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INDEX 



P.ige 



a 



Grazing 1 64 



Benefits from supplemental IS4 



Grain 24 



Grass, for winter 174 



Sheep on grass 27 



Sheep on supplementary 170 



Grub in the head 402 



1m 



Lambs 93 



Aid to young 100 



Care for, until weaned 108 



Care for, subsequently to weaning 113 



Castrating 114 



Creep for 110 



Docking 117 



Food for, when weaned 113 



Food for young 108 



Rearing, by hand 105 



Registration of 119 



Reviving chilled 102 



Season for, to come 93 



Supplemental food for 107 



Weaning Ill 



M 



Milk Iambs 238 



Care and food for 262, 249 



Changing the breeding habit for, . 241 



Definition of 238 



Essentials in 239 



Growing, from grazing 253 



Marketing 250 



Obtaining 240 



Quarters suitable for 246 



Subsequently to weaning 266 



Where should be grown 24S 



Mutton, aim in production of 55 



Breeds producin*; 35 



Conditions favorable to, producing 46 



Crossing breeds for 4S 



Influences affecting 41 



P 



Pastures 164 



Grass, permanent 167 



Grass, temporary 169 



Grass, supplementary 170 



Sheep finished on grass 176 



without grain 1*^7 



Grass, for winter grazing 174 



B 



Rams 149 



Disposal of 160 



Food and care during first winter 152 

 Food from weaning until winter. . 149 

 Management at season of service 157 



Sale, in summer 154 



Stock, in summer 15'^ 



Stock, in winter 153 



Trimming feet of 162 



Vnsa 

 S 



Sheep 1 



As brush destroyers 23 



Fertilizers of poor land 7 



Fertilizers for gardens 10 



Improvers of clover seed yields 28 



Improvers of soil 7 



Weed destroyers 13 



Age to be shown 279 



Disposal of 250 



Droppings of, are valuable .... 5 



Excessive fatness in 277 



Exercise for 276 



Fitting, for sale 355 



Food for, while nursing 107 



Handling, when shearing or wash- 

 ing 293 



Methods of shearing 300 



Methods of washing 291 



Preparing, for shipping 359 



Quarters for 319 



Shipping 361-365 



Should be kept on all farms ... 29 



Show, in transit to fairs 272 



Sources from which obtained . , , . 203 

 Special treatment for Merino .... 271 



Tagging, when washed 296 



Time and place for shearing . . . 293 



Trimming the feet of 307 



Washing, before shearing 286 



Washing and smearing, for show 269 



Salt 309 



Necessity for feeding 315 



Supplying, in summer 316 



Supplying, in winter 318 



Scab, sheep 388 



Dipping sheep for 421 



Self-feeders and their uses 221 



Shelter 319 



Essential features of 326 



In summer and winter 319-321 



Locating 322 



T 



Tapeworm 395 



Tick, sheep 387 



Ticks, dipping sheep for 421 



"W 



Water 309 



Facilities for 336 



Good health and 314 



Necessity for 309 



Providing, in summer 311 



Providing, in winter 312 



Weeds 13 



Freeing lands from 17 



Wool 73 



Aim in production 53 



Break in 87 



Breeds producing 35 



Carding and combing 6S 



Characteristics of 73 



Classification of 33, 64 



Closure in S3 



