CONTENTS. II 



CHAPTER XV. 



SPEING MANAGEMENT CONTINUED. 



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Congenital Goitre — Imperfectly Developed Lambs — Rheumatism 



— Treatment of the Ewe after Lambing — Closed Teats — 

 Uneasiness — ^Inflamed TJdder — Drying off — ^Disowning Lambs 



— Foster Iiambs — Docking Lambs — Castration, 153 



CHAPTER XVI. 



STJMMBB MANAGEMENT. 



Mode of AV ashing Sheep — Utility of Washing Considered — Cutting 

 the Hoofs — Time between Washing and Shearing — Shearing 



— Stubble Shearing and Trimming — Shearing Lambs and 

 Shearing Sheep semi-annually — Domg up Wool — Frauds in 

 Doing up Wool — Storing Wool — Place for Selling Wool — 

 Wool Depots and Commission Stores — Sacking Wool 163 



CHAPTER XVn. 



SUMMEE MANAGEMENT CONTINUED. 



Drafting and Selection — Registration — Marking and Numbering 



— Storms after Shearing — Sun -Scald — Ticks — Shortening 

 Horns — Maggots — Confining Rams — ^Trainvng Rams^-Fences- 

 — Salt — Tar, Sulphur, Aluia, &c. — Water in Pastures — Shade 



in Pastures — Housing Sheep in Summer — Pampering, 17^ 



CHAPTER XVIIL 



FALL MANAGEMENT. 



Weaning and Pall Feeding Lambs — Sheltering Lambs in Fall — 

 Pall Feeding and Sheltering Breeding Ewes — Selecting Ewes 

 for the Ram — Coupling — Period of Gestation — Management 

 of Rams during Coupling — Dividing Flocks for Winter, 198 



CHAPTER XIX. 



■WINTER MANAGEMENT. 



Winter Shelter — Temporary Sheds — Hay Bams with Open Sheds 



— Sheep Barns or Stables— Cleaning out Stables in Winter — 

 Yards — Littering Yards ^ Confining Sheep in Yards and to 

 Dry Feed 311 



CHAPTER XX. 



WINTER MANAGEMENT CONTINUED. 



Hay Racks — Water for Sheep in Winter — Amount of Food 

 Consumed by Sheep in Winter — Value of Different Fodders 

 — Nutritiye Equivalents— Mixed Feeds— Fattening Sheep in 



Winter— Regularity in Feeding — Salt, 330 



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