Should the work prove of service to our intelligent American farmers and stock-breeders as a body, the author’s end will have been attained.

CONTENTS.

SHEEP AND THEIR DISEASES.
PAGE
HISTORY AND VARIETIES[15]
American Sheep[21]
Native Sheep[22]
The Spanish Merino[25]
The Saxon Merino[36]
The New Leicester[41]
The South-Down[47]
The Cotswold[52]
The Cheviot[54]
The Lincoln[56]
Natural History of the Sheep[57]
Formation of the Teeth[59]
Structure of the Skin[63]
Anatomy of the Wool[64]
Long Wool[76]
Middle Wool[78]
Short Wool[80]
CROSSING AND BREEDING[81]
Breeding[81]
Points of the Merino[93]
Breeding Merinos[97]
General Principles of Breeding[106]
Use of Rams[112]
Lambing[117]
Management of Lambs[121]
Castration and Docking[127]
FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT[129]
Feeding[129]
Shade[133]
Fences[133]
Hoppling[133]
Dangerous Rams[134]
Prairie Feeding[135]
Fall Feeding[137]
Winter Feeding[137]
Feeding with other Stock[142]
Division of Flocks[142]
Regularity in Feeding[143]
Effect of Food[144]
Yards[146]
Feeding-Racks[147]
Troughs[150]
Barns and Sheds[151]
Sheds[155]
Hay-Holder[156]
Tagging[157]
Washing[160]
Cutting the Hoofs[165]
Shearing[166]
Cold Storms[171]
Sun-Scald[171]
Ticks[171]
Marking or Branding[172]
Maggots[173]
Shortening the Horns[174]
Selection and Division[174]
The Crook[176]
Driving and Slaughtering[177]
Driving[177]
Points of Fat Sheep[181]
Slaughtering[184]
Cutting Up[186]
Relative qualities[187]
Contributions to Manufactures[191]
DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES[195]
Administering Medicine[197]
Bleeding[197]
Feeling the Pulse[199]
Apoplexy[200]
Braxy[201]
Bronchitis[201]
Catarrh[202]
Malignant Epizoötic Catarrh[203]
Colic[205]
Costiveness[206]
Diarrhœa[206]
Disease of the Biflex Canal[207]
Dysentery[208]
Flies[209]
Fouls[209]
Fractures[210]
Garget[211]
Goitre[211]
Grub in the Head[212]
Hoof-Ail[214]
Hoove[225]
Hydatid on the Brain[226]
Obstruction of the Gullet[228]
Ophthalmia[229]
Palsy[229]
Pelt-Rot[230]
Pneumonia[230]
Poison[233]
Rot[233]
Scab[236]
Small-Pox[239]
Sore Face[242]
Sore Mouth[243]
Ticks[243]
ILLUSTRATIONS.
A Leicester Ram[15]
Rocky Mountain Sheep[19]
A Merino Ram[25]
A Spanish Sheep-Dog[28]
Out at Pasture[35]
A Country Scene[41]
A South-Down Ram[47]
The Cotswold[52]
A Cheviot Ewe[54]
Skeleton of the Sheep as Covered by the Muscles[57]
The Wallachian Sheep[64]
The Happy Trio[81]
The Scotch Sheep-Dog or Colley[100]
Ewe and Lambs[117]
Feeding and Management[129]
A Covered Salting-Box[130]
A Convenient Box-Rack[147]
A Hole-Rack[148]
The Hopper-Rack[150]
An Economical Sheep-Trough[151]
Sheep-Barn with Sheds[152]
A Shed of Rails[155]
Washing Apparatus[162]
Toe-nippers[166]
Fleece[167]
Shepherd’s Crook[176]
The Shepherd and his Flock[179]
Drover’s or Butcher’s Dog[185]
Quiet Enjoyment[195]
An English Rack for Feeding Sheep[203]
A Barrack for Storing Sheep Fodder[228]
The Broad-tailed Sheep[236]
CONTENTS.
SWINE AND THEIR DISEASES.
HISTORY AND BREEDS[245](7)
American Swine[254](16)
The Byefield[256](18)
The Bedford[256](18)
The Leicester[257](19)
The Yorkshire[257](19)
The Chinese[258](20)
The Suffolk[260](22)
The Berkshire[261](23)
Natural History of the Hog[263](25)
Formation of the Teeth[265](27)
BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT[267](29)
Breeding[267](29)
Points of a Good Hog[274](36)
Treatment during Pregnancy[276](38)
Abortion[277](39)
Parturition[279](41)
Treatment while Suckling[282](44)
Treatment of Young Pigs[283](45)
Castration[284](46)
Spaying[286](48)
Weaning[287](49)
Ringing[289](51)
Feeding and Fattening[290](52)
Piggeries[295](57)
Slaughtering[298](60)
Pickling and Curing[300](62)
Value of the Carcass[304](66)
DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES[307](69)
Catching the Pig[308](70)
Bleeding[309](71)
Drenching[310](72)
Catarrh[310](72)
Cholera[311](73)
Crackings[314](76)
Diarrhœa[314](76)
Fever[315](77)
Foul Skin[317](79)
Inflammation of the Lungs[317](79)
Jaundice[318](80)
Leprosy[319](81)
Lethargy[319](81)
Mange[320](82)
Measles[322](84)
Murrain[323](85)
Quinsy[323](85)
Staggers[323](85)
Swelling of the Spleen[323](85)
Surfeit[325](87)
Tumors[325](87)
ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Wild Boar[245](7)
The Wild Boar at Bay[252](14)
The Chinese Hog[259](21)
The Suffolk[260](22)
A Berkshire Boar[261](23)
Skeleton of the Hog as Covered by the Muscles[263](25)
The Old Country Well[267](29)
Wild Hogs[279](41)
The Old English Hog[299](61)
