INDEX 



473 



Rambouillet sheep, 203 

 breeding qualities, 209 

 description, 206 

 distribution, 210 

 early records preserved, 203 

 i export of, to South Africa, 17 

 French flocks, 203, 204 

 gestation period for, 66 

 importation to United States, 



204 



markings, 206 

 mutton, 209 



Ohio State Fair classification, 209 

 origin of, 203 

 popularity of, 210 

 properties, 209 

 purpose in breeding, 203 

 type, 206 



folded or wrinkled, 208 

 smooth or plain, 208 

 wool, 206 

 Ram, care of, after breeding season, 



242 



on western ranges, 410 

 condition of, for service, 232 

 exercise, 232 

 feed for, 233 

 masculinity in, 75 

 number of ewes served by, 234 

 influenced by method of hand- 

 ling, 235 



preparation of, for mating, 234 

 clipping, 234 

 painting between fore-legs to 



mark ewes, 234 

 teaser, use of, 234 

 running with flock, 232 

 selection of, for farm flock (see 



Farm flock), 224 

 for mating, 38 

 for range flocks, 229 

 Range flocks, ewes, selection of, 228 



rams, selection of, 229 

 Range method of sheep raising, on 



enclosed lands, 20 

 advantages of, 22 

 supplemented by cultivated crops, 



20 



using herders, 20 

 Ranges, western, breeding of sheep 



on, 399 



breeding season on, 410 

 rams, care of during, 410 



Ranges, western, breeds for, 400 

 herding qualities, 400 

 Merino, 400 

 mutton breeds, 401 

 changes in past twenty-five 



years, 426 

 added 'cost, 427 



charges for lands, 427 

 for maintenance, 427 

 investment in land, 428 

 of trailing from one range 



to another, 428 

 affect, on cost of production, 



431 



on cost per head, 431 

 allotments by National Forest 



service, 427 

 beneficial, 430 



cultivated crops, 430 

 railway facilities, 430 

 greater investment required, 



430 



in range areas, 426 

 labor, better provision re- 

 quired, 429 

 cost of, 429 

 inefficiency of, 428 

 occupancy by homesteaders, 



426 



classes of sheep on, 401 

 cultivated areas, 395 

 dipping, 419 



equipment required, for lamb- 

 ing, 409 



for handling a band, 407 

 summer, 407 

 winter, 407 

 harvested crops supplementing 



winter range, 395 

 herding, 411 

 lambing, docking and castrating, 



418 



hurdling, method of, 417 

 last task of, 418 

 location for, 416 

 percentage of lambs, 419 

 period of, 416 



extra helpers during, 417 

 shelter during, 416 

 rate of births, 417 

 leasing of, cost of, 399 



from U. S. Government, 395 



