INDEX. 329 



Feeding Western wetbers, 267. 



pregnant ewes, 82. 



lambs in creep, troughs for, 104. 

 Floor space required for lambs, 246. 

 Foot-rot, treatment of, 156. 

 Foundation ewes, 59. 

 Forcing of ewes, 78. 

 Gains of sheep and cattle compared, 270. 



open yards and sheds compared, 271 . 

 Garget, bacteria of, where found, 285. 



causes of, S86. 



or mammitis, symptoms of, 235. 

 Gasoline for stomach worms, 137, 298. 

 Gestation, duration of, 74. 

 Grain to ewes after lambing, 96. 

 Grass in spring, 190. 



when to turn on, 119. 

 Great Britain, observations in, 13. 

 Grub in the head, treatment of, 288. 

 Hampshires for arable lands, 40. 



characteristics of, 40. 

 Harvesting corn with lambs, 239. 

 Hay for fattening lambs. 248. 

 Health of new-born lambs, 349. 

 Hoven (see bloat), 146. 

 Identifying ewes and lambs, 177. 

 Infusion of Long- wool blood on ranges, 193. 

 Inspection on the range, 108. 

 Instinct of sheep on the range, 202. 

 Intimacy between farmer and those under him, 18. 

 Isolation of ewes at lambing, 88. 

 Lamb, care of new-born, 90. 

 Lambing on the range and after, 202. 



on grass on farms, 158. 



season should end the first of May, 160. 



tent, 159. 



time on the range, 200. 

 Late-born lambs, feeding of, 116. 

 Leicesters, characteristics of. 42. 



improvement of by Bakewell, 43. 

 Lincolns, characteristics of, 46. 

 Liver fluke ("the rot"), 289. 

 Loss in feeding lambs, 261 . 

 Management of healthy flock, 303. 



of ewes with sucking lambs, 82. 



of sheep, "happy-go-lucky" way, H. 

 Manure, use of, 256. 

 Marking by notching the ear, 174. 



for registration, 174. 



ewes to indicate when bred, 76. 



with oil and lampblack, 174. 



with metal ear labels, 174. 



with tat. 00 mark, 175. 

 Mating, assorting for, 73. 

 Mature sheep, feeding of, 268. 

 Merinos, ability of to "rough it," 22. 



as mothers for cross-bred "hot-house" lambs. 24. 



crossing of on Mexican sheep, 183. 



families of, 22. 



following fashions in, 22. 



merits and importance of, 34. 



molding of under man's hand, 22. 



recent evolution of, 34. 



wool, staple of, 22. 



