CONTENTS. 



Selection of the Ram 58 



Selection of the Ewes 59 



Getting Home with the Flock ' 62 



Importance of Dipping 62 



Scab Insect '. 64 



The Dipping Vat 65 



Regular Dipping of the Farm Flock 68 



Summary of Dipping 11 



Fall Treatment of the Ewe Flock 72 



Mating 73 



Putting in the Rami 74 



Management of the Ram 76 



Care of the Pregnant Ewe 78 



CHAPTEE IV. 



RE OF THE Ewe 



\Care of the Ewe and Young Lamb 85-129 



The Ewe Barn 85 



Care at Lambing Time 89 



Feeding of the Ewe After Lambing 96 



, Troubles of Young. Lambhood 101 



^ Sore Mouths and Teats 102 



Feeding the Lambs 103 



Feeding for the Market 106 



Dressing Lambs for Fancy Winter Market 114 



Treatment of the Late-hprn Lamb 116 



Feeding Corn on Grass 120 



Summer Shade 121 



Marketing the Spring Lamb 125 



Docking 125 



Castration of Old Rams 127 



Castration of Lambs 127 



Weaning : 128 



CHAPTER V. 



Summer Care and Management 130-163 



Tlie Ewe Flock 130 



