148 GENERAL TABLE OP CONTENTS. 



lambs, id. At what age lambs take other food than milk, 90. At 

 what age good to eat, 91. What precautions do they require before 

 weaning- ? id. At what time should they be weaned ? id. It is 

 proper to cut off their tails, 92. How done, 93. If it is proper to 

 shear lambs, 107. Experiments on this subject, 107, 108. 



Lancet, necessary for a shepherd, 10. 



Leaves, what are the best for sheep ? 52, 53. The manner of collecting 1 

 and preserving- them, 53. 



Lentils, given to sheep, 51, 52, 56. 



Linseed cakes, food for sheep, 51. 



Linseed straw, may be given, but it is the worst kind, 57. 



Litter, should the sheep yard be always covered with it ? 27. Given 

 to lambs when fatting, 89. 



Locks of wool, what are their different lengths ? 30. 



Lodging, for sheep, what kind is to be preferred ? 18, Sec. 



Looseness, or scouring, how cured, 63. 



Lucern, may in some cases be injurious to sheep, 42. Cultivated as an 

 artificial grass, 54. What are its properties ? 55. Good for fatting 

 sheep, id. 



Lupines, or Fenugrec, given to sheep, 51. How prepared, 52. 



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Manuring, or dressing of land, by folding, 124. 



Marsh, rushes growing thereon make bad hay for sheep, 53. 



Mastiffs, a good breed of dogs to defend sheep against wolves, 16. 



Maturity of 'sheep's wool, how known, 103. 



Meadow, the hay of salt meadow best for sheep, 53. That of dry pas- 

 tures very good, 53. Of low marshy ground the worst, id. 



Means, of knowing the ages of sheep, 28. Of preventing the bad effects 

 of dry food, 46. Of restoring lambs benumbed with cold, 88. Of 

 knowing good milk, 86. 



Melting of the fat, or molten grease, a disease of sheep, 56. 



Migration of sheep, means of destroying the scab, 36. 



Milk, how it is known if a ewe's be good, 86. How to be increased in 

 ewes, 83, 84 At what times ewes can be milked, 84. What ewes 

 can be milked with advantage, 85. 



Miscarriages, in ewes, to what causes attributed, 11, 77, 78, 79. 



Moisture, moist, wet soils injurious to sheep, 38. 



Moths, not worms, and in what they differ; their description; the 

 damage they do ; their transformation, injury and means of guard- 

 ing it, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116. 



Mustek, sheep pleased with it; the instruments proper for a shepherd,46. 



Mustard, although good for sheep may prove injurious to them, 42. 



Muzzle, to prevent lambs from sucking, 92. 



