468 



INDEX 



Habits of sheep, non-resistance to 



disease, 69 



recognition of young, 66 

 short herbage preferred, 63 

 timidity and defencelessness, 68 

 water requirement, 64 

 Hair of sheep, 52 

 cortex, 53 

 cuticle, 53 

 follicle, 52 

 medulla, 53 

 Hammond, Edwin, 191 



American Merino of, 191 

 Hampshire breed, 122 

 breeding qualities, 129 



ewes, 129 

 description, 127 

 distribution, 131 

 early maturity, cause of, 126 

 for cross-breeding, 130 

 form, 127 

 history, 122 

 old stock, 122 

 work of Humphrey, 124 

 lambs, 129 

 making of, 40 

 markings, 128 

 mutton, 129 

 properties of, 129 

 rate of growth, 129 

 skin, 129 

 weight, 127 

 wool, 127 



Hay, feeding value of, legume, 382 

 prairie, 383 

 sorghum, 383 

 timothy, 383 



Heat of ewes, duration of, 65 

 period of, 64 

 recurrence of, 65 

 Herders, of California, 405 

 kind of men employed, 404 

 Mexican, 404 



on northwestern ranges, 405 

 on western ranges, 402 

 Herding, on western ranges, 411 

 Herdwick sheep, 172 

 Highland sheep, black-faced, flocking 



habit of, 67 

 Horns and hoofs, 55 

 Hurdling method of sheep raising, 23 



objects of, 24 

 Humphrey, work of, 124 



Improvement of sheep, methods of, 37 

 In-and-in breeding, 40, 50 

 Indigestion, in young lambs, 264 

 Inheritance, differences in, with same 



pedigree, 39 

 Interdigital pouch, 46 

 Intestines of sheep, 58 

 instruments for dismembering foetus 



when delivery is impossible, 252 

 Italy, sheep of, adaptability of, 34 



Judging sheep, 82 



faults of beginners, 96 

 fleece and skin, 93 

 mutton breeds, 93 

 wool breeds, 93 

 density of, 93 

 handling, 85 



correct touch, 85 

 fat estimation, 96 

 the back, 88 

 the front, 89 

 the head, 91 

 the middle, 87 

 the neck, 91 

 the rear, 85 

 the ribs, 89 

 the rump, 87 

 looking animal over, 82 

 front view, 82 

 rear view, 85 

 side view, 82 

 noting defects, 93 

 preparation for, 82 

 student's score card No. 9, 84 

 teeth, 93 



Kafir corn, feeding value of, 380 

 Karakul, 212 



cross-breeding, 213 



description, 212 



distribution, 213 



history, 212 



lamb fur, 214 

 types of, 214 

 value of, 214 



properties, 212 



wool, 212 

 Kemps, 314 



Kent breed (see Romney Marsh), 164 

 Kerry Hill breed, 175 

 Krimmer fur, 214 



