Index. 



305 



Scrub ram unprofitable, 4 

 Setting a sheep on its rump, 25 

 Self-feeders or hand-feeding, 157 

 Shearing, 89 

 Shearing ewes before or after 



lambing, 96 

 Shearing machine, 91 

 Shearing sheep, cruelty in, 19 

 Sheep barn, 37 

 Sheep economical meat producers, 



1 



Sheep husbandry, advantages of, 2 

 Sheep to the acre, 144 

 Shelter for ewes in winter, 41 



fattening sheep, 157 

 show sheep, 194 



Shipping, crowding in cars dan- 

 gerous, 167 



how to feed before, 166 

 Showing sheep, 177 

 Show rams for breeding, 9 

 Show sheep, blanketing, 192 

 classes of, 180 

 coloring, 192 

 feed for, 184 

 reducing after fairs, 



195 



shelter for, 194 

 training for ring, 193 

 trimming feet of, 195 

 Shropshire, description of, 251 



scale of points of, 254 

 Silage, corn, danger from mouldy, 



35 



for ewes, 35 

 for fattening, 161 

 frozen, dangerous, 35 

 Sore sheaths, 125, 211 

 Sore teats, 59 

 Sore teeth, 26 

 South Devon, 291 

 Southdown, description of, 261 



scale of points of, 263 

 Soy beans for fattening, 161 

 Speltz for fattening, 160 

 Stretches or colic, 124 

 Succulent feeds for ewes, 34 



for fattening, 161 



Suffolk, description of, 271 



scale of points of, 273 

 Sugar beets dangerous to rams and 



wethers, 133 

 Summer feeding and care, 131 



Tagging ewes at lambing time, 59 



Tank for dipping, 99 



Teats, sore, 59 



Teeth, age determined by, 27 



changes in, 31 



milk, 29 



permanent, 29 



sore, 26 

 Timothy hay poor for sheep, 36, 



161 



Training sheep for show ring, 193 

 Trimming show sheep, 186 

 Trimming sheep, a help in, 191 

 Trimming wether lambs, 216 

 Trimming the feet, 100 

 Trimmtng feet t>f -sfcow s&efip, 195 

 Triplets, 45 

 Tunis sheep, 171 



description of, 274 

 scale of points of, 276 

 Turnips for fall and winter feed- 

 ing, 133 

 Twin lambs, 45 

 Twine, paper, 94 

 Tying up fleece, 93 



Udders, caked, 58 



inflamed, 58 



Weaning the lambs, 83 

 Weeds, destroyed by sheep, 1 

 Wensleydale, 291 



Wet beet pulp for fattening, 163 

 Wether lambs, danger of founder- 

 ing, 211 

 fitting, 211 

 trimming, 216 

 Wethers, age to show, 202 



best class to fit, 203 

 feeding, 204 

 fitting for shows, 197 

 fitting yearling, 206 



