Index. 



303 



Flushing out the ewe after lamb- 

 ing, 57 

 Flushing the ewes, 134 

 Foot-rot. 102 

 Founder, danger of, 211-213 



remedy for, 214 

 Full mouth, 31 



Gentleness, importance of. 149 



Gestation period of ewes, 43 



Goiter on lambs, 87 



Grading up flock, 5 



Grain for ewes in winter, 33 

 fattening, 158 

 the ram, 16 

 young Iambs. 68 



Grain trough for lambs, 67 



old shi'ep, 67 



Grub in the head, 116 



prevention, 118 



Hampshire, description of, 258 



scale of points of, 260 

 Hand coupling, 1 1 

 Hand feeding or self-feeders, 157 

 Hay, alfalfa, 36 



blue grass, 36 



clover, 36 



marsh, 36 



timothy, 36 

 Hay for fattening, 161 

 Hay rack, 67 

 Heat of ewes, time, 13 

 Herdwick, 291 



Inflammation of the eyes, 13 

 udder, 58 



Judging sheep at fairs, 221 



in the classroom, 



221 

 on the farm, 221 

 few fitted to judge, 224 

 general directions for, 225 

 method of handling in, 229 

 ram classes, 228 

 the back,' 238 



Judging sheep — Cont 



the chest, 235 



the fleece and skin, 245 



the head. 230 



the heart girth, 236 



the leg of mutton, 243 



the loin, 239 



the neck, 232 



the rump, 240 



the shoulder vein, 235 



the twist, 242 



the wool, 247 

 Judgment in feeding, 154 



Labor required by sheep, 1 



Lamb, almost lifeless, reviving, 49 

 chilled, :><) 

 ram, using for breeding. 9 



Lamb creep, 65 



Lambing, assisting the ewe in. 52 



Lambing pens, 39 



Lambing time. 45 



Lambs, adopted, 51 

 weak. 48 

 castrating, 75 

 cow's milk for, 69 

 culling the, 138 

 disowned. 48 

 docking, 77 

 feed for young, 61 

 goiter on, 87 

 grain for young. 68 

 grain trough for, 67 

 make best gains, 146 

 market grades of. 299 

 marking, 72 

 raising by hand, 70. 71 

 selecting the good, 64 

 time to breed ewe. IS 

 weaning, 83 

 when to market, 164 

 winter. 167 



Leading the sheep, 23 



Legume hay for fattening, 161 



Leicester, description of. 285 



Lice, 98 



Lifeless lamb, reviving, 49 



Lifting small sheep, 23 



