302 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



Constipation in lambs, 50 

 Corn for fattening, 158 

 Corn fodder, 36 

 Corn silage, see Silage 

 Corriedale, description of, 289 

 Cotswold, description of, 277 



scale of points of ram, 

 279 



scale of points of ewe, 



280 



Cotton-seed meal for fattening, 160 

 Cowpea hay for fattening, 161 

 Cow's milk for lambs, 69 

 Creep, lamb, 65 

 Culling the ewe flock, 137 

 Culling the lamb flock, 138 



Dead furrows, danger from, 142 

 Delaine Merino, description of, 295 

 Devon Long Wool, 291 

 Dipping, 88, 98 

 Docking lambs, 77 

 Dog problem, 3 



Doors, danger from narrow, 37 

 Dorset ewes, care of, 171 

 Dorset Horn, description of, 265 



scale of points of, 266 

 Dorset Horns for winter lambs, 



170 

 Drainage, importance of, for sheep 



barn, 37 



Drenching sheep, 113 

 Dried beet pulp for fattening, 158 

 Drying up ewes, 86 



Ear label, 72 



Emmer for fattening, 160 



Ewe flock, the, 17 



Ewes, assisting in lambing, 52 



care of, at breeding time, 



139 



care of newly lambed, 51 

 care of, after weaning, 84 

 culling the, 137 

 drying up the, 86 

 exercise for, in winter, 39, 44 

 feed for, after lambing, 57 

 flushing out, after lambing, 

 57 



Ewes Cont. 



flushing the, 134 

 gestation, period of, 43 

 grade or pure-bred, 17 

 grain for, in winter, 33 

 number of, to one ram, 15 

 shearing before or after 



lambing, 96 

 succulent feeds for, 34 

 tagging, at lambing time, 59 

 time to breed, 139 

 time to breed lambs, 18 

 Examining the teeth, 27 

 Exercise, importance of, 



for ewes. 39, 44 



for show sheep, 185, 210 



little for fattening sheep, 



155 

 Exmoor, 291 



Fairs, judging sheep at, 221 

 Fattening, age of sheep to feed for, 



146 



for market, 145 

 grain for, 158 

 principles of, 149 

 roughages for, 160 

 shelter necessary for, 



157 



succulent feeds for, 161 

 Fat wethers, see Wethers 

 Feeders, age of, 146 



market grades of, 299 

 selection of, 147 

 Feed for ewe after lambing, 57 

 Feed for the ram, 16 

 Feeding for market, 145 

 Feeding, order of, 153 



principles of, 149 

 Feet trimming, 100 

 Field peas for fattening, 160 

 Field peas, grazing on, 161 

 Fitting breeding class, time to 



start, 183 



Fitting sheep for show ring, 177 

 Fitting wethers for shows, 197 

 Fleece, tying up the, 93 

 Flock, establishing the, 1 



management of the, 19 

 small, for be.ffinne.rs 9 



