VIU 



Contents 



Chapter VI. Equipment . ... 



Barns — Fencing — Corrals — Scales 



Chapter VII. Branding and Marking 



Bar-marking — Brand laws and inspection 



Chapter VIII. Puke-bred Cattle 



The man — Location — Founding the herd ■ 

 Feed and care — Marking — Marketing. 



PAGES 



93-102 



. 103-108 

 . 109-117 



PART III 



SHEEP 



Chapter IX. Wool and Mutton Producers of 



THE West ...... 121—123 



Range sheep — Farm sheep. 



Chapter X. Range Sheep .... 124-153 



Herding — Summer and winter ranges — The 

 breeding band — Determining age — Breeding — 

 Winter management — Lambing — Lambing on 

 the open range — Lambing sheds and tents — 

 Percentage increase — Marking — Shearing — 

 Dipping — Branding — Summer management — ■ 

 Care of the range — Watering — Salt — Wean- 

 ing — Marketing mutton stock — Marketing 

 pure-bred stock — Calendar of operations — Loss 

 from wild animals — Costs and profits of a range 

 ewe — Capital required — Buildings — Corrals 



Chapter XI. Fattening Range Lambs in Winter 154-165 

 The lambs — Length of feeding period — : Feeds 

 and ration — Method of feeding — Shearing for 

 feed-lot — Shelter — Dipping — Gains — Costs 

 and profits — Feeding wethers — Feeding old 

 ewes. 



Chapter XII. Cross-breeding for Wool and 



Mutton Production .... 166-171 



The Corriedale — The Panama — Systematic 

 cross-breeding. 



