TABLE OF CONTENTS 



SUBJECT PAGE 



Age of breeding sheep . 21 



Ailments of lambs 50 



A sheep corral 35 



Breeds of sheep 14 



Bedding 45 



Castration 53 



Caked udders 39 



Care and management of ram . . 22 

 Care and management of flock . . 24 



Co-operation 61 



Cross-breeding 22 



Demand for mutton and wool . . 4 



Dipping 36 



Docking 54 



Drenching 30 



Equipment 44 



Essentials in profitable sheep 



raising 3 



Establishing the flock 19 



Exercise of breeding ewes 47 



Feeding the ram 23 



Feeding the pregnant ewes .... 46 



Feeding the lambs 52 & 55 



Flushing the ewes 40 



Foot rot 37 



History of sheep raising in Penn- 

 sylvania 10 



Review of sheep growing in the 



United States 9 



Inbreeding 22 



Internal parasites in sheep .... 26 



Introduction 3 



Late autumn pasture 42 



Lambing 47 



Lamb brooder 50 



Maggots 38 



Marking the lambs 53 



Market grades of wool 58 



SUBJECT PA 



Marketing products of wool and 

 mutton 



Nodular disease 



Obstacles to sheep raising 



Phases of sheep raising 



Possibilities of sheep raising. . . 



Preparation for lambing 



Prevention of bloat 



Protection from dogs 



Raising orphan lambs 



Records 



Relation to soil fertility 



Resting the ewes 



Rotation of pastures 



Selection of a breed 



Selection of ram 



Selection of the ewes 



Sheep as weed destroyers 



Shelter 



Shearing 



Sorting the ewes 



Stomach worms 



Summer and autumn manage- 

 ment 



Summer pasture 



The sheep gad-fly . . . 



The use of forage crops 



The mating season 



The sheep's place on the farm . . 



Treatment for worms 



Treatment for bloat 



Treatment for lambs 



Trimming feet 



Types of sheep 



Value of a sire 



Weaning lambs 



Winter and spring management 

 of the flock . 



