CONTENTS 



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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 13 



SECTION I. 



HISTORY OF THE BREEDS 15 



Breeds 1. The Fine Wools Merino, Rambouillet. 

 2. The Medium Wools Shropshire, Southdown, Oxford, 

 Hampshire, Cheviot, Dorset, Suffolk. 3. The Long 

 Wools Leicester, Cotswold, Lincoln. 4. Lesser Known 

 Breeds Romney or Kent, Corriedale, Karakul, Black- 

 faced Highland, Tunis, Persian. 5. Cross-bred Sheep. 



SECTION II. 



ANATOMY 53 



Skeleton; Muscular System; Digestive System; Respira- 

 tory System ; Urinary Organs ; Male Genital Organs ; 

 Female Genital Organs ; Circulatory System ; Nervous 

 System; Organs of Special Sense. 



SECTION III. 



HYGIENE , 63 



General Care ; Handling ; Feeding ; Shepherd's Calendar ; 

 Care of the Ewe; Care of the Lamb; Care of the Buck. 



SECTION IV. 



MEDICINES AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION 75 



General Consideration ; Administering Medicines ; Dosage ; 

 Table of Drugs ; Emergency Medicine Case ; Disinfect- 

 ants ; Post Mortem Examinations. 



SECTION V. 



ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES 84 



1. Anthrax. 2. Malignant Edema, 3. Blackleg. 

 4. Bradsot. 5. Hemorrhagic Septicemia. 6. Rinder- 

 pest. 7. Sheep Pox. 8. Foot-and-Mouth Disease. 

 9. Tetanus. 10. Rabies. 11. Tuberculosis. 12. Case- 

 ous Lymph-adenitis. 13. Actinomycosis. 14. Glanders. 

 15. Contagious Abortion. 16. Piroplasmosis. 17. Foot 

 Rot. 18. Septicemia. 



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