INDEX 



Alfalfa, 54, 92 



Barns, sheep-feeding, 72 



Beet pulp, 65 



Blue grass and corn, 53, 92 



Books on sheep, 123 



Bulletins on sheep, 124, 125 



Buyer, the, 106 



Buying the feeders, 26 



Catch crops, in corn, 39-43, 49, 77, 

 82 ; as a saving of corn in fat- 

 tening sheep, 90 



Classification of native and "West- 

 ern market sheep, 1 



Climate, ideal, for Western sheep, 9 



Climatic conditions, duplication of, 

 in selection of feeders, 18 



Concentrates, value of, 66 



Condition of sheep, consideration 

 of, in buying feeders, 36 ; ways 

 of determining, 101 



Corn, with blue grass, 53, 92 ; with a 

 catch crop of cowpeas and rape, 

 39-43, 77-83 ; the standard grain 

 for sheep, 68, 70 ; amount neces- 

 sary to fatten a sheep, 90 



Cornfield feeding of sheep, results 

 following, 94 



Cowpeas, as a catch crop in corn, 

 39-43, 77-81; grown alone, 84; 

 ways of planting, 86 



Cull sheep, native, 6 ; Western, 17 



Dogs, sheep damaged by, 46 

 Dry-lot feeding, 61 



Early market for lambs, 109 

 Early pasturing, possibilities of , 111 

 Early-lamb business, in the South, 



109 ; summary of, 120 

 Ewes, native, 6 ; Western, 16 ; 



when a good investment, 21 ; 



inexpensive in the South, 112 

 Experimental feeding, results of, 21 



Fat lambs, proper weight for, 103 

 Fat sheep, marketing of, 99, 108 

 Feeders, when lambs excel as, 19 

 Feeding, some results of experi- 

 mental, 21 

 Feeding characteristics of yearlings 



and wethers, 20 



Feeding sheep, selection of, 18 ; 

 when and where to purchase, 

 26-33 ; kind to buy, 33-36 ; how 

 to purchase, 36-38 ; profitable 

 systems for, 39-74 ; a green-feed 

 ration, 39-48 ; pasturing down 

 a forage crop grown by itself, 

 48 ; pasturing down corn, using 

 a catch crop, pasture, or hay for 

 roughness, 49-58 ; feeding corn 

 on a blue-grass pasture, 58-61 ; 

 feeding in the dry lot, shed, or 

 barn, 61-76 

 Feeding stations, 76 

 Feeding yard, arrangement of, 64 

 Field peas, 89 

 Flocks, handling the, 112 

 Forage crops grown alone, 48 

 Form, consideration of, in buying 

 feeding sheep, 34 



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