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3. When Sheep Should and Should Not Be Washed 289 



(a) When wool is manufactured at home it should be 



washed. 



(b) When certain breeds are shown they should first be 



washed. 



(c) When washing should be done. 



3. The Different Methods of Washing 291 



(a) Washing sheep in a box or tank. 



(b) Washing sheep in a brook, pond or lake. 



(c) Washing beneath an artificial waterfall. 



4. Handling Sheep When Washing or Shearing Them 293 



(a) The necessity for gentle handling. 



(b) How to catch, hold and lead sheep. 



(c) Handling sheep in the water. 



5. Tagging Sheep When Washed 296 



(a) What is meant by tagging. 



(b) When tagging should be done. 



(c) The disposition of the tags. 



6. Sheep Between Washing and She.\ring 297 



(a) The time covered by the interval. 



(b) The object in thus waiting. 



(c) Where grazed at such a time. 



7. The Time and Place for Shearing 298 



(a) Influences that bear upon the time of shearing. 



(b) When the ordinary flock should be shorn. 



(c) Shearing sheep that are being fattened. 



(d) Shearing sheep twice a year. 



(e) Where sheep may be shorn. 



8. Methods of Shearing Sheep 300 



(a) Methods of shearing by hand. 



(b) Shearing by machinery. 



(c) Stubble shearing of sheep. 



9. Handling the Shorn Wool 305 



(a) Trimming, folding and tying the fleece. 



(b) Packing the wool when shorn. 



(c) Marketing the wool. 



10. Trimming the Feet OF Sheep 307 



(a) Why trimming the feet is necessary. 



(b) When the feet should be trimmed. 



(c) How the feet should be trimmed. 



