INDEX 



Abortion, due to frozen or mouldy 



feed, 35 

 due to narrow doors, 



37 



Age, how to determine, 27 

 Age of ram to use, 9 

 Age of sheep to feed, 146 

 Alfalfa may cause bloat, 120 

 Alfalfa hay, 36 



for fattening sheep, 

 161 



Barb wire, dangers from broken, 



21 



Barley for fattening, 159 

 Barn for sheep in winter, 37 

 Bean straw for fattening, 161 

 Beet pulp, dried, for fattening, 158 



wet, for fattening, 163 

 Blanketing show sheep, 192 

 Blindness, due to cold wind, 43 

 Bloat in sheep, 120 



remedy for, 121 

 Block winners, selecting, 214 

 Blue grass hay, 36 

 Bran for fattening, 159 

 Breed, value of, in the flock, 4 

 Breeding the ewes, 11 

 Breeding class, selection for, 181 

 Burdocks and sandburs, 140 



Cabbage for fall and winter feed- 

 ing, 133 



Caked udders, 58 

 Carcass, prize winning, 215 

 Carrying small sheep and lambs, 



23. 



Castrating lambs, 75 

 Catching the sheep, 21 

 Chilled lambs, 50 

 Cleanliness, value of, 150 

 Clippers for trimming feet, 102 



Clover hay, 36 



for fattening sheep, 



161 

 Clover pasture may cause bloat, 



120 



Colic, or "stretches," 124 

 Coloring show sheep, 192 

 Constipation in lambs, 50 

 Corn for fattening, 158 

 Corn fodder, 36 

 Corn silage, see Silage 

 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 



Dipping, 88, 97 



Docking lambs, 77 



Dog problem, 3 



Doors, danger from narrow, 37 



Dorset ewes, care of, 171 



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 



(221) 



