CONTENTS. V 



CHAPTER V. 



BARNS AND STABLES 201-225 



Best Arrangement of Buildings Octagonal, Square 

 and Round Barns Shed lor Soiling Sheep, with Floor 

 Plan Handling Sheep A Texas Catch Pen for Sorting 

 and Dipping A Manitoba Sheep House J. E. Wing's 

 Barn Mr. Vestal's Barn Shepherd Dogs. 



CHAPTER VI. 



WOOL: ITS HISTORY, USES, ETC 226-291 



On the Difference in Wools Wool Growing a Science 

 The Nature of Wool Cross Breeding for Wool The 

 Culture of Wool Uniformity in Wool Washing Sheep 

 Sheep Dips and Dipping Shearing: By Machine 

 and Hand Sorting Wool Pulled Wool Care of the 

 Sheared Sheep. 



CHAPTER VII. 



MINOR BRITISH BREEDS OF SHEEP 292-304 



The Herdwick The Ryeland The New Ryeland 

 The Lonk The Roscommon The Radnor The Sheep 

 of North Wales The Exmoor The Limestone or Crag 

 Sheep The Devon Long- wool The Dartmoor The 

 Glamorganshire Sheep The Clun Forest Sheep. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



DISEASES OF SHEEP : PREVENTION AND TREATMENT 305-368 



Parturition of the Sheep: Retention of the After- 

 Birth, Bleeding from and Inversion of the Womb, In- 

 flammation of the Vagina, Garget, Abortion Internal 

 Parasites : Throat Thread Worms (Anemia) ; Tape 

 Worms (Tenia Marginata, Tenia Coenurus, Tenia 

 Fimbriata, Tenia Expansa) ; Stomach Round Worms 

 (Strongylus Contortus) ; Intestinal Round Worms ; Nod- 

 ular Disease of the Intestines (CEsophagostoma Colum- 

 bianum); Fluke Disease; The Sheep Bot-Fly (CEstrus 

 Ovis) Albuminaria Anthrax Anasarca Bronchitis 

 Carbuncular Erysipelas Catarrh Colic Diarrhea 

 Foot Rot Impaction of the Stomach Inflammation 

 of the Brain Inflammation of the Spinal Cord (Mye- 

 letis) Pleurisy Inflammation of the Udder (Mammitis) 

 Inflammation of the Lungs (Pneumonia) Inflamma- 

 tion of the Skin (Herpes) Parturition Fever in Ewes 

 Poisoning Porcupine Grass Red Water Redness of 

 the Eyes Small Pox of Sheep Retention of the Dung 

 in Lambs Inflammation and Castration of Testicles 

 External Parasites: The Scab, The Maggot The Louse, 

 The Tick. 



