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INDEX. 



Parasitic infection of ranges, 228. 

 Parasites, internal, 164. 

 Parasites and breeds, 22. 

 Pasturing alfalfa, 186. 

 Pastures and stomach worms, 174. 

 Pastures, change, 168. 

 Pastures, use of sown, 178. 

 Pasture, fencing off for ewes, 154. 

 Pea feeding in Colorado, 261. 

 Peas 



field, 147. 



for lambs, 299. 



lamb mutton made on, 266. 

 Pennsylvania, number of sheep in, 15. 

 Persian sheep, 69. 

 Peters, Col. Richard, 352. 

 Pinchers for docking, 159. 

 Pine tar and flies, 186. 

 Plains, the Northern, 228. 

 Protein, sources of, 147. 

 Pulp, beet, feeding, 295. 

 Pumpkins, 189. 

 Pumpkin seeds as a vermifuge, 112. 



Racks, forms of, 122. 

 Rain in fleeces, 121. 

 Rambouillets, 37. 

 Ram 



management of the, 115. 



selection of a, 89. 



when to use the, 114. 

 Rams- 

 number of ewes for, 90, 116. 



old, castrating, 160. 



range, management of, 230. 



running with ewes, 199. 



sources of, 231. 

 Range 



breeding season, 232. 



buying lambs on the, 259. 



dipping, 237. 



diseases on the, 221. 



flocks, improving, 243. 



methods of management, 218-221. 



methods of trimming, 234. 



shearing on the, 236. 



sheep industry, the, 241-244. 

 Ranges, cross-breeding on, 83. 

 Ranges, division of the, 226. 

 Rape, the use of, 187. 

 Ration for milk production, 132. 

 Restocking with sheep, 88. 

 Roots for ewes, 135. 

 Ross, John, of Mickel Tarrell, 68. 

 Roving instinct of sheep, 224. 

 Rye as a feed, 146. 

 Rye for pasture, 178. 



Salt essential, 155. 



Salt in hay, 283. 



San Luis Valley lamb feeding, 261, 



263. 



Scab on the range, 221. 

 Scab, how to detect, 103. 

 Scotch Black-faced, 66. 

 Screenings, feeding, 275. 

 Self-feeders, 295. 

 Shade for lambs, 155. 

 Shearing machines, 205. 

 Shearing, methods of, 202. 

 Shearing on the range, 236. 

 Shearing-time, 201. 



Sheds, movable, 156. 

 Sheep 



farming in America, 14. 



English ideals of, 43. 



feeding thin, 250. 



number of in states, 15. 



restocking with, 88. 



washing, 200. 

 Shelter, temporary, 156. 

 Shepherds, British, 88. 

 Shepherds of old, 19. ( 



Shepherd, the western, 233. 

 Shropshires, 48. 



Silage, experience with, 133, 134, 290. 

 Silo, 292. 



Skin, look well to the, 100. 

 Skinner, Prof. J. H., on silage, 134. 

 Smith, Prof. W. W., on silage, 134. 

 Sore mouth in lambs, 138. 

 Southdowns, 44. 

 Soybeans, 147. 



Sterility and inbreeding, 97. 

 Stomach worms, 164, 170, 330, 338. 

 Suffolks, 55. 



Sussex, management in. 46. 

 Swedes for sheep in England, 135. 



Tails, cutting off, 159. 



Tapeworm, 112, 325. 



Tattoo marks, 210. 



Teats, sore, 138. 



Tents, lambing, 196. 



Texas, number of sheep in, 15. 



Tick, dipping for the, 102, 246. 



Trailing sheep, 223. 



Trimming feet, 192. 



Trochar, using for bloat, 185. 



Troughs for corn on grass, 154. 



Trough for treating foot disease, 193. 



Troughs, V-shaped, 120. 



Tunis sheep, 69. 



Turnips, 135. 



Type- 

 fixing, 94. 

 keeping a, 90. 

 what is? 90. 



Utah, number of sheep in, 15. 



Ventilation of sheep barns, 123. 

 Vetch, hairy, 147. 

 Vigor necessary in flock, 99. 

 Vitality from fresh blood, 98. 

 Von Homeyer Rambouillets, 36. 



Wandering range flocks, 222. 



Washing sheep, 200. 



Washington, number of sheep in, 15. 



Water, amount of in a fleece. 121. 



Water, pure for lambs, 147. 



Weaning, 161. 



Wethers, feeding mature, 304. 



Windbreaks in Colorado. 271. 



Wisconsin, number of sheep in, 15. 



Woodland Farm, silage on, 134. 



Wool- 

 cost of producing. 21, 25. 

 important in West, 70. 

 Merino. 29. 

 tariffs, 25. 

 washing, 200. 



Worms, lung in grass. 158. 



Wyoming, number of sheep in, 15. 



