x CONTENTS 



PART IV THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FLOCK 



XXIX. ESTABLISHING THE COMMERICAL FARM FLOCK 219 



XXX. THE BREEDING SEASON 230 



XXXI. CARE OF EWES DURING PREGNANCY 236 



XXXII. THE LAMBING PERIOD 246 



XXXIII. GROWING THE LAMB 267 



XXXIV. SUMMER MANAGEMENT 291 



XXXV. THE WOOL CROP 314 



PART V SHEEP FEEDING 



XXXVI. HISTORY OF SHEEP FEEDING IN THE UNITED STATES 335 



XXXVII. MARKET CLASSES OF SHEEP 340 



XXXVIII. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SHEEP AND LAMB FEEDING. . 355 

 XXXIX. SOME IMPORTANT FACTORS AFFECTING THE RATE AND 



ECONOMY OF GAIN 369 



XL. FEEDING SHEEP AND LAMBS IN THE FIELD THROUGH A PART 



OR ALL OF THE FEEDING PERIOD 387 



PART VI SHEEP MANAGEMENT ON THE RANGES IN THE 

 WESTERN STATES 



XLI. NATURE OF THE RANGE AND OF THE SHEEP 393 



XLII. MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP ON RANGES IN THE WEST 402 



XLIII. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN RANGE CONDITIONS DURING THE 



PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS 426 



PART VII MISCELLANEOUS 



XLIV. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT FOR FARM FLOCKS 435 



XLV. PREPARING MUTTON ON THE FARM 449 



INDEX .461 



