CONTENTS. 



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B employed— means to induce her to suckle— Iambs of fiue-wooled 

 sheep sensitive to cold and wet when they drop — storms should be an- 

 ticipated — ewes should be got under cover — course when the lambs 

 are brought to the fire to overcome numbness — ^means adopted with 

 twins — death of the lamb causing sometimes garget — pasture of the 

 ewes before and after parturition — ^number should herd together — af- 

 fection of the ewe for her ofispring — an instance related by the Et- 

 trick Shepherd, James Hogg. Salting — no longer a mooted question 

 —philosophy of salting — au instance in France — care to be observed 

 in the spring — quantity necessary at a salting — salting in troughs not 

 recommended — time of day when the writer salts his flocks — benefit 

 of salting late in the fall — ^very essential in winter — salting of hay 

 recommended. 



Wabh:ng. Careless mode of doing It by many — the most suitable time 

 dependmg on the weather — water and weather should always be com- 

 paratively wann — consequences of violating it — the day should be 

 one of sunshine — flock-master should be present — should be done on 

 temperance principles — running stream of pure Vater recommended 

 — use of vats — process described — ^the " clean thing" should be aimed 

 at and not missed — quotation from Samuel Lawrence on the subject 

 — soap for buck fleeces — necisssity for turning the sheep on a green 

 sward after washing — driving the sheep along a dusty road should be 



avoided — Spanish custom of washing — English and. German also 



loss by scouring Spanish, German, Australian, and American Merino 

 and Setxon wools — also South American — reform called for in Ameri- 

 can mode of washing wool. 



Castration and Docking. Time when it should be done — cool weather 

 recommended — treasons therefor — lambs should be brought from the 

 field without bustle and confined in a small pound — mode of castra- 

 tion — docking the tail — should be cut short — reasons assigned — 

 consequences of a long dock — ointment used — the ingredients and 

 preparation— application of it — ^means to employ after the process is 

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CHAPTER IX. 



SUMMER MANAGEMENT CONTINUED. 



Shearing. Harvest of the shepherd — remarks of censure on American 

 shearing — fault lies more at the door of the flock-master than shearer 

 — bad policy of hiring men to shear by the job — consequences — the 

 practice should cease — ^number a good shearer can perform in a day 



..• — what constitutes a good shearer — instructions for a novice in shear- 

 ing — whole process described — bad policy of fretting at a new begin- 

 aex — ^kindness recommended — good efiects of so doing — mode of 

 taking off the fleece in England — recommended. 



Interim between Washing and Shearing, &c. Length of time 

 should depend on the state of the weather — tinie stated — bad conse- 

 quences of shearing in cold weather — effects of storms on sheep just 

 shorn — ^their suffering very great if exposed— duty of the flock-mas- 

 ter under such circumstances — horns and hoofs should be cut if not 

 already done — vindications of scab. 

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