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10. Care and Food for the Lambs 249 



(a) The temperature called for. 



(b) The exercise called for. 



(c) The food called for. 



(d) The place for feeding it called for. 



11. Marketing the Lambs 350 



(a) Aim to secure the market beforehand, 



(b) Fill the orders as promptly as possible. 



(c) Shipping the lambs alive or dead. 



(d) How to dress the lambs for shipping. 



13. Management of the Dams When the Lambs Are Sold 253 



(a) Reduce the food for a time. 



(b) Give much attention to udders of dams. 



(c) Feed stimulating food before mating. 



13. Disposing of the Dams to Be Sold 253 



(a) Aim to sell soon after the lambs are sold. 



(b) Food for these before selling the lambs. 



(c) Food after selling the lambs. 



14. Growing Milk Lambs Chiefly from Grazing 253 



(a) The chance for this south and west. 



(b) The crops for grazing. 



(c) Management while grazing. 



17. The Room for the Industry 254 



(a) Where it may be easily overdone. 



(b) The factors that develop consumption. 



(c) The industry in mild latitudes. 



CHAPTER Xni 

 Growing and Fitting Sheep for Exhibition 



1. The Sources from Which Pure Breds Are Obtained 356 



(a) To some extent they are grown upon the farm. 



(b) To a greater extent they are obtained by purchase. 



(c) The characteristics to be sought. 



2. The Sources from Which Grades and Cross Breds Are 



Obtained 257 



(a) They are grown much more frequently than pure 



breds. 



(b) How to get them when thus grown by the ex- 



hibitor. 



(c) The leading essentials as to form. 



(d) Relative popularity of the various grades. 



(e) Why more than the number called for should be 



bred. 