A Wicked-Looking Specimen[307](69)
Hunting The Wild Boar[315](77)
CONTENTS.
POULTRY AND THEIR DISEASES.
HISTORY AND VARIETIES[327](7)
The Domestic Fowl[327](7)
The Bantam[330](10)
The African Bantam[331](11)
The Bolton Gray[333](13)
The Blue Dun[334](14)
The Chittagong[335](15)
The Cochin China[336](16)
The Cuckoo[339](19)
The Dominique[340](20)
The Dorking[340](20)
The Fawn-colored Dorking[343](23)
The Black Dorking[343](23)
The Dunghill Fowl[344](24)
The Frizzled Fowl[344](24)
The Game Fowl[345](25)
The Mexican Hen-Cock[347](27)
The Wild Indian Game[348](28)
The Spanish Game[348](28)
The Guelderland[349](29)
The Spangled Hamburgh[350](30)
The Golden Spangled[350](30)
The Silver Spangled[351](31)
The Java[352](32)
The Jersey-Blue[352](32)
The Lark-Crested Fowl[352](32)
The Malay[354](34)
The Pheasant-Malay[356](36)
The Plymouth Rock[357](37)
The Poland[358](38)
The Black Polish[360](40)
The Golden Polands[361](41)
The Silver Polands[363](43)
The Black-topped White[364](44)
The Shanghae[364](44)
The White Shanghae[367](47)
The Silver Pheasant[368](48)
The Spanish[369](49)
Natural History of Domestic Fowls[372](52)
The Guinea Fowl[378](58)
The Pea Fowl[381](61)
The Turkey[386](66)
The Wild Turkey[386](66)
The Domestic Turkey[391](71)
The Duck[394](74)
The Wild Duck[396](76)
The Domestic Duck[398](78)
The Goose[402](82)
The Wild Goose[402](82)
The Domestic Goose[404](84)
The Bernacle Goose[407](87)
The Bremen Goose[409](89)
The Brent Goose[410](90)
The China Goose[411](91)
The White China[413](93)
The Egyptian Goose[414](94)
The Java Goose[415](95)
The Toulouse Goose[415](95)
The White-fronted Goose[416](96)
The Anatomy of the Egg[417](97)
BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT[421](101)
Breeding[421](101)
High Breeding[422](102)
Selection of Stock[429](109)
Feeding[432](112)
Bran[435](115)
Millet[436](116)
Rice[436](116)
Potatoes[436](116)
Green Food[437](117)
Earth-Worms[437](117)
Animal Food[438](118)
Insects[439](119)
Laying[439](119)
Preservation of Eggs[443](123)
Choice of Eggs for Setting[446](126)
Incubation[449](129)
Incubation of Turkeys[453](133)
Incubation of Geese[454](134)
Rearing of the Young[455](135)
Rearing of Guinea Fowls[458](138)
Rearing of Turkeys[459](139)
Rearing of Ducklings[461](141)
Rearing of Goslings[463](143)
Caponizing[464](144)
Fattening and Slaughtering[468](148)
Slaughtering and Dressing[472](152)
Poultry-Houses[474](154)
DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES[478](158)
Asthma[479](159)
Costiveness[480](160)
Diarrhœa[481](161)
Fever[482](162)
Indigestion[482](162)
Lice[483](163)
Loss of Feathers[485](165)
Pip[485](165)
Roup[488](168)
Wounds and Sores[490](170)
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Varieties of Fowl[327](7)
The Bantam[331](11)
Bantam[332](12)
Bolton Grays or Creole Fowl[333](13)
Cochin Chinas[337](17)
White Dorkings[341](21)
Gray Game Fowls[346](26)
Guelderlands[349](29)
Hamburgh Fowls[350](30)
Malays[354](34)
Poland Fowls[359](39)
Shanghaes[365](45)
White Shanghaes[367](47)
Spanish Fowls[369](49)
The Guinea Fowl[379](59)
The Pea Fowl[382](62)
The Wild Turkey[386](66)
The Domestic Turkey[392](72)
The Eider Duck[395](75)
Wild Duck[397](77)
Rouen Duck[399](79)
Wild or Canada Goose[403](83)
A Bremen Goose[409](89)
China or Hong Kong Goose[411](91)
Barnyard Scene[421](101)
Fighting Cocks[429](109)
On the Watch[439](119)
Marquee Or Tent-shaped Coops[456](136)
Duck-Pond and Houses[461](141)
A Bad Style of Slaughtering[468](148)
Rustic Poultry-House[475](155)
A Fancy Coop in Chinese or Gothic Style[476](156)
Among the Straw[478](158)
Prairie Hens[483](163)
Swans[488](168)

With a single exception—that of the dog—there is no member of the beast family which presents so great a diversity of size, color, form, covering, and general appearance, as characterizes the sheep; and none occupy a wider range of climate, or subsist on a greater variety of food. This animal is found in every latitude between the Equator and the Arctic circle, ranging over barren mountains and through fertile valleys, feeding upon almost every species of edible forage—the cultivated grasses, clovers, cereals, and roots—browsing on aromatic and bitter herbs alike, cropping the leaves and barks from stunted forest shrubs and the pungent, resinous evergreens. In some parts of Norway and Sweden, when other resources fail, he subsists on fish or flesh during the long, rigorous winter, and, if reduced to necessity, even devours his own wool.