CONTENTS 7 



A System of Management that Insures a Healthy Flock. . .170 



Use of Sown Pastures 178 



Oats and Alfalfa Pasture 180 



Clover and Alfalfa Pasture 181 



Danger from Clover and Alfalfa Pasture. . 182 



The Use of Rape 187 



Cabbages 189 



Pumpkins 189 



Care of the Feet 191 



Foot-Rot and Foot-Scald 192 



Advent of Late Lambs 194 



The Lambing Tent 196 



Fall Lambs 198 



CHAPTER VII. 



WASHING, SHEARING AND MARKING 200-214 



Washing and Shearing 201 



Shearing 202 



Shearing Machines : 205 



Marking 209 



Tattoo Mark 210 



Marking Pure-bred Lambs 212 



CHAPTER VIII. 



FLOCK HUSBANDRY IN THE WESTERN STATES 215-260 



New Mexico '. 215 



Character of Mexican Sheep 216 



"The Good Old Times" in New Mexico 218 



Modern Management 218 



Diseases of the Range 221 



Mexican Lambs as Feeders 222 



The Wandering Herds 222 



Waiting for Grass to Come 224 



The Blood of the Herds 226 



The Division of the Ranges 226 



Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas 227 



Parasitic Infection of the Ranges 228 



Future of the Northern Plains Region 228 



Management of the Range Rams 230 



Where the Rams Come From 231 



The Breeding Season , 232 



Vigor of Ewes and Lambs 232 



The Busy Shepherd at Lambing Time 233 



