A Practical Treatise on the Sheep. 



DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOB, 



A.MERICAlSr SHEPHERDS. 



By HENRY STEWART. 



Illustrated. 



THIS Manual is designed to be a hand-book for American shepherds 

 and farmers. It is intended to be so plain that a farmer, or a farmer's son, 

 who has never kept a sheep, may learn from its pages how to manage a 

 flock successfully, and to be so complete that even the experienced shep- 

 herd may gather some suggestions from it. The results of personal experi- 

 ences of some years with the characters of the various modern breeds of 

 sheep, and the sheep-raising capabilities of many portions of our extensive 

 territory and that of Canada, most of which have been visited with a view 

 to the effects upon our sheep of the varying climate and different soils ; 

 and the careful study of the diseases to which our sheep are chiefly sub- 

 ject, with those by which they may eventually be afflicted through unfore- 

 seen accidents ; as well as the methods of management called for under 

 our circumstances, were finally gathered into the shape in which they are 

 here presented to the shepherds of America, with the hope that they may 

 be as acceptable and useful to- them as they would have been, when he first 

 undertook the care of a flock, to THK AUTHOR. 



CONTTE3STTS. 



CHAPTER I. THE SHEEP AS AN INDUSTRIAL, PRODUCT. Antiquity of Sheep 

 Husbandry The Future of Sheep Husbandry Its Effects upon Agriculture 

 Demand for Mutton Sheep Value of the Wool Product Extent of 

 Pasturage In America. 



CHAPTER II. THE SUMMER MANAGEMENT TOF A FLOCK. Selection of a Sheep 

 I'arm Effects of Soils upon the Health of Sheep What is a Good Pasture? 

 Value of Certain Grasses The Western Plains as Sheep Pasture -Pastures 

 Fodder Crops Root Crops Folding Sheep Dog Guards. 



CHAPTER III. MANAGEMENT OF EWES AND LAMBS. Marking Sheep-Record 

 for Breeders Management of Rams Care of Ewes Care of Lambs- 

 Selecting Lambs for Breeders Prevention of Disease Dipping Prevent- 

 ive of Parasites. 



CHAPTER IV. WINTER MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP. Barns and Sheds Feed 

 Racks Feeding Value of Different Fodders, Roots and Grains Experi- 

 ments in Feeding Profit of Feeding Raising Early Lambs for Market- 

 Feeding Sheep for Market Value of Manure Markets for Sheep. 



CHAPTER V. BREEDING AND BREEDS OF SHEEP. How Breeds are Estab- 

 lishedImprovement of Flocks Cross Breeding Breeding for Sex- 

 Maxims for Breeders Native Breeds Improvement of the Merinos The 

 Merino Fleece Long-Wool Breeds Medium and Short-Wool Breeds- 

 Foreign Breeds Cross-bred Sheep American Cross-breeds. 



CHAPTER VI. THE STRUCTURE AND USES OF WOOL. The Method of Growth 

 of Wool Its Peculiar Structure Its Composition The Yolk Classification 

 of Wools Character of Merino Wool Washing Wool Shearing Packing 

 and Marketing the Fleeces Production of Wool in the World Compara- 

 tive Values of Wool in Different Countries Favorable Conditions for Pro- 

 ducing Wool in the United States. 



CHAPTER VII. THE ANATOMY AND DISEASES OF THE SHEEP. Physiology of 

 the Sheep The Teeth The Bones The Vital Functions, Respiration, Cir- 

 culation, and Digestion The Causes and Prevention of Diseases of the 

 Sheep Diseases of the Respiratory Organs ; of the Digestive Organs ; of 

 the Blood Enzobtic Diseases Epizootic Diseases Diseases of the Urinary 

 and Reproductive Organs ; of the Brain Parasitical Diseases of the Intes- 

 tines ; of the Skin Diseases of the Feet Diseases Incident to Lambing 

 Special Diseases Diseases of Lambs. 

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