476 



INDEX 



Sheep, types of, breed, constitution, 75 

 objectionable points, 75 

 sex character, 75 

 femininity, 78 

 masculinity, 76 

 importance of, 76 

 feeder, 81 

 general type, 75 

 market, 80 

 mutton breeds, 70 

 body, 71, 72 

 head, 70 



hind quarters, 72 

 legs, 72 

 neck, 70 

 quality of, 72 

 skin and wool, 73 

 wethers, 81 

 wool breeds, 73 



compared with mutton type, 



74 

 folds and wrinkles of, 74 

 unimproved, appearance of, 27 

 "westward movement of, 9 

 wounded by dogs, 312 

 treatment of, 312 

 Sheep breeding, adaptability of im- 

 portance in U. S., 35 

 Sheep countries, important, 17 • 



statistics tabulated, 18 

 Sheep feeding in U. S., history of, 335 

 origin of, 335 



day of the large operators, 336 

 farmer feeders, 338 



advantages of, over large 

 operator, 338 

 feeding yards, 335 

 screenings-fed animals, 335 

 Sheep industry (see Sheep raising) 

 Sheep population, changes in centers 

 of, 10 

 in New Zealand, density of, 15 

 Sheep raising, adaptability a problem 

 in, 33 

 neglected, 35 

 changes in centers of, 10 

 combining mutton and wool, 33 

 development of, in various conu- 



tries, 3 

 early domestication and impor- 

 tance, 3 

 for breeding purposes, 25 

 in Argentine RepubUc, 15 

 in Austraha, 13 



Sheep raising, mutton breeds increas- 

 ing- 14 

 m Australia, present importance, 



14 

 progress of, 13 

 in England, 6 



and Spain, dissimilarities of, 5 

 events affecting, 6 



Bakewell's improvement 



of breed, 7 

 grant of protection to 



weavers, etc., 6 

 plague of 1348, 6 

 root and clover crops, 

 introduction of, 7 

 in farming regions, 13 

 in New Zealand, 14 



density of sheep population, 15 

 paddock or fencing system, 15 

 in North America, 9 

 colonial times, 9 

 the Embargo Act, 8 

 Merinos, importation of, 10 

 mutton breeds, introduction 

 of, 13 

 in South Africa, 16 



conditions unfavorable, 17 

 in South America, 15 

 mutton breeds, 16 

 present status, 16 

 pohtical revolutions a hin- 

 . drance to, 16 

 Southdowns, 16 

 in Spain, 3 

 Merino, 3 

 monopoly of, 4 



broken, 5 

 stationary flocks, 6 

 increase in value, 13 

 present types of, in leading sheep 

 countries, 20 

 farm flock method, 22 

 hurdUng method, 23 



objects of, 24 

 pure-bred flock method, 25 

 range method, on enclosed 

 lands, 20 

 advantages of, 22 

 supplemented by culti- 

 vated crops, 20 

 using herdere, 20 

 prolificacy in, 32 

 Sheep wagon, 407 

 Shelter and shade, 293 



