INDEX. 



447 



Humrickhonse, T. S., his inqnlries as to 

 present flocka of Spain, 16. 



*' Hunger-Rot," how produced, 203, 204- 



Hydatid on the brain, 277-279, 380. 



Hyde, Professor, his dissections of sheep, 

 290, 331. 



In-and-in hreeding — (see breeding in-and- 

 in.) 

 Ignis Sacer, 344. 



Illinois, sheep husbandry in, 248, et seq, 

 Infantado Merinos in Spain, 14. 



the improved Infantados of the United 



States, 28, et seq. 

 closely bred in-and-in In the United 



States, 120. 

 one of the families on which the Amer- 

 ican Silesian are based, 129. 

 leading animals of the improved fam- 

 ily, 412^16. 

 Inflammation of the eye, 272. 

 of the brain, 281. 

 of cellular tissue under the tongue, 



(see Blain.) 

 of coats of intestines, 306. 

 of the bowels, 311. 

 of the lungs, 325. 

 of the bronchial tubes, 326. 

 of the udder, 167, 330. 

 of the bladder, 337. 

 Injections, 150. 



Inoculation for small-pox, 349, et seq. 

 Iowa, starting a sheep establishment in, 



437,428. 

 International Exhibition at Hamburg, 438. 

 triumph of American Merinos at, 438, 

 439. 

 Inverted womb, how treated, 145- 



Jarvis, "William, imports Merinos into the 



tJnited States,_ 23, 34. 

 crosses them with the Saxons, 24. 

 breeds back, but crosses his Merino 



families, 24. 

 weight of his fleeces and prices of his 



wool, 24. 

 his Merinos established as a family, 37. 

 his sheep described, 27. 

 effect of his crossing different fami- 



Uea, 128. 

 his remedy for hoof-rot, 363. 

 his family crossed with the Improved 



Paulars, 417, 418. 

 John's-wort — (see St. John's-wort.) 



Kendall, George Wilkins, the wintering of 



his sheep in 1860, 89. 

 his successful cross between Merinos 



and Mexican sheep, 126 note, 

 mean temperature ;iear his resldeuce, 



349 note, 

 his account of Mexican sheep dogs, 



404. 



EUppart, John H., Ms Btatement of the 

 number of sheep killed by dogs in 

 Ohio, 393-396. 



La Clavelee — (see small-pox.) 

 Lambs, management and diseases of In 

 spring — (see Spring Management.) 

 management of in fall, after weaning, 



198-201. 

 importance of fall shelter for, 201. 

 Lambing, proper time for, 143. 

 proper place for, 143- 

 mechanical assistance in, 144. 

 administering cordials, etc., during, 

 145. 

 Lameness ftom traveling — (see Travel 



Sore.) 

 Langlois inoculates for small-pox, 349. 

 Lasteyrie, his description of the Merino 

 families, 14. 

 his account of the weight of French 

 Merino fleeces, 19. 

 Lax, Mr., imports Leicester sheep into the 



United States, 44. 

 Leicester sheep, 43. 



probably introduced into United States 



by Gen. Washington. 44. 

 imported by Mr. Lax, 44. 

 imported by Capt. Eeanes, 44. 

 cut of Messrs. Campbell & Brodie^s 



ram, 45. 

 cut of one of their ewes, 47. 

 Prof. Wilson's description of the Lei- 



cesters, 45-47. 

 their origin, 45. 

 Mr. Bakewell selected from different 



families, 46. 

 he then bred in - and - in, 46. 

 not so hardy as the other large breeds, 



46. 

 their early maturity, 46. 

 now improved by a dip of Cotswold 

 blood, 47, 133. 

 Leonesa, the best Spanish families of the 



Merino, so called, 14. 

 Lewis, Dr., statement regarding Spanish 



sheep dogs, 399. 

 Lincolnshire sheep imported into the 

 United States by Leonard D. Clift, &0. 

 imported by Geo. H. Gossip & Brother, 



50. 

 character of the impoi'ted sheep, 50. 

 Lips, swelled, 271. 

 Livermore, George, table of wool prices 



furnished by him, 92-94. 

 Livingston, Kobert E., states weight of 

 Spanish fleeces, 16. 

 imports Merinos into United States, 22. 

 character of their descendants, 23. 

 weight of his Merino fleeces, 23. 

 cited in regard to diseases, 340, 341. 

 on proportion of wool to surface, 433. 

 Locked -jaw, 281, 383. 

 Longevity oi different breeds, 113. 

 Loveland, B. A., his account of starting 

 a sheep establishment in the new 

 Western States, 437, ^. 



