1054 
l April, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
1876 .] 
TREES AND PLANTS. 
S. B. Parsons & Sons, near 
Ivissena Station, Flushing, N. Y. 
A Farm of Your Own, 
The Best Remedy for Hard Times! 
Free Homesteads 
AND THE 
Best and Cheapest Railroad Land 
Are on the Line of the 
UNIOM PACIFIC RAILROAD 
IN 
NEBRASKA. 
SECURE A HOW?E HOW. 
Full information sent FLEE to all parts of the World. 
Address (). F. DAVIS, 
Land Com’r U. P. It. R., Omaha, Neb. 
Rhomboidal Harvester Sharpener, 
A cheap and effectual instrument for sharpening knives of 
Reapers and Mowers, that can be carried with the machine. 
Sent; by inail post-paid for 30 cents. We also manufacture 
Emery Scythe Rifles, sent by mail post-paid for 20 cents. A 
liberal discount by the Dozen or Gross. Try them. 
YOUSE, ASHTON & WILSEY, Bryan, Ohio. 
Os-flier?. for Plants wanted 
by COLLINS. See page 111, last number. 
MEDAIj MACHINES. 
Now York State Agricultural Works. 
HEELED & I\0ELIG§€ CO., 
Patentees and Manufacturers of 
Railway, Chain and Lever Horse Powers, 
'Threshers and Cleaners, Threshers and 
Shakers, Clover Hallers, Feed Cutters, 
Wheel Horse Rakes, Horse Pitchforks, 
Shingle Machines, Straw Preserving 
Rye Threshers, Portable Steam- 
Engines, Cider and Wine-Mills 
anil Presses. Dos and Pony- 
Powers, etc., etc. 
ALBANY, JNT. Y. 
Send stamp for Circular. 
ever made, send 3 cent stamp to M. Harder, Empire 
Agricultural Works, Cobleskill, N. Y., for Postage on 
Catalogue, with price, full information, and Judges' 
Report of National Implement Trial. 
Tire Peerless Thresher anil Cleaner—Clover 
Huller anil Cleaner—Straw-Preserving Rye 
Threshers—Railway and Lever Powers—The 
Howland Feed Mill—drain Fans and Corn 
Shellers. Our machines have received the highest testi¬ 
monials and cannot be excelled. 
15. GILL, & SOY, 
Trenton Agricultural Works, Trenton, N. 
THE UNION 
RAIL w y 
HORSE POWER. 
Producing much more 
power than oilier rail¬ 
way powers, with much 
le.es elevation. 
S3?" Send for Descrip¬ 
tive Circular. 
Wm, L, Boyer & Bro., 
^ Philadelphia, Pa. 
"See, the Conquering Hero Comes!" 
We’ve got him—Mr, Crandall has 
dug him up, all alive: 
Amusing! 
C. M. Crandall has clone it again—lias made another 
splendid thing that will perfectly charm all the Little 
Folks, viz.: 
The Sreat Centennial Toy, 
a fine ©Id Soldier, in Brilliantly Colored Uniform, 
with Cocked Hat, Flag, and Staff, all so ingeniously made 
and put together, that you can set him in a thousand dif¬ 
ferent positions, and he stays there until you change him. 
—He is a thing of life ; a real joy to all Boys and Girls, 
(and older people too). He fits and also works well with 
all the Acrobats and the Menagerie. 
He waxeth eloquent. 
Every Child Everywhere 
should have “Ye Hero of’76” right away—or 
more than one... The real Hero is 9 inches high, and 
many times larger than the greatly reduced figures above, 
■which show, without the colors, only two of the almost 
numberless interesting and amusing positions, which the 
Hero will take in your hands. 
Sold in a neat box, for only 35 cts.- ®S”Sent safely 
by mail, post-paid, for 4o cts.—Send for one or more. 
Sold by Toy Dealers generally, and by many others. 
Supplied Wholesale and Retail by the General Agents, 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
t gj y 245 Broadway, New York. 
THE SHEEP. 
DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR 
AMERICAN SHEPHERDS. 
By HENRY STEWART. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
This Manual is designed to be a hand-book for Ameri¬ 
can shepherds and farmers. It is intended to he so plain 
that a farmer, or a farmer’s son, who has never kept a 
sheep, may learn from its pages how to manage a flock 
successfully, and to be so complete that even the ex¬ 
perienced shepherd may gather some suggestions from 
it. The results of personal experiences of some years 
with the characters of the various modern breeds of 
sheep, and the sheep-raising capabilities of many por¬ 
tions of our extensive territory and that of Canada, most 
of which have been visited with a view to the effects 
upon our sheep of the varying climate and different soils; 
and the careful study of the diseases to which our slice]) 
are chiefly subject, with those by which they may even¬ 
tually he afflicted through unforeseen accidents ; as well 
as the methods of management called for under our cir¬ 
cumstances, were finally gathered into the shape in which 
they are here presented to the shepherds of America, 
with the hope that they may be as acceptable and useful 
to them as they would have been, when he first under¬ 
took the care of a flock, to The Author. 
CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I.—The Sheep as an Industrial Product. 
—Antiquity of Sheep Husbandry — The Future of 
Sheep Husbandry—Its Effects upon Agriculture—De¬ 
mand for Mutton Sheep—Value of the Wool Product 
—Extent of Pasturage in America. 
CHAPTER II.— The Summer Management op a Flock, 
—Selection of a Sheep Farm—Effects of Soils upon 
the Health of Sheep—What is a Good Pasture ?— 
Value of Certain Grasses—The Western Plains as 
Sheep Pasture—Pastures—Fodder Crops—Root Crops 1 
—Folding Sheep-Dog Guards. 
CHAPTER III.— Management op Ewes and Lambs.— 
Marking Sheep—Record for Breeders—Management 
of Rams—Care of Ewes—Care of Lambs—Selecting 
Lambs for Breeders—Prevention of Disease—Dip¬ 
ping Preventive of Parasites. 
CHAPTER IV.— Winter Management op Sheep.— 
Barns and Sheds—Feed Racks—Feeding Value of 
Different Fodders, Roots and Grains—Experiments 
in Feeding—Profit of Feeding—Raising Early Lambs 
for Market—Feeding Sheep for Market—Value of 
Manure—Markets for Sheep. 
CHAPTER V.— Breeding and Breeds op Sheep. — 
How Breeds are Established—Improvement of Flocks 
—Cross Breeding—Breeding for Sex—Maxims for 
Breeders—Native Breeds—Improvement of the Meri¬ 
nos—The Merino Fleece—Long-Wool Breeds—Me¬ 
dium and Short-Wool Breeds — Foreign Breeds — 
Cross-bred Sheep—American Cross-breeds. 
CHAPTER VI.— The Structure and Uses op Wool.— 
The Method of Growth of Wool—Its Peculiar Struc¬ 
ture—Its Composition—The Yolk—Classification of 
Wools—Character of Merino Wool—Washing Wool- 
Shearing—Packing and Marketing the Fleeces—Pro¬ 
duction of Wool in the World—Comparative Values 
of Wool in Different Countries—Favorable Conditions 
for Producing Wool in the United States. 
CHAPTER VII.—TnE Anatomy and Diseases op the 
Sheep.— Physiology of the Sheep—The Teeth—The 
Bones—The Vital ‘Functions, Respiration, Circula¬ 
tion, and Digestion—The Causes and Prevention of 
Diseases of the Sheep—Diseases of the Respiratory 
Organs ; of the Digestive Organs ; of the Blood—En¬ 
zootic Diseases—Epizootic Diseases—Diseases of the 
Urinary and Reproductive Organs; of the Brain- 
Parasitical Diseases of the Intestines ; of the Skin— 
Diseases of the Feet—Diseases Incident to Lambing 
—Special Diseases—Diseases of Latflbs. 
Table op Approximate Equivalent Measures. 
PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
