INDEX. 



367 



Flies, pine tar repels, 186. 



Flock- 

 getting home with the, 101. 

 management of the, 171. 

 shift the, 168. 

 size of the, 26. 



Flocks, effect of on agriculture, 17. 



Forage, green for sheep, 155. 



Foot-rot, 192. 



Foot-scald, 192. 



France, flocks in, 13, 79. 



Gains on grass, 154. 



Garget, 319. 



Gasoline for stomach worms, 341. 



Goat, the milch, 360. 



Goats, Angora, 347. 



Grain for pregnant ewes, 120. 



Grass, feeding corn on, 154. 



Grass, growing lambs on, 158. 



Grass, infected, 158. 



Grass, waiting for in West, 224. 



Grub in head, 323. | 



Hampshires, 51. 



Hay, brine sprinkled over, 156. 



Hays for feeding, 282. 



Health and pink skin, 100. 



Herder, the maligned, 238. 



Herders in the West, 223. 



Hilly lands, Dorsets for, 63. 



Hurdles used in England, 139. 



Hurdling against flock evils, 158. 



Idaho, number of sheep in, 15. 

 Illinois, number of sheep in, 15. 

 Inbreeding, 96. 



Iowa, number of sheep in. 15. 

 India ink for tattooing, 211. 

 Indiana, number of sheep in, 15. 



Jones, C. C., quoted, 340. 



Kentucky, number of sheep in, 15. 

 Kids, care of, 358. 



Lambing tent, the, 196. 

 Lambing time, care at, 125. 

 Lambs 



buying to feed, 252. 



buying on the range, 259. 



castration of, 161. 



causes of death in, 296. 



chilled, 128. 



Colorado alfalfa-fed, 268. 



cost of growing, 140. 



cow's milk for, 128. 



cross-breeding for, 80. 



dressing for market, 148. 



dressed fat winter, 150. 



docking. 159. 



ewe, 122. 



fall, 198. 



feeding for market, 139, 142. 



foretelling advent of, 125. 



growing on grass alono, 158. 



helping to first meal, 126. 



high-quality, 41. 



keeping in health, 168. 



making ewes own their, 130. 



marketing spring, 158. 



Mexican type of, 253. 



not owned by ewes, 129. 



oilmeal for, 141. 



prices for dressed, 148. 



La mbs 



pure water for, 147. 



range, not recognized by ewes, 236. 



rations for, 140. 



shade for, 155. 



sore eyes among, 137. 



sore-mouthed, 138. 



treatment of late-born, 151. 



trimming range, 234. 



weaning, 148, 161. 



when six weeks old, 148. 



when to dock, 159. 

 Leases of range, 227. 

 Leicesters, 56. 



Lime and sulphur dip, 108. 

 Lincolns, 58. 

 Long-wools, the, 56. 

 Lungworms in grass, 158. 



Manure, waste of, 156. 



Market, feeding for, 142. 



Marking, methods of, 209-212. 



Mating, 113. 



Merino blood, value of, 23, 28, 31. 



Merinos 



American, 31. 



Delaine, 33. 



Dishley, 79. 



flocks of, 24. 



handling, 40. 

 Mexican 



lambs as feeders, 222. 



native sheep, 215. 



methods of management, 216. 



sheep, character of, 216. 

 Michigan, lamb feeding in, 300. 

 Michigan, number of sheep in, 15. 

 Middlings, wheat, 146. 

 Miller, H. P., quoted, 149. 

 Milk, cow's, for lambs, 128. 

 Milk-flow, feed for, 132. 

 Milk-flow of ewes, 119. 

 Missouri, number of sheep in, 15. 

 Montana, number of sheep in, 15. 

 Mountain breeds, the, 64. 

 Mountain ranges, sheep on, 225. 

 Mutton- 

 amount of made on peas, 266. 



breeds, the, 43. 



cost of making lamb. 286. 



making in May and June, 152. 



prejudice against, 16. 



Nevada, number of sheep in, 15. 



New Mexico, flock husbandry in, 218. 



New Mexico, old days in, 218. 



New Mexico, number of sheep in, 15. 



New York, number of sheep in, 15. 



New Zealand, quality of flocks in, 24.'}. 



Nodular disease, 177, 324. 



North Dakota, number of sheep in, 15. 



Nubian goats, 363. 



Oats and alfalfa, 180. 



Oats, feeding, 146. 



Ohio, number of sheep in. 15. 



Ohio, Rambouillets in, 38. 



Oilmeal for lambs, 141. 



Orchard grass, 181. 



Oregon, number of sheep in, 15. 



Oxfords, 53. 



Packers and price of mutton, 17. 

 Panels, using, 124. 



