ILLUSTRATIONS 



Study in Type and Form for Breeder and Feeder . . Frontispiece 



Successful Sheep Husbandry depends largely upon the Shepherd xiv 



An Excellent Study in Downs 7 



Oregon Sheep on their Native Pasture . 12 



Dakotas at Home 15 



Yearlings fed experimentally on Corn and Clover Hay ... 23 



A Few Rams selected for Breeding Purposes in the West . . 31 



A Contrast in Type in Western Lambs 35 



A Field of Corn and Cowpeas 41 



Under Most Conditions Lambs will graze the Undergrowth with- 

 out eating the Corn 45 



Dogs are often a Great Help, but are seldom used in driving 



Fat Sheep 47 



Here it was planned to have the Sheep consume the Corn as 



well as the Undergrowth 51 



A Band of Western Lambs on Feed according to System IV . 55 

 An Orphan Lamb is often the First Live Stock owned by the 



Boy on the Farm 57 



Mexican Yearlings receiving Corn on Blue-Grass Pasture . . 59 



Plan for building Feeding Yards and Grain Troughs .... 62 



A View of the Troughs shown in the Diagram on Page 62 . . 63 



Crushing Ear Corn for Sheep 69 



Interior of one of the Large Barns at a Sheep-Feeding Station 



adjacent to Chicago 73 



Posing. From their Pictures we may study Sheep Character . 75 

 Cowpeas not only furnish Cheap and Excellent Lamb Feed but 



also aid materially in improving Soil Texture and Fertility . 79 

 Rape furnishes a Cheap and Efficient Roughness when fed in 



Conjunction with Corn 85 



Sixteen-Foot Wooden Hurdles, easily made and moved ... 87 



The Head of a Yearling Ram 91 



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