INDEX 



469 



Lamb creep, 272, 275, 443 

 construction of, 273 

 feeding, amount of feed consumed, 

 274 

 methods of, 267 

 creep, 272, 275 

 direct, 271 

 grain, 271 

 grain mixture, 271 

 free choice system, 272 

 indirectly, through ewe (see 

 Ewes, suckling, feeding of), 

 267 

 grass, 275 



green feed before grass season, 274 

 learning to eat, 27 

 salt and water, 293 

 fur, 214 

 Astrakan, 214 

 Broadtail, 214 

 Krimmer, 214 

 Persian, 214 

 value of, 214 

 in meat dietary, importance of, 449 

 joint, 452 

 troubles, 259 



disowned lamb, 259 



arousing mother instinct, 259 



one of twins, 261 



milk supply of ewe insufficient 



for twins, 263 

 orphan lamb, 262 

 feeding with cow's milk, 262 

 foster mother, 262 

 Lambing, difficulty in, 251 

 care of ewe after, 254 

 afterbirth, 254 

 flushing, 254 

 lacerations, 254 

 stimulants, 254 

 womb, eversion of, 254 

 dismembering foetus by instru- 

 ments, 252 

 preparation for, 246 

 appliances, 248 

 drugs, 247 



ewe, care of, before, 250 

 quarters, 246 



warmth necessary, 246 

 the shepherd, 250 

 suppKes, 247 

 on western ranges, 416 



docking and castrating, 418 

 equipment required, 409 



Lambing, on western ranges, extra 

 helpers during, 417 

 handling, method of, 417 

 labor required during, 406 

 last task of, 418 

 location for, 416 

 percentage of lambs, 419 

 protection from predatory ani- 

 mals, 416 

 rate of births, 417 

 shelter, 416 

 pens, 246, 441 

 period, 246 



on western ranges, 416 

 Lambs, as a market class, 340 

 care of, 267 

 docking and castrating, 282 

 how to feed, 273 

 quarters, 270 

 shelter and shade (see Shelter and 



shade), 293 

 summer management, 291 

 feeder, 369 



growth, importance of, 267 

 late-born, feeding of, 275 

 losses of, on western ranges, 424 

 marketable at weaning time, 284 

 feed consumed until, 285 ' 

 rations, experimental, 286 

 Illinois Station, 286 

 Ohio Station, 289 

 number of, at one birth, 66 

 slaughtering of, for special markets, 

 458 

 dressing the carcass, 468 

 weaning of, 291 

 age proper for, 291 

 early, advantages of, 291 

 feeding after, 292 

 procedure in, 291 

 separation, of ewes for breeding, 

 293 

 from mothers, 292 

 of rams from ewes, 293 

 young, ailments and diseases of, 263 

 constipation, 263 

 indigestion, 264 

 navel ill, 266 

 pinning, 263 

 "plugged" anus, 263 

 sore eyes, 265 



due to eyelashes, 266 

 sore mouth, 266 

 white scours, 264 



