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INDEX 



Breeding qualities, of Cheviot, 148 

 of Dorset Horn, 144 

 of Oxfords, 135 

 of Shropshires, 119 

 of Suffolli, 137 

 Breeding powers, determined from 

 offspring, 39 

 unlike in animals of same pedigree, 

 39 

 Breeding problems, 27 

 adaptability, 33 

 importance of in United States, 35 

 neglect of, 35 

 mutton, and wool combined, 33 



improvement of, 30 

 prolificacy, 32 

 wool, improvement of, 27 

 fineness, 27 

 color, 28 



qualities combined, 29 

 Breeding season, 230 

 ewes, condition of, 230 



influence on offspring, 230 

 how to condition, 230 

 extra feed, 230 

 ram, condition of, 232 

 on western ranges, 410 

 Breeding stock, raising of, 25 

 Breeds of sheep, 99 

 fur-bearing, 212 

 Karakul, 212 

 mutton, 99 



American Tunis, 184 

 Berkshire Knots, 122 

 British, not widely distributed in 

 United States, 168 

 Corriedale, 163, 180 

 Devon Long Wool, 176 

 Dorset Down, 173 

 Exmoor, 172 

 Herdwick, 172 

 ' Kerry Hill, 175 

 Lonk, 169 

 Ryeland, 173 



Scotch Blackface Highland, 168 

 South Devon, 179 

 Welsh Mountain, 172 

 Wensleydale, 175 

 Cheviot, 145 

 Cotswold, 156 

 Dorset Horn, 140 

 Hampshires, 122 

 Kent, 164 

 Leicester, 150 



Breeds of sheep, mutton, Lincoln, 161 



Oxford, 132 



Romney Marsh, 164 



Shropshire, 110 



Southdown, 102 



Suffolk, 137 



on western ranges, 401 

 wool, 188 



Merinos, 188 

 American, 190 

 Delaine, 200 



Rambouillet, 203 

 Broadtail fur, 214 

 Bucks, 341 



Buildings for sheep, 435 

 barn, shape of, 435 

 dryness, 437 

 feed racks, 439 



combination, 440 



for roughage, 439 

 floors, 437 



space required per animal, 438 

 interior arrangement, 438 

 lamb creep, 443 

 lambing pens, 441 

 light, 437 

 location, 435 

 outside equipment, 447 



dipping plant, 447 



fences and hurdles, 447 



pasture, nearness to, 435 



silos, 447 

 shearing floor, 446 

 troughs, feeding, 441 



watering, 445 

 ventilation, 437 

 warmth, 435 

 wool room, 446 



Camp tenders, kind of men employed, 

 404 

 of California, 405 

 of northwestern ranges, 405 

 of western ranges, 403 

 Canterbury lambs, 182 

 Castration'^ 282, 283 

 Cheviot, 145 

 breeding qualities of, 148 

 cross-breeding of, 148 



with Border Leicesters, 154 

 description, 146 

 distribution, 148 

 half-breds, 148 

 hardiness of, 147 



