INDEX. 



Age, advanced of Merinos, 41. 

 Alfalfa and oats, 180. 

 Alfalfa hay for ewes, 120. 

 Angora goats, 347. 

 Argentina, Lincoln blood in, 58. 



Bakewell, Robt., 56. 



Barn for lambs, 279. 



Barns, ventilation of, 123. 



Beet pulp, 295. 



Binder twine injures wool, 204. 



Black-faces, 66. 



Blacktops, 33. 



Bleeding from docking, 160. 



Bloat, remedies for, 184. 



Bloating, 182. 



Bluegrass for ewes, 120. 



Bluestone for stomach worms, 340. 



Bone, developing, 142. 



Bonemeal for feeding, 141. 



Bran for ewes after lambing, 132. 



Bran, wheat, for ewes, 120. 



Breeding, cross, 76. 



Breeding season on the range, 232. 



Breeds and parasites, 22. 



Breeds, the mutton compared, 54. 



Brine sprinkled on hay, 156. 



Brome grass, 176, 182. 



Burnett, Prof. E. A., quoted, 273. 



Cabbages, 189. 



California, number of sheep in, 15. 



Canadian peas for lamb feeding, 262. 



Castrating old rams, 160. 



Castration of lambs, 161. 



Cattle and sheep, 244. 



Cheviots, 64. 



Chicago, buying ewes in, 255. 



Clover and alfalfa pasture, 181. 



Clover for ewes, 120. 



Coaltar dip, 106. 



Coffey, Prof. W. C., on silage, 134. 



Colorado, alfalfa-fed lambs in, 268. 



number of sheep in, 15. 



pea-feeding in, 261. 

 Commission men aid in securing feed- 

 ers, 259. 

 Corn 



amount of for 100 lambs, 289. 



cracked, 146. 



feeding on grass, 154. 



for lamb fattening, 287. 



shelling by lambs, 148. 



shock for sheep, 306. 

 Cornbelt, sheep-farms in, 176. 

 Cornbelt, sheep feeding in the, 276. 

 Corrals and coyotes, 230. 

 Cost of lamb mutton, 286. 

 Cotswolds, 57. 

 Cowpeas, 147. 

 Coyotes, 230, 233. 

 Crating dressed lamb, 150. 

 Creeps, 139, 143, 162. 

 Creosote for stomach worms, 339. 

 Crook, the shepherd's, 124. 



Cross-breeding, 23, 76, 84. 

 Davis, Dr. J. B., 351. 

 Delacour's, M., flock, 79. 

 Dip, heating for use, 106. 

 Dip, kinds of, 108. 

 Dipping 



at markets, 247. 



importance of, 102. 



necessity for, 246. 



regular urged, 110. 



summary of, 110. 



vat, the, 105. 

 Diseases, 311. 

 Disease due to overuse of soil or cor 



ners, 158. 



Dishley Merinos, 79. 

 Disinfectant in docking, 160. 

 Docking, 159. 



Doors for sheep barns, 123, 278. 

 Dorsets, 60. 



Dorset blood for crossing, 85. 

 Dorsetshire, shepherds in, 13. 

 Downs, the, in England. 44. 

 Dressing lambs for market, 148. 



Ear tags for marking, 209. 

 Ewe, countenance of, 123. 

 Ewe, delivery by the, 125. 



(366) 



age of for discarding, 256. 

 assort for mating, 113. 

 clip wool from udders of, 124. 

 dipping pregnant, 110. 

 fall treatment of, 112. 

 feeding after lambing, 131. 

 feeding pregnant, 120. 

 old for feeding, 254. 

 pregnant, care of, 117. 

 rams running with, 199. 

 selecting, 99. 



separating lambs from, 148. 

 shearing early, 121. 

 short-legged, 101. 

 sore teats of, 138. 

 when to breed, 114. 

 young disown lambs, 129. 

 Exercising sheep, 187. 



Fattening lambs on grass, 154. 

 Feed for a breeding flock, 22. 

 Feed for milk production, 132. 

 Feed-racks, 122, 281. 

 Feeders, selection of, 248. 

 Feeding 



ewes, 22. 



for market, 142. 



mill screenings, 275. 



peas in Colorado, 261. 



sheep in the cornbelt, 277. 



western lambs, 244. 

 Feet, care of the, 191. 

 Fine-wool breeds, the, 27. 

 Fleece, water in a, 121. 

 Fleeces, some heavy, 30. 



