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Index 



Early lamb-raising, shipping, 237. 



the breeding flock, 230. 



weight of, 229. 

 EUman, 77, 153. 

 Entropia, 293. 



Equipment for sheep farms, 11. 

 Eversion of uterus, 289. 

 Ewe flock, uniformity in, 145. 

 Ewes, 



age for breeding, 164. 



condition of, 177. 



culling, 158, 163. 



division for wintering, 183. 



dry, 194. 



feeding while suckling, 198. 



flushing, 168. 



grain for, 180. 



marking bred, 174. 



number to ram, 173. 



ova produced by, 171. 



silage for, 179, 180, 252. 



sorting, 163. 



time for mating, 167. 



yearling, 167. 



Farms for sheep, 11. 

 Fattening sheep, 240. 

 Feeding, 



breeding ewes, 198. 



early lambs, 234. 



quantity to feed, 257. 



show sheep, 264, 265, 266, 268, 

 269. 



systems of, 256. 

 Feed racks, 16. 



troughs, 16. 

 Fencing, 19. 

 Fleece, 



carding, 272. 



coloring, 275. 



examining, 221. 



firming, 274. 



oiling, 273. 



treatment of long wool, 274. 



trimming, 271. 



tjring, 215. 



weights, etc., 223. , 

 Floor space, 14. •# 



for .early lamb-raising, 238. 

 Flushing ewes, 168. 



Foundation stock, 



pure breds versus grades, 135. 

 selection of, 137. 



Garget, 290. 

 Gid, 278. 

 Goiter, 296. 

 Gravel, 292. 

 Grazing crops, 206. 

 Green crops, 5. 

 Grub in head, 285. 



Habits of sheep, 21. 

 Hampshire sheep, 105. 

 Hand-breeding, 174. 

 Hoose, 284. 

 Hot-house lambs, 229. 

 weight of, 229 (see Early lamb- 

 raising). 

 Husk, 284. 



Imported sheep, popularity of, 149. 

 Improvement of flock, 



in America, 174. 



opportunities for, 147. 

 In-breeding, 153. 

 Increase while fattening, cost and 



value of, 258. 

 Intensive farming, sheep for, 4. 



Judging sheep, 141. 



Lambing, 



assisting, 190. 



delayed, 184. 



indications of, 184. 

 Lambs, 



attention at birth, 190. 



castration, 199. 



cholera, 291. 



developing, 159. 



docking, 201. 



dysentery in, 290. 



early (see Early lamb-raising). 



feeding previous to weaning, 

 197. 



hand-feeding, 195. 



hot-house, 229. 



marking, 191. 



quantity of grain for, 197. 



