INDEX 



477 



Shelter and shade, for fattening sheep, 

 362 

 type of, 363 

 for lambing, 246 

 for pregnant ewes, 241 

 in pasture, 275 

 losses due to lack of, 423 

 movable, 294 

 protection from summer rains, 



295 

 trees, 293 



parasites, danger of, under, 294 

 Shepherd, the, 250 

 Shepherding and feeding, 37 

 Shropshires, 110 



breeding quahties, 119 

 ewes, 119 

 rams, 120 

 description, 114 

 development, method of, 110 

 cooperation of breeders, 112 

 cross-breeding. 111 

 distribution, 121 

 form and weight, 115 

 formation of breed, 40 

 history, 110 

 horns, 118 



hne breeding in England, 40 

 markings, 118 

 of preseiit day, 115 

 old types, 110 

 prolificacy of, 119 

 properties of, hardiness and feed- 

 ing, 118 

 mutton, 118 



recognition as a breed, 114 

 skin, 118 

 style, 116 



uniformity of type, 41 

 wool, 116 

 color of, 117 

 Silage, feeding value of, 383 

 corn, 384 

 pea, 384 

 pea hull,' 358 

 sorghum, 384 

 for pregnant ewes, 238 

 in fattening process, 376 

 Silo, location of, 447 

 Skeleton of sheep, 47 

 ribs, 48 



sternum or breast-bone, 48 

 variations in effects of, 48 

 vertebrae, 47 



Skin of sheep, 51 



Skin and appendages, 52 



color of, 51 

 Slaughter, care of animal before, 449 

 equipment required for, 450 

 method of, 450 



carcass, care of, 453 

 cutting of, 455 

 breast, 458 

 leg, 458 

 loin, 458 

 ribs, 458 

 shoulder, 459 

 removal of pelt, 450 



of viscera, 452 

 sticldng, 450 

 of lambs, for special markets, 458 

 South Devon breed, 179 

 Southdown, 102 



a preeminent mutton breed, 107 

 breeding qualities, 108 



cross-breeding, 108 

 description, 105 

 disqualifications, 107 

 distribution, regional, 109 

 features, 106 

 form and weight, 105 

 gestation period for, 66 

 hardiness and feeding qualities, 107 

 history of, 102 

 improvement by Ellman, 103 



by Webb, 105 

 in South America, introduction of, 



15 

 markings and skin, 106 

 old type, 102 

 properties of, 107 



societies for promotion of breed, 

 109 

 South Africa, sheep raising in, 16 

 South America, sheep raising in, 15 

 Soybeans, a cause of bloat, 281 



feeding value of, 280 

 Spain, sheep raising in, 3 

 the Merino, 3 

 monopoly of, 4 



broken, 5 

 stationary flocks, 5 

 Spanish Merinos, adaptability of, 34 

 Stags, 341 



Stomach of sheep, 58 

 Stomach worm, 296 

 eradication of, 299 

 changing pasture, 299 



