8 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA 



The Coyote 233 



"Trimming" the Lambs 234 



Shearing on the Range 236 



Dipping 237 



The Maligned "Sheep Herder" 238 



tips and Downs of the Business 241 



The Hopeful Outlook 242 



A Work to be Done 242 



Sheep Advance; Cattle Retreat 244 



Winter Feeding of Sheep and Lambs 244 



Necessity for Dipping 246 



Selection of Feeders '. 248 



Feeding of Lambs 260 



CHAPTER IX. 



WESTERN LAMB FEEDING 261-310 



Pea Feeding in Colorado 261 



Canadian Peas for Lamb Feeding 262 



Peas in the San Luis Valley 263 



Amount of Lamb Mutton from an Acre of Peas 266 



Alfalfa-fed Colorado Lambs 268 



Feeding Mill Screenings 275 



Sheep Feeding in-the Cornbelt 276 



Use of Self-Feeders 295 



Feeding Beet Pulp 295 



Causes of Death in the Feedlot 296 



Peas for Lambs 299 



Lamb Feeding in Michigan 300 



The Business of Lamb Feeding 302 



Feeding of Older Sheep 302 



Feeding Mature Wethers 304 



CHAPTER X. 



DISEASES OF SHEEP 311-346 



Ailments in General 311 



Importance of Post-Mortem Dissection 317 



Other Diseases of Sheep 318 



Garget, or Mammitis 319 



Grubs in the Head 323 



Liver Fluke "The Rot" 324 



Nodular Disease 324 



Tapeworms 325 



Husk, Hoose, or Parasitic Bronchitis 327 



