478 



INDEX 



Stomach worm, eradication of. 



drenches, 300 

 coal-tar creosote, 301 

 copper sulfate, 301 

 gasoline, 301 

 how to give, 302 

 when to give, 303 

 keeping host animals off pas- 

 tures, 300 



plowing the land, 300 

 examination for, 298 

 harm done by, 299 

 life history of, 296 

 eggs, 296 



larvae, ensheathed, 297 

 temperature, effect of, on, 



297 



young, 297 

 mature worm, 298 

 prevention of, by use of dry lot, 



303 



symptoms of, 299 

 Straw, feeding value of, 383 

 Strays, losses by, 424 

 Student's score card No. 9, 84 

 Suborbital face glands, 46 

 Suffolk breed, 137 



breeding qualities, 137 

 description, 137 

 distribution, 139 

 for cross-breeding, 139 

 hardiness, 139 

 history, 137 

 mutton quality, 137 

 properties, 137 



Summer enemies of the flock, 296 

 Supplies for lambing, 247 



Tape-worm, 304 



symptoms, 304 

 Teaser, 234 

 Teeth of sheep, 57 



indicators of age, 61 



of advanced age, 62 

 Territory wools, 320 

 Ticks, 306 

 Timothy, fattening value of, 387 



feeding value of, 276 

 Tobacco dip, 310 

 Troughs, feeding, 364, 441 



watering, 445 

 Tunis, American, 184 



breeding habits of, 64 



description, 186 



Tunis, history, 184 

 properties, 187 



wool, 187 

 Twine tying,, 325 

 Types of sheep (see Sheep, types of), 



325 



Udder troubles, 255 

 garget, 255 

 inflammation, 255 

 teats, hard core in, 256 



sore, 256 



United States, cross-breeding in, 41 

 sheep raising in, adaptability 

 important, 35 



Water, for fattening sheep, 361 

 Weaning, 291 



feeding lambs after, 292 

 procedure in, 291 

 proper age for, 291 

 separation of lambs from ewes, 292 

 treatment of ewes after, 293 

 Webb, Jonas, 102 



Southdowns improved by, 105 

 Welsh Mountain sheep, 172 

 Wensleydale sheep, 175 

 Wethers, 78, 341 

 fattening of, 370 

 feeder, scarcity of, 370 

 Wheat bran, feeding value of, 381 



screenings, 'feeding value of, 381 

 White scours, 264 

 Wiltshires, 122 

 Womb, eversion of, after lambing, 254 



treatment of, 254 

 Wool, best types of, 223 



branding with paint detrimental to, 



317 



classifications and grades of, 318 

 classes of, age influence on, 318 

 carpet, 318 

 clothing, 318 

 combing, 318 



comparative value of, 318 

 noils, 318 

 cleanliness, 317 

 color, 28 

 condition, 316 



counts to which it will spin, 320 

 cross-bred, 30 

 fibers, off-colored, 314 

 strength of, 315 

 tests for, 315 



