TABLE OF CONTENTS. XXV 



CHAPTER II. 



VARIETIES OP SHEEP AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS. 



PAGE 



Long-Wooled English Sheep. — II. Lincoln Sheep. — IIL Romney Marsh 

 Sheep. — ^IV. Leicester Sheep. — V. The Cotswolds. — VI. New Oxfordshire 

 Sheep. — VII. The Oxford-Downs. — VEIL Middle and Short-Wooled British 

 Breeds. — IX. White-faced Mountain Sheep. — X. Black-faced Highland, or 

 Scotch Sheep. — XI. Hampshire-Downs. — XII. Shropshire-Downs. — XIII. 

 South-Downs. — ^XIV. Other Breeds of Great Britain. — XV. Dorset Sheep. 

 — XVL Fine-Wooled Sheep. — XVII. American Merinos. — XVIII. The 

 Atwood and Hammond Merinos. — XIX. The Rich Merinos. — XX. About 

 Sheep in General.— XXI. The Average Wool per Sheep.— XXII. Summary 

 of British Breeds.— XXIII. The Sheep in Australia.— XXIV. The Wool 

 Harvest.— XXV. Where the W^orld's Sheep are Located.— XXVL The 

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CHAPTER III. 



BREEDING AND CARE OF SHEEP. 



Constant Watchfulness Necessary. — II. The Breeding Age of Sheep. — HI. 

 Crossing. — IV. Coupling. — V. The Proper Time for Coupling. — VI. Gesta- 

 tion. — VII. Keep a Record of the Breeding. — VIII. Management and Train- 

 ing of Rams. — IX. Pasturage for Sheep. — X. Water. — XI. Protection from 

 Insects. — XII. Early and Late Pasture and Feeding. — XIII. Winter Feed- 

 ing.— XIV. Sheep Barns.— XV. Grading the Sheep.— XVI. Feeding 

 Troughs and Racks. — ^XVII. Castration and Docking. — XVIII. Weaning the 

 Lambs.— XIX. Lambing Time.— XX. The Nursery.— XXI. Tagging Sheep. 

 —XXII. Washing and Shearing.— XXIII. Tying theWool.— XXIV. Dipping 

 and Anointing Sheep.— XXV. A Word About Goats.— XXVI. A Profitable 

 Industry.— XXVII. Habits of the Angora.— XXVIII. An Assistant to the 

 Farmer. — XXIX. Angoras in the United States. — XXX. Capabilities of the 

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BOOK IV— PART II. 



DISEASES OF SHEEP.— HOW TO KNOW THEM, THEIR 

 CAUSES. PREVENTION AND CURE. 



CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL DISEASES. 



Referring to Scientific Terms. — II. Inflammatory Diseases. — III. Distemper, 

 or Epizootic Catarrh. — IV. Grubs in the Head. — V. Hydatids on the Brain. 

 — VI. Apoplexy. — ^VII. Inflammation of the Brain. — VIII. Inflammation of 

 the Eyes. — IX. Swelled Head. — X. Vegetable Poisoning. — ^XL Tetanus or 

 Lockjaw. — XII. Paralysis or Palsy. — XIII. Rabies or Canine Madness 1069 



CHAPTER n. 



PARASITIC AND OTHER DISEASES. 



Scab, Ticks and Lice.— II. Foot Rot.— III. Foul in the Foot. — IV. Swollen 

 Foot and Gravel. — ^\''. Maggots from Blow Flies. — VI. Intestinal Worms. — 

 VII. The Rot or Liver Fluke.— VIII. Lung Worms.— IX. Sheep Worried 

 by Dogs. — ^X. Sprains, Strains and Bruises. — ^XI. Care When Lambing. — 

 XII. Navel 111.— XIIL Bare-Lot Method of Raising Lambs to avoid Nodule 

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