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4. Fitting Sheep for Sale 355 



(a) They should possess good flesh and bloom. 



(b) They should be measurably trimmed. 



(c) They should be carefully graded when sold in lots. 



5. The Disposal of Grade Sheep and Lambs 356 



(a) On the farm they are usually sold as lambs. 



(b) On the range they are sold as lambs or wethers. 



(c) Lambs furnishing meat for the home. 



6. Determining the Age of the Sheep 357 



(a) Indications furnished by the teeth. 



(b) Other indications of age. 



(c) Variations in indications. 



7. Preparing Sheep for Shipping 359 



(a) Sheep that are shipped from the ranges. 



(b) Sheep that are shipped from farm pastures. 



(c) Sheep that are shipped from the feed yards. 



8. Shipping Stockers from the Ranges 361 



(a) The number that one car can carry. 



(b) Grading before shipping. 



(c) Better not unloaded in transit. 



9. Shipping Finished Sheep in Carlots 363 



(a) Securing cars for shipment. 



(b) The number that one car will carry. 



(c) Disposal at the stockyards. 



10. Shipping Finished Sheep in Trainloads 364 



(a) An unloading point near the market. 



(b) When the sheep should reach it. 



(c) How the sheep are handled subsequently. 



CHAPTER XVni 

 Protecting Sheep From Dogs and Wolves 



1. How Dogs and Wolves Affect Sheep Husbandry 366 



(a) The losses from both sources are enormous. 



(b) The greatest loss is the effect upon the industry, 



(c) The loss from dogs is greater than from wolves 



(d) That it is so is a blot upon our civilization. 



2. How Dogs Worry Sheep 368 



(a) They more frequently attack them at night. 



(b) The usual mode of attack. 



(c) The power of the dogs to worry, 



(d) To detect the dogs is almost impossible. 



(e) Losses additional to sheep killed or maimed. 



