CONTENTS. 7 



^ — ^Use of Sown Pastures 139 



Oats and Alfalfa Pasture 140 



Clover and Alfalfa Pasture 143 



Danger from Clover and Alfalfa Pasture 144 



The Use of Rape 150 



Cabbages 151 



Pumpkins 152 



Care of the Feet 155 



.Foot-Rot and Foot-Scald 156 



Advent of Late Lambs 158 



The Lambing Tent 159 



Fall Lambs , 161 



CHAPTER VI. 



Washing, Shearing and Marking 164-179 



Washing and Shearing 166 



i;^^ Shearing 166 



Shearing Machines 169 



Marking 174 



The Tattoo Mark 175 



Marking Pure-bred Lambs 177 



CHAPTER VII. 



Flock Husbandry in the Western States 180-230 



New Mexico 180 



Characteristics of Mexican Sheep 181 



" The Good Old Times" in New Mexico 183 



Modern Management 184 



Diseases of the Range 187 



Mexican Lambs as Feeders 188 



The Wandering Herds 189 



Waiting for Grass to Come 190 



The Blood of the Herds. 192 



The Division of the Ranges 192 



Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas 193 



Parasitic Infection of the Ranges 194 



