INDEX 



465 



Ewes, preparing for mating, 231 

 clipping around dock, 231 

 recording of service, 231 

 selection of, for farm flock (see 



Farm flock), 220 

 for mating, 38 

 for range flocks, 228 

 woolly-faced, not heavy milkers ; 128 

 Exmoor breed, 172 

 Eyes, sore, of young lambs, 265 

 due to eyelashes, 266 



Farm flock, buildings and equipment 



for, 435 



commercial, establishing the, 219 

 methods of, 219 

 with full flock, 219 

 with small flock, 219 

 ewes, culling out of, 224 

 replacing of, after flock is estab- 

 lished, 223 



early maturing stock, 224 

 from heavy milking dams, 224 

 of uniform age, 224 

 selecting of, 220 



constitution of animal, 221 



disposition, 223 



feeding conditions and purpose, 



223 



fleece, 222 



growth and thrift, 221 

 mutton form, 222 

 physical condition, 223 

 uniformity in breeding and size, 



220 



sources for securing, 220 

 ram, selection of, 224 



activity and vigor, 227 



breed type, 228 



fleece, 228 



if ewe lambs are saved for 



breeding purposes, 228 

 mutton type, 227 

 pure-bred animal imperative, 



225 



size, 227 

 with regard to defects of ewes, 



228 



Farm flock method of sheep raising, 22 

 Fattening, 369 

 age, effect of, on growth, 369 



on rate and economy of gain, 



371 

 30 



Fattening, concentrates, value of, 



commercial, 381 

 beet by-products, 381 

 molasses products, 381 

 wheat bran, 381 



screenings, 381 

 comparison of, 382 

 corn harvesting with lambs, 388 

 digestible nutrients, 377 

 feeder lambs, 369 

 grain, feeding value of, 379 

 barley, 380 

 emmer, 380 

 kafir corn, 380 

 oats, 380 

 protein requirement, 378 



age influence on, 379 

 ' roots, 383 

 roughages, 382 

 carbonaceous, 383 

 comparison of, 385 

 legume hay, 382 

 prairie hay, 383 

 sorghum hay, 383 

 straw, 383 

 timothy hay, 383 

 silage, 383 

 corn, 384 

 pea, 384 

 sorghum, 384 

 field feeding, 387 

 cornfields, 388 

 cornstalks, 390 

 gain in weight from, 390 

 general suggestions, 390 

 grass, 387 

 bluegrass, 387 

 timothy, 387 

 rape, 387 

 feeds, concentrates, 379 



commercial, 381 

 condition of, 377 

 corn, 375 



corn and clover hay, 376, 379 

 form to be given, 374 

 grain and roughage, proportion of, 



373 



ground, 375 

 protein, 378 

 roots, 377 

 roughages, 376 

 silage, 376 



