152 GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Signs, by which good sheep are known, 33. When fat, 102. When in 



bad health, 33. When in good, 35. When a ewe is about to cast 



her lamb, 79. 

 Situation of the lamb in the belly of the mother, 80, 81. What are bad 



situations, and the manner of changing 1 them ? 81. 

 Shearing, at what time it should be done, 103. The best method, 106. 



If proper to shear lambs, 107. Treatment of sheep after shearing, 



108. 



Soil, what most proper for sheep, 97. 



Sorting of -wool, the Spaniards sort the fleece into four parts, 111. 

 Spirits of Turpentine, is its smell a preservative against moths ? 115. 

 Stable, when a close one is the worst lodging for sheep, 18. When 



open, what its good and bad effects, 19. 

 Stra-w, threshed, given to sheep, 56. What are the best kinds, id. 



What quantity should be given at a feeding ? 59. To what time is 



this food sufficient ? 60 If twice threshed it may be given to lambs, 



90. Oat straw is the best for lambs, id. Barley straw sometimes 



sticks to the tongue and always to the wool. 

 Suckling, what is proper to be done to make a ewe nurse its lamb, 82. 



83. Nursing too long injurious, 84. 

 Sulphur, its smoke destroys moths, 113. It should not be used in store-. 



houses of wool, id 

 Sun, how sheep defend themselves against its ardour, 39. Its great 



heat injurious after shearing, 108. 



Tail, is it proper to cut off the tail of lambs ? 92. The inconvenience of 

 leaving it its whole length, id. How it should be cut, 93. 



Tallow, used in an ointment for the scab, and is preferable to grease 

 in summer. 



Teeth, their different renewals, forms, decay, and fall, indices of the 

 age of sheep, 28. 



Third quality of -wool, how designated, 111. 



Thirst, too great, a sign of diseased sheep, 61, 62. 



Thunder, produces miscarriage, 78. 



Times, for coupling, 65. For giving sheep fodder, 57. For discontinu- 

 ing 1 it, 60. For giving them drink, 61, 62. For giving them salt, 63, 

 64. For driving them to pasture, 39, 40. 



Timothy or herd's grass, used for fatting sheep, 100. 



Tippler, a small tube for the feeding of lambs, 86, 87. 



Topinambours, a species of potatoes used for feeding sheep in winter, 49. 



Trefoil, artificial pastures made of it, 54 Its qualities, 65. May be 

 given to lambs, 90. Serves for fatting sheep, 100. May give them 

 the hove, 42. Good for weaning lambs, 90. 



