LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plate Page 



1 Group of yearling wethers Frontispiece 



2 Sheep on Campus, University of Wisconsin 3 



3 Montana ewes and their lambs 6 



4 Pure bred Southdown ram 8 



5 Champion Shropshire yearling ram and ewe lamb 12 



6 Champion Shropshire flock 14 



7 The wrong and the right way to catch a sheep __ 20 



8 The wrong and the right way to lead a sheep _. 22 



9 Carrying a lamb or a small sheep 24 



10 Setting a heavy sheep on its rump 26 



11 Examining the teeth of a sheep 27 



12 The different ages of sheep, as shown by the 



front teeth . 28 



13 Parting a sheep's lips to determine the agc__ 30 



14 Champion Oxford ram and ewe 38 



15 First prize Hampshire ram and ewe lamb 42 



16 First prize flock of Southdowns 46 



17 Assisting the ewe in lambing 54 



18 Flushing out the ewe after lambing 56 



19 Three-months-old twin Shropshire lambs 62 



20 Lamb creep and feed troughs in sheep barn 66 



21 Grain trough for lambs 67 



22 Feed trough for hay and grain 67 



23 Feeding lambs from a bottle 70 



24 Marking the lamb with the Dana ear label 73 



25 Castrating the lamb 76 



26 How a lamb is docked with hot pinchers 78 



27 How to hold a lamb for docking 81 



