DICKSONS & CO., 



1 Waterloo Place, EDINBURGH. 



Fop Pure Grass Seeds of guaranteed growth. 

 For Grass Seeds for Alternate Husbandry. 

 For Grass Seeds for Permanent Pasture. 

 For the best Swede and Turnip Seeds. 



SPECIAL QUOTATIONS ON APPLICATION. 



(Established over a Century.) 



Wt'II be Published shortly. ' 



THE SHEEP AND LAMB. 



By JOHN WALKER, 

 Author of "The Cow and Calf," &c. 



Uniform with " Pasture Grasses/' is. 6d. 



^ijt ^xutitt 0f Sjj^^p jTarming, 



By CHARLES SCOTT, 



Author of Highland and Agricultural Society's Prize Essay 

 " On the Best Methods of Bringing Hill Flocks through Severe Winters'' 



In One Volume, Cloth, price 5s. 



Contents. 

 Introduction. — Breeds ok Sheep. — Dentition. — Names of Sheep. — 

 Selection of Breeding Stock. — Sheep Lands. — Systems of Stocking: 

 On Arable Farms ; On Hill Farms.— Food and Feeding : Different Kinds of 

 Food — Grass, Hay, Straw, Silage, Roots, Green Crops, Cake and Grain ; 

 Feeding Experiments ; Early Maturitj, Implements used in Sheep Feeding. — 

 Sheep as Fertilisers. — Sheep on Arable Land : Autumn Management of 

 Ewes; Winter Management of Ewes ; The Lambing Fold; Management of Ewes 

 and Lambs ; Rearing Early Fat Lambs ; Weaning ; Wintering and Fattening 

 Hoggets; Feeding in Yards. — Hill Farming: Lambing on the Hill; Hill 

 Herding: Wintering Hill Sheep. — Sheep Sortings: Washing; Sheep Shearing; 

 Dipping; Sheep Marking; Scoring Numerals. — Ram Breeding. — Preparing 

 Sheep for Show : Selecting Show Sheep ; Feeding Show Sheep ; Shearing and 

 Trimming; Judging Show Sheep. — Preparing Sheep for Market. — Ewe 

 Milking.— Wool Growing: The Wool Trade.— The Collie Dog.— Appendix : 

 Composition of Foods ; Albuminoid Ratio ; Digestive Powers of Sheep ; Equi'- 

 valents of Hay. 



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