LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plate Page 



1 Frank Kleinheinz XIV 



2 Group of yearling wethers XIV 



3 Sheep on Campus, University of Wisconsin 3 



4 Montana ewes and their lambs 6 



5 Pure bred Southdown ram 8 



6 Southdown prize winners at International 1913 12 



7 Champion Shropshire flock 11 



8 The wrong and the right way to catch a sheep 20 



9 The wrong and the right way Lo lead a sheep 22 



10 Carrying a lamb or a small sheep 24 



11 Setting a heavy sheep on its rump 26 



12 Examining the teeth of a sheep 27 



13 The different ages of sheep, as shown by the front 



teeth 28 



14 Parting a sheep's lips to determine the age 30 



15 Sheep barn at the University of Wisconsin 32 



16 Exercising the pregnant ewes 38 



17 First prize Hampshire ram and ewe lamb 42 



18 First prize flock of Southdowns 46 



19 Assisting the ewe in lambing 54 



20 Flushing out the ewe after lambing 56 



21 Three-months-old twin Shropshire lambs 62 



22 Lamb creep and feed troughs in sheep barn 66 



23 Grain trough for lambs 67 



24 Feed trough for hay and grain 67 



25 Feeding lambs from a bottle 70 



26 Marking the lamb with the Dana ear label 73 



27 Castrating the lamb 76 



28 How a lamb is docked with hot pinchers 78 



29 How to hold a lamb for docking 81 



30 Milking a ewe with two hands 85 



31 Dipping sheep 88 



32 Shearing sheep with a shearing machine 92 



33 An unusually heavy fleece 95 



