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INDEX 



Sheep, types of, bre<d, constitution, 7.1 



objectionable points, 7.1 



sex character, 7.1 



femininity, 78 



masculinity, 70 



importance of, 70 

 feeder, SI 

 general type, 75 

 market, 80 

 mutton breeds, 70 

 body, 71, 72 

 head, 70 



hind quarters, 72 

 legs, 72 

 neck, 70 



quality of, 72 

 : 1, 1 1 1 and wool, 73 

 wethers, SI 

 wool breeds, 73 



compared with mill ton type, 



71 



folds and wrinkles of, 71 

 unimproved, appearance of, 27 

 west ward movement of, ( .) 

 wounded by dogs, 312 

 I real men!, of, 312 



Sheep breeding, adaptability of im- 

 port a nee in I '. S., 3.1 

 Sheep countries, important, 17 



statistics tabulated, IS 

 Sheep feeding in II. S., history of, 33.1 

 origin of, 33.1 



day of the large operator::, 33d 

 farmer feeders, 33X 



advantages of, over large 



operator, 338 

 feeding yards, 33.1 

 screening, led animals, 33.1 

 Sheep industry (see Sheep raising) 

 Sheep population, changes in ecu tern 



of, 10 



in New Zealand, density of, 15 

 Sheep raising, adaptability a problem 



in, 33 



neglected, 35 

 changes in centers of, 10 

 combining million and wool, 33 

 development of, in various conu- 



I ries, 3 



early domestication and impor- 

 tance, 3 



for breeding purposes, 2.1 

 in Argentine Republic, 15 

 ill Australia, 13 



Sheep raising, mutton breeds increas- 

 ing, II 

 in Australia, present importance, 



II 



progress of, i;i 

 in lOnglatid, (> 



and Spain, dissimilarities of, 5 

 events affecting, C> 



Hakewell's improvement 



of breed, 7 

 grant of protection to 



weavers, etc., li 

 plague of I.'MS, (i 

 root and clover crops, 



ml rod net ion of, 7 

 in farming regions, b> 

 in New Zealand, I I 



density of sheep population, 15 

 paddock or fencing system, 1.1 

 in North America, !) 

 colonial lime , 9 

 t he 1'lmbargo Act, S 

 Merino:,, imporlal ion of, 10 

 mill Ion breeds, ml rodncl ion 



of, i:; 



in South Africa, Hi 



conditions unfavorable, 17 

 in South America, 1.1 

 mutton breeds, l(i 

 present stal us, 1(> 

 political revolutions a hin- 

 drance to, Hi 

 Soul lidowns, Mi 

 in Spain, l{ 

 Merino, .'{ 

 monopoly of, 1 

 broken, .1 

 stationary (locks, b' 

 increase in value, !.' 

 |)resent types of, in leading sheep 



countries, 20 

 farm Hock method, 22 

 hurdling met hod, 2.'i 



objects of, 21 



pure-bred (lock method, 2"> 

 range method, on enclosed 

 lands, 20 



advantages of, 22 



supplemented bv culti- 

 vated crops, 20 

 using herders, 20 



prolificacy in, .T2 



Sheep wagon, 107 

 Shelter and shade, 2M 



