VUI CONTENTS. 



sitian ; — (78) Breeds required for Britain — 

 (79) Varied nature of the food of Sheep ;— (80) 

 Influence of food on the quaUty of Mutton ; — 

 (81) Differences in the quality of Mutton ; — (82) 

 Abuses in Feeding ; — (83) Tendency to acquire 

 Fat ; — (84) Frequent change of Pasture necessary ; 

 — (85) Varieties induced by apparently trivial 

 causes; — (86) Varieties from mode of Breeding, 

 —(87) Breeding in and in ; — (88) Opponents of 

 in and in Breeding ; — (89) Breeding from differ- 

 ent families of the same race ; — (90) Crossing ; — 



(91) Things to be attended to in Crossing; — 



(92) Choice of Parents ;— (93) Influence of Sex ; 

 — (94) Method of obtaining a greater number of 

 one Sex, at the option of the Proprietor 67 



CHAPTER y. 



MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP, 



(95) Introductory remarks ; — (96) Putting Tups to 

 Ewes; — (97) Early Lambs; — (98) Lambing-time; 

 —(99) Washing;— (100) Shearing ; — ( 101) 

 Weaning ;_( 102) Smearing ;—( 103) Fattitig . . 128 



CHAPTER VI. 



ACCIDENTS AND OPERATIONS. 



( 104) Introductory obsei-vations ; — (105) Wounds , 

 _(106) Stoppage of Bleeding ;_( 107) Removal 

 of Extraneous Matter from Wounds; — (108) 

 Closure of Wounds ;— (109) Bandaging ;—( 1 10) 

 After-treatment of Clean Cuts; — (HI) After- 

 treatment of Punctures; — (112) Bruises and 



