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(2) Age and thrift. 



(3) Breed and quality. 



b. Buildings and equipment. 



c. Conditioning ewes for mating. 



d. Preparing ram for breeding season. 



e. Number of rams to ewes. 

 /. Breeding ewe lambs. 



g. Care of ewes during pregnancy. 

 h. Time and length of breeding season. 

 i. Feed of breeding flock. 

 j. Dipping. 

 k. Lambing time. 

 I. Care of ewes and lambs. 

 m. The ewes' feed. 

 n. Salt and salting. 

 0. Disorders of udder. 

 p. Caring for orphan lambs. 

 q. Care of weak lambs. 

 r. Docking and castrating. 

 s. Marketing the lambs. 

 t. Weaning stocker lambs. 

 u. Handling in hot weather. 

 V. Shearing and marketing wool (brief). 

 w. Future of farm flock. 



2. Cattle (outline comparable to that for sheep). 



3. Goats (outline comparable to that for sheep). 



4. Cost of livestock production. 



A. Cattle. 



a. Eastern States. 



b. Southern States. 



c. Middle Western States. 



d. Western range States. 



B. Sheep. 



a. Same detail as in " a " to " d " above. 

 C Goats. 



