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Study in Type and Form for Breeder and Feeder . Frontispiece 



Successful Sheep Husbandry depends largely upon the Shepherd xiv 



An Excellent Study in Downs . . . 7 



Ore<;i)n Sheep on their Xative Pasture . . . . 12 



Dakotas at Hoiiip . . . . . . 15 



Yearlings fed experimentally on Corn and Clover Hay . . 23 



A Few Rams selected for Breeding Purposes in the West . . 31 



A Contrast in Type in Western Lambs . . . . . 35 



A Field of Corn and Cowpeas . . 41 

 Under Most Conditions Lambs will graze the Undergrowtli with- 

 out eating the Corn 45 



Dogs are often a (rreat Help, but are seldom used in driving 



Fat Sheep . 47 

 Here it was planned to liave the Sheep consume the Corn as 



well as the Undergrowth ... . 51 



A Band of Western Lambs on Feed according to System IV . 55 

 An Orphan Lamb is often the First Live Stock owned Ijy the 



Boy on the Farm . .... 57 



Mexican Yearliugs receiving Corn on Blue-Grass Pasture . ')'.) 



Plan for building Feeding Yards and Grain Troughs (i2 



A View of the Troughs shown in the Diagram on Page 62 03 

 Crushing Ear Corn for Sheep ... , .69 

 Interior of one of the Large Barns at a Slinep-Feeding Station 



adjacent to Chicago . . . . 73 



Posing. From their Pictures we may study Sheep Character . 75 

 Cowpeas not only furnish Cheap and Excellent Lamb Feed but 



also aid materially in improving Soil Texture and Fertility . 79 

 Rape furnishes a Cheap and Efficient Roughness when fed in 



Conjunction with Corn ... . 85 



Sixteen-Foot AV'ooden Hurdles, easily made and moved 87 



The Head of a Yearling Ram . .... . . 91 



