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their lambs, 75. To be given lambs as a substitute for milk, 87. 



Necessary to sheep and other animals when fatting, 99. 

 Dogs, a.-e they proper for driving sheep r 10, 11, Sec. 

 Dung, from a home fold, is 1 as good as that from a stable ? 27. 



Effusion of water, or serum, sheep very liable to it ; drinking too much 

 the cause of it, 62, 63- 



Elder, its leaves very good for sLcep, 53. 



England. Sheep remain all winter in the open air. Withdrawn from 

 snow after being covered with It for many days, 28, 29. The means 

 used there for restoring lambs benumbed with cold, 89. 



E-we, what should be her shape ? 33. Of what age should ewes be when 

 establishing a flock ? 35. How many should be put to one ram ? 67. 

 At what age is it proper to put them to breeding ? The precaution 

 in coupling, and the care to be taken after, 65, 66. How long do 

 they go, before yeaning ? 79. Ho\v is it known when they are near 

 their time ? id. Comforting things to be given them while lambing, 

 and what should be done after, 82. How she is engaged to nurse 

 her lambs, id. How many does she produce at a birth ? 83. What 

 is to be done when she has more than one lamb ? id. What happens 

 from too long nursing ? 84, 85. What should be done that a ewe 

 should nurse and take care of her lamb ? 82. 

 Expense, what is necessary for the melioration of a breed of sheep, and 



the means of avoiding it ? 77. 

 Exposures, what the best for a home fold, 25. 



Fall of the woo/, does it take place with fine wooled sheep ? 104. 



Fallows, what they are, 11. Sheep may be pastured on them without 

 dogs, id. 



Fatting of lambs, 88, 89. Of sheep, there are three methods, 98,99, 100. 



Fecundity of a ram, 67. That of ewes sometimes hurtful, 83. It should 

 not be excited in a flock of fine wooled sheep. 



Feeding, fields sown, how a shepherd prevents his flock from damag- 

 ing, 45. 



Fenugreek, or Lupins, given to sheep, 51, 5?. 



Filaments of wool, their variation in point of coarseness, 30. 



Fire, or Smoke, necessary to keep off wolves, 17, 18. 



Fleece, what is proper to do with it, 104, 108, 109, 111. 



Flies, what sheep do to skrcen themselves from them, 39. 



Flock, at what age is it proper to form it ? 34. 



Fodder, on what mon-.hs it should be given, 57. At what time of day, 

 id. When to desist from giving it. 60. The best makes sheep lose 

 their flesh, 47, 48 : means to prevent it, id. When necessary to 

 give it, id. 



