xii Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



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33 An unusually heavy fleece 95 



34 Trimming the hoof with a jack knife 101 



35 Pruning knife, or clippers, for trimming feet__ 102 



36 Different stages of wool between fleece and yarn 104 



37 Drenching bottle 112 



38 Drenching a large sheep 113 



39 Drenching a small sheep 114 



40 Southdown show wethers, 1915 118 



41 First prize pen grade Shropshire wethers, Internation- 



al, 1913 122 



42 Yearling wethers fitted for 1914 show__ 126 



43 Champion Rambouillet ram and ewe 132 



44 Group of yearling wethers 138 



45 Pure-bred Southdown yearling withers 142 



46 Pen of five grade yearling wethers 152 



47 Champion Cheviot and Rambouillet yearling wethers 156 



48 First prize pen of grade Shropshire yearling wethers. 162 



49 The difference between a good and poor sire-_ 168 



50 Grade Dorset ewes and their lambs 170 



51 A sheep properly crated for shipment 174 



52 First prize pen of grade Shropshire wether lambs 176 



53 Champion Southdown yearling wether 179 



54 Champion pure-bred Cheviot yearling wether, before 



and after trimming 188 



55 Champion pure-bred Oxford yearling wether, before 



and after trimming 190 



56 Champion grade Shropshire yearling wether . . 198 



57 Pure-bred Shropshire yearling whether 201 



58 Pair of Southdown yearling wethers 205 



59 Champion pure-bred Southdown yearling wether 208 



60 Grand champion pure-bred Southdown yearling 



wether 210 



61 Champion pure-bred Cheviot yearling wether_______ 212 



62 Sheep showing butcher cuts 214 



63 A good and an inferior lamb carcass 215 



64 Prize-winning dressed carcasses at the International, 



1913.. 216 



