CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER XV. 



SPEING MANAGEMENT CONTINUED. 



Congenital Goitre — Imperfectly Developed Lambs — Rheumatism 

 — Treatment of the Ewe after Lambing — Closed Teats — 

 Uneasiness — Inflamed TJdder — Drying oflF — Disownihg Lambs 

 — : Foster Lambs — Docking Lambs — Castration, 153 



CHAPTER XVI. 



SUMMER MANAGEMENT. 



Mode of Washing Sheep — Utility of Wasliing Considered — Cutting 

 the Hoofs — Time between Washing and Shearing— Shearing 



— Stubble Shearing and Trimming — Shearing Lambs and 

 Shearing Sheep semi-annually — Doing up Wool— ^Frauds in 

 Doing up Wool — Storing Wool — Place for Selling Wool — 

 Wool Depots and Commission Stores — Sacking Wool 163 



CHAPTER XVII. 



SUMMER MANAGEMENT CONTINUED. 



Drafting and Selection — Registration — Marking and Numbering 



— Storms after Shearing — Sun -Scald — Ticks — Shortening 

 Horns — Maggots — Confining Rams — Training Rams — ^Fences 

 — Salt — Tar, Sulphur, Alum, &c. — Water in Pastures — Shade 



in Pastures — Housing Sheep in Summer — Pampering, 179 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



FALL MANAGEMENT. 



Weaning and Fall Feeding Lambs — Sheltering Lambs in Pall — 

 Fall Feeding and Sheltering Breeding Ewes— Selecting Ewes 

 for the Ram — Coupling — Period of Gestation— Management 

 of Rams during Coupling — Dividing Flocks for Winter,.... 198 



CHAPTER XIX. 



WINTEB MANAGEMENT. 



Winter Shelter — Temporary Sheds — Hay Bams with Open Sheds 



— Sheep Barns or Stables— Cleaning out Stables in Winter — 

 Yards — Littering Yards — Confining Sheep in Yards and to 

 Dry Feed, 311 



CHAPTER XX. 



WINTEE MANAGEMENT CONTINUED. 



Hay Racks — Water for Sheep in Winter— Amount of Food 

 Consumed by Sheep in Winter — Value of Different Fodders 



Nutritive EcLoivalents — Mixed Feeds — Fattening Sheep in 



Winter -^Regularity in Feeding— Salt , 230 



