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Index 



Sheep, accidents to, 183 ; alkali 

 licks, 197 ; annual pastures for, 



188, 217 ; auction sales for, 193 ; 

 barns (see Shelter) ; barley for 

 212; beet pulp for, 156; bloat 

 in, 218 ; bran for, 213 ; branding, 

 144; breeding, 181 ; breeding on 

 the range, 129 ; breeding season 

 of, 179 ; breeds for cross-breed- 

 ing, 168 ; breeds for the range, 

 125 ; buildings for, on the farm, 

 172 ; buildings for range sheep, 

 152 ; cabbage for, 215 ; capital 

 required for, 151 ; catching of, 

 223 ; chopping hay for, 159 ; 

 concentrates for, 211; corn for, 

 211 ; corrals for, 202 ; corrals for 

 range sheep, 152 ; costs and 

 profits, 150; cottonseed prod- 

 ucts for, 213 ; creeps for lambs, 



189, 204 ; crooks for catching, 

 199 ; cross-breeding for wool and 

 mutton, 168 ; determination of 

 age in, 128 ; dipping of farm 

 sheep, 192 ; dipping of, for feed- 

 lot, 163 ; dipping of, on the 

 range, 142 ; dipping vats for, 

 199 ; docking instruments for, 

 docking chute for, 201 ; driving 

 of, 222 ; ear labeling punch for, 

 205; emmer for, 212; equip- 

 ment for branding, 206 ; the 

 ewe at lambing, 186 ; exercise 

 for, 183 ; factors affecting feed- 

 ing of, 209; farm, 122,- 172; 

 farms suitable for, 172 ; fatten- 

 ing of range lambs in winter, 

 154; feeding lambs, 155; feed- 

 ing of farm sheep, 182, 209 ; 

 feeding racks and troughs for, 

 196 ; fences for, 202 ; flushiag of 

 ewes, 218 ; for the farm, 172 ; 

 gains of, in feed lot, 163 ; gesta- 

 tion period of, 129, 181 ; goitre 

 in, 177 ; grain for, 156, 182, 189 ; 

 grazed on the forest reserve, 14; 

 grinding grain for, 161 ; handling 

 of, 222; hauling of, 224; hay 

 for, 216 ; herding on the range, 

 145 ; hoof trimmer for, 204 ; 



kale for, 215; leading of, 223; 

 lifting and carrying of, 224; 

 linseed products for, 213 ; loss 

 from wild animals, 149 ; luck 

 with, 221 ; marketing of mutton 

 stock, 147 ; marketing of pure- 

 bred Iambs, 193 ; marketing of 

 pure-bred stock on the range, 148 ; 

 marketing of spring lambs, 192, 

 193; milk teeth in, 129; oil 

 meal for, on the range, 130 ; oats 

 for, 212 ; peas for, 213 ; panels 

 for, 196; pastures for, 217; 

 pastures for weanling lambs, 192 ; 

 permanent teeth, 129 ; phases of 

 sheep industry, 121 ; pure-bred, 

 marketing of, 148 ; pure-bred, 

 on farms, 122 ; pure-bred, on the 

 range, 122 ; range sheep, 121 ; 

 Chap. X, 124 ; rations for winter 

 fattening, 156 ; returns from, 

 226; roots for, 214; salt for, 

 147 ; scab, 143 ; selection of, for 

 farm, 174 ; self-feeders for, 198 ; 

 shearing for feed lot, 161 ; shear- 

 ing of, on farm, 190 ; shears, 

 blade, 207 ; sheds (see Shelter) ; 

 shipping crates for, 198 ; silage 

 for, 215; silo for, 216; soiling 

 crops for, 217 ; succulence for, 

 214; suitability to various en- 

 vironments, 33 ; three-quarter 

 bred, 169 ; time of breeding, 179 ; 

 treating of stubborn ewes at 

 lambing, 186 ; vs. cattle, 30, 49 ; 

 water for, 183 ; weaning of lambs, 

 192; wheat for, 212; wintering 

 of ewe lambs, 183 ; wintering 

 range sheep, 130 ; wool box, 207. 



Sheds (see Shelter). 



Shelter, for beef cattle, 94; for 

 brood mares, 289 ; for colts. 

 Illustration, 294 ; for cows and 

 calves, 60 ; for pure-bred horses, 

 340 ; for sheep on the farm, 192, 

 194, 195, 196 ; for sheep on the 

 range, 152 ; for sheep in the feed 

 lot, 162 ; for stallions, 322 ; for 

 swine, 376, 377, 385; for work 

 horses, 371 ; for young horses, 



