into United States, 22. 



Foot -Rot, (see Hoof-Eot.) 



Fonls, 356. 



Fractures, 254. 



G 



Gad-fly of the sheep, cut of, 274. 

 cnt of Larvae of 274. 

 their effect on sheep, (see Gmb in the 



Head.) 

 Garget, 157. 



Gayot, Inocnlates fbr small -pox, 350. 

 Gasparin, cited in regard to sheep diseases, 



283, 314. 

 Gaudeloupe Merino, 14. 

 Geddes, James, cut of his Silcsian Merino 



ram "Carl," 38. 

 cut of his improved wool - press, 174. 

 Geddes, Hon. George, experiments in feed- 

 ing beets to sheep, 243. 

 Germany, Breeders of, at "World's Fair, 



438, 489. 

 Gestation, period of in the ewe, 207. 

 Gilbert, hia description of the origin of 



the ISamboniliet flock, 19. 

 Girard, inoculates for small -pox, 349. 

 Goitre, congenital, 152, 154. 

 Gold Drop, Mr. Hammond's ram, pedigree 



of, 121,122. 

 Goodale, S. L., his work on the principles 



of breeding, 114 note, 123. 

 Gossip, George H. and Brother, import 



Lincoln sheep into the U. States, 50. 

 Gragnier inoculates for small pox, 349. 

 Grasses, most valuable ones for sheep, 233, 



234, 235, 237. 

 Gravel, 356. 



Grease in wool — (see Tolk.) 

 Greaves, Mr. W-, cited in regard to sheep 



diseases, 305. 

 Greer, W. F., in regard to hoof-rot, 371. 

 Grennel, James S., his report on sheep 



husbandry to the Massachusetts 



State Board of Agriculture, 51. 

 his account of New Oxfordshire sheep, 



61. 

 his statement of comparative waste in 



cooking beef and mutton, 83. 

 his statement of increase of sheep 



bought in Boston market between 



1839 and 1859, 84. 

 his account of sheep poisons, 301 



Grinnel, J. B., his statement of cost of get- 

 ting wool and other products to mar- 

 ket from Iowa, 251 fiote. 

 hia article on prairie sheep husbandry, 

 260. 



Grove, Henry D., his account of importa- 

 tions of Saxon sheep, 25. 

 weight of fleeces of hia Saxon flock, 



25 note, 

 his account of ori^ of the "little 

 eared " sheep, 104. 



Qrognier, Prof., hia account of French 

 sheep dogs, 401. 



Grub in the head, 273-277. 



Guillaume inoculates for small-pox, 349. 



GnUet, obstructions of, 292, 293. 



Gum on wool — (see Tolk.) 



H 



Hammond, Edwin, commences his flock 

 with Infantado or Atwood aheep, 39, 

 30. 



the great improver of the Infantados, 

 89. ^ 



present character of hia flock, 29, 30. 



his ram Sweepstakes — (the frontis- 

 piece of this volume,) 29. 



length of Sweepstakes' wool, 76. 



pedigree of Sweepstakes, 121. 



description of Sweepstakes, 413. 

 the points which Mr. H. has bred 

 for, 30. 



the extent of his iu- and -in breed- 

 ing, 80, 120. 



pedi^ea of his leading stock rama 

 and ewes, 14, 122. 



in-and-in breeding a lever of his suc- 

 cess, 122. 

 plan of his sheep establishment, 218. 



description of his leading animals, and 

 com'se of breeding, 412-416. 

 Hampshire Downs described by Professor 

 Wilson, 59, 60. 



Mr. Spooner's accouiit of their origin 

 and blood, 60, 61. 

 Handling Sheep — (see Catching and Hand- 

 ling.) 

 Harrison, Dr., on symptoms of rot, 372. 

 Head, grub in, 273-277. 



BweUed, 268. 

 Herding, capacity for in different breeda 

 of sheep, 89. 

 -■ rDfs 



Hereditary I ^ 



Hogg, James, cited in regard to diseases of 



sheep, 268, 278, 291, 812, 364. 

 Hoof-Eot, 356-371, 380. 

 Hoofs, shortening of the, 168, 169. 



cut of toe-nippers, 169. 

 Hoove, 299-301. 



Horns on sheep, shortening, etc, 189. 

 Howard, Charles, describes origin of 



Shropshire Downs, 68, 64. 

 Howard, Sanford, imports Cheviot sheep, 



62. 

 Hnard inoculates for small-pox, 349. 

 Humphreys, David, imports Merinos into 

 the United States, 23. 

 breeds in-and-in, 120. 



