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INDEX. 



Wool, table of average quarterly prices 



from 1824 to 1861, 92-94. 

 prices medium have never sunk below 



cost of production, 94. 

 prices have been generally remunera- 

 tive, 94. 

 annual exports and imports of from 



1840 to 1861, 95, 96. 

 the domestic supply has never met the 



demand, 96. 

 cost of producing in New Tork and 



New England, 97. 

 cost of producing in the South and 



South-west, 98. 

 cost of producing in the Western and 



North-western States, 98. 

 cost of producing in intermediate situ- 

 ations, 98. 

 average production of per head by 



Merinos in large flocks, 98. 

 comparative profit of producing in 



diiferent parts of the United States. 



99. 

 profits of prodnciug on land worth $50 



per acre, 100. 

 washing of on the back, 163, 164. 

 shearing, mode of, 170-172. 

 doing up, mode of, 173-175. 

 ft-auds in doing up, 175. 

 storing wool, 176. 

 place for selling wool, 177. 

 wool depots and commission stores, 



177. 

 sacking wool, 177. 

 cost of getting to market, 251. 

 product of, in the United States in 



1860, 426. 

 proportion to meat in sheep of different 



ages, sexes and sizes, 433 et seq. 

 Woolens, exports and imports of, from 



1840 to 1861, 95. 

 Wooster, Abel J., describes the " Wooster 



Ram," 113 note. 

 Wooster Earn described, 113 and note. 

 Worms, 312. 



Wounds, (see Diseases and Wounds.) 

 cuts, 380. 



Wounds, lacerated and contused wounds 

 381. 

 punctured wounds, 381. 

 dog bites, 381. 

 poisoned wounds, 381. 

 Wright, Loyal Cy his ram, 113. 

 Wright, M. W. 0., first crosses the Paular 

 and Infontado Sheep in Vermont, 

 128 note, 

 originates the Paular and Infantado 



cross, 416. 

 his statements, 418. 

 Wright, Gov., of Indiana, at World's Fair, 



438. 

 Wrinkles, (see Folds.) 



Yards for sheep (see Bams.) 

 size, situation of, etc., 220. 

 littering yards, 220. 

 confining sheep to them in winter, 221 



et seq. 

 Yolk described, 77. . 



chemical analysis of, 77. 



uses of, in wool, 77. 



proper amount and consistency of, 



78, 79. 

 proper color of, 80, 81. 

 artificial imitation of its color exter- 



nallr, 81. 

 artificial propagation and preservation 



of in fleece, 81. 

 Youatt, William, discovers conformation 



of wool, 16. 

 his testimony in favor of pure blood, 



131 note. 

 in regard to sagacity and affection of 



sheep, 213. 

 in regard to defects of the Merino, 223 



note, 

 cited in regard to diseases of sheep, 



268, 274, §75, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 



291, 300, 301, 306, 309, 314, 315, 317, 



318, 326, 337, 329, 330, 336, 339, 340, 



342, 344, 345, 347, 350, 354, 356, 357, 



863, 364, 373, 385, 389. 



