538 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



Breeding : 



Season. 



Class of sif^. 



Cross-breeding. 



Effect on wool and mutton. 



Gestation period. 



Number of males to females. 



Maintaining the breeding herd. 

 Wool : 



Anatomy and classification of wool. 



Shearing. 



Marketing. 



Demand. 

 Marketing of stock: 



Season. 



Local sales. 



Sales and market centers. 



Prices. 



Fattening. 

 Dipping: 



Object. 



Season. 



Dipping plant. • 



Materials used. 



Cost. 



Results. 

 Castrating and docking : 



Methods. 



Season (fly time, inclement weather, etc.). 



Age of animal. 



Losses. 

 Herding : 



Methods. 



Application of different methods. 



Equipment. 



Cost. 

 Bedding. 

 Salt and salting : 



Influence of salt on health and action of animals. 



Kind of salt. 



How and when to supply salt. 



Amount. 



3. Control of live-stock losses must be accomplished chiefly through 

 the recognition and suppression of poisonous plants, the control of 

 predatory animals, diseases, and the prevention of undue exposure. 



The practicability and methods of disposing of patches of poisonous 

 plants, and indeed of fencing to prevent stock from grazing on poison- 

 infested areas, should be fully discussed. The effect of various meth- 

 ods of handling the stock in controlling losses of stock should also be 

 fully developed. The effects of such factors as excessive hunger, the 

 use of established bed grounds, lack of ample salt, and an inadequate 

 water supply on losses of stock from poisonous plants should be pointed 

 out and methods of avoiding such conditions proposed. The fact that a 

 plant toxic to one class of stock is not necessarily poisonous to another, 



