INDEX. 



443 



Campbell, Samuel, and James Brodie, cats 

 of a ram aud ewe belonging to them, 

 45,47. 

 import Cheviot sheep, 52. 

 Canada Breeders of, 351. 

 Carcass the first point to be regarded in 

 sheep, 69. 

 proper form and size of the Herino. 

 69. , 



Carrots as shee^ feed, 343. 

 Castration, 161. 

 Catarrhj 268, 318, 319. 



Malignant epizootic, 319-324. 

 Catching and handling sheep, proper mode 



of, 131-141. 

 Chamberlain, William, his acconnt of the 

 present Merinos in Spain, 17, IS. 

 introduces Silesiah Merinos into the 



United States, 39. 

 , his description of his sheep, 39-43, 

 cut of a group of his ewes, 41. 

 a close in-and-in breeder, 130. 

 time he has bis Iambs yeaned, 143 note. 

 Chevoit sheep introduced into the United 

 States, 53. 

 character of the unimproved family, 53. 

 the improved family described, 53, """ 

 Chilled Lambs, how treated, 148, 149. , 

 Chinese, or Nankin sheep in the United 



States, 54. 

 Choking, 392, 39a. 



Clapp, the Messrs., their experiments in 

 crossing French and American Meri- 

 nos, 139 note. 

 Clark, Bracy, cited in regard to diseases of 



sheep, 274. 275. 

 Clift, Leonard D., imports Lincoln sheep 

 in 1835, 50. 

 character of his sheep, 60, 

 Climate to be regarded in selecting a breed 



of sheep, 85, 86. 

 Cline, Mr., his Views on disparity in size 



of sire and dam in breeding, 114. 

 Closed Teats, 157. 

 Clover, as sheep feed, 335, 237, 346. 

 Clumps of trees in pastures, utility of, 212, 

 Colic, 310. 

 Colley, (See Dog.) 



Collins,!). C, introduces French Merinos 

 in the United States, 34. 

 description of his she ep, 35. 

 Coloring Sheep artificially, a fraud, 81. 

 Confinement, effect of on pregnant ewes, 



233, 223. 

 Congenital Goitre, or swelled neck, 153- 



154. 

 Constipation of sheep, 331, 238, 310. 



of young lambs, 149. 

 Consumption, 327, 328, 379. 

 Corning, Erastus, with Wm. H. Sotham. 



imports Cotswold sheep,' 48- 

 Cornstalks as sheep feed, 345, 258. 

 Cossit, Capt. Davis, his remarkable suc- 

 cess in crossing Infantado and Saxon 

 Merinos, 130 and note. 

 pedigree of his ram, "Wrinkly 8d," 

 415. 

 Costiveness, (See Constipation.) 

 Cotswold Sheep introduced into the Uni- 

 ted States about 35 years since, 48. 



Cotswold Sheep, imported by Mr. Dunn in 

 1832, 48. 

 imported by Messrs. Corning & Sotham 



in 1840, 48. 

 imported by Henry G. White, 49. 

 described by Mr. Spooner, 49. 

 Crook, shepherd^s, manner of using, 139. 



cut of, 139,' 

 Cross-breeding, meaning of term as used 

 in this book, 124. 



efi'ects of between the Merinos and 



coarse breedSj 124. 

 the Merino unimprovable by such a 

 cross, 134, 



the Merino cross improves coarse 

 sheep for certain purposes, 135. 



the cross between Merino and mutton 

 sheep results in failure, 134, 125, 



the cross between the Merino and long 

 wools, 125. 



the cross between the Merino and 

 Downs, 125. 



permanent intermediate varieties un- 

 attainable, 135. 



peculiar tenacity of hereditary trans- 

 mission in the Merino, 125. 



due probably to its great purity and 

 antiquity of blood, 125 note. 



coarse breeds can be merged in it, 126. 



grade flocks started in Texas, 136. 



successful cross between Merino and 

 Mexican sheep, 126. 



experience of Mr. Kendall in this par- 

 ticular, 136, note. 



choice rams desirable in such a cross , 

 137. 



grades never equal to pure Merinos, 

 127. 



French ideas on this subject, 137. 



German ideas on same subject, 127. 



degrees of blood in ascending crosses 

 reckoned, 137 note, 



crossing different families of Merinos, 

 127-130. 



effect of in the French Merino, 128. 



effect of, in Mr. Jarvis' flock, J38. 



effect of, in the Rich or improved Pau- 

 lars, 128 and note. 



effect of in the Silesian Merinos of 

 the United States, 128, 139. 



between the American and French 

 Merino, 129 and note. 



between the American and Saxon Me- 

 rino, 129. 



remarkable result of an improved In- 

 fantado and Saxon cross, 130 and 

 note. 



inexpediency of crossing for the sake 

 pf- crossing, 130, 131. 



ordtnary reasons for crossing unfound- 

 ed, 131. 



bad effects offrequent and unmeaning 

 crosses, 131. 



always better to adhere to one breed 

 and family if it contains the elements 

 of improvement, 131. 



the most splendid successes have been 

 secured in this way, 131, and note. 



crossing between English breeds and 

 famines, 133. 



