SHEEP AND THEIR DISEASES.
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HISTORY AND VARIETIES 15
AMERICAN SHEEP 21
Native Sheep 22
The Spanish Merino 25
The Saxon Merino 36
The New Leicester 41
The South-Down 47
The Cotswold 52
The Cheviot 54
The Lincoln 56
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SHEEP 57
Formation of the Teeth 59
Structure of the Skin 63
Anatomy of the Wool 64
Long Wool 76
Middle Wool 78
Short Wool 80
CROSSING AND BREEDING 81
BREEDING 81
Points of the Merino 93
Breeding Merinos 97
General Principles of Breeding 106
Use of Rams 112
Lambing 117
Management of Lambs 121
Castration and Docking 127
FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT 129
FEEDING 129
Shade 133
Fences 133
Hoppling 133
Dangerous Rams 134
Prairie Feeding 135
Fall Feeding 137
Winter Feeding 137
Feeding with other Stock 142
Division of Flocks 142
Regularity in Feeding 143
Effect of Food 144
Yards 146
Feeding-Racks 147
Troughs 150
Barns and Sheds 151
Sheds 155
Hay-Holder 156
Tagging 157
Washing 160
Cutting the Hoofs 165
Shearing 166
Cold Storms 171
Sun-Scald 171
Ticks 171
Marking or Branding 172
Maggots 173
Shortening the Horns 174
Selection and Division 174
The Crook 176
Driving and Slaughtering 177
Driving 177
Points of Fat Sheep 181
Slaughtering 184
Cutting Up 186
Relative qualities 187
Contributions to Manufactures 191
DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES 195
ADMINISTERING MEDICINE 197
BLEEDING 197
FEELING THE PULSE 199
Apoplexy 200
Braxy 201
Bronchitis 201
Catarrh 202
Malignant Epizooetic Catarrh 203
Colic 205
Costiveness 206
Diarrh[oe]a 206
Disease of the Biflex Canal 207
Dysentery 208
Flies 209
Fouls 209
Fractures 210
Garget 211
Goitre 211
Grub in the Head 212
Hoof-Ail 214
Hoove 225
Hydatid on the Brain 226
Obstruction of the Gullet 228
Ophthalmia 229
Palsy 229
Pelt-Rot 230
Pneumonia 230
Poison 233
Rot 233
Scab 236
Small-Pox 239
Sore Face 242
Sore Mouth 243
Ticks 243
ILLUSTRATIONS.
A LEICESTER RAM 15
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP 19
A MERINO RAM 25
A SPANISH SHEEP-DOG 28
OUT AT PASTURE 35
A COUNTRY SCENE 41
A SOUTH-DOWN RAM 47
THE COTSWOLD 52
A CHEVIOT EWE 54
SKELETON OF THE SHEEP AS COVERED BY THE
MUSCLES 57
THE WALLACHIAN SHEEP 64
THE HAPPY TRIO 81
THE SCOTCH SHEEP-DOG OR COLLEY 100
EWE AND LAMBS 117
FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT 129
A COVERED SALTING-BOX 130
A CONVENIENT BOX-RACK 147
A HOLE-RACK 148
THE HOPPER-RACK 150
AN ECONOMICAL SHEEP-TROUGH 151
SHEEP-BARN WITH SHEDS 152
A SHED OF RAILS 155
WASHING APPARATUS 162
TOE-NIPPERS 166
FLEECE 167
SHEPHERD'S CROOK 176
THE SHEPHERD AND HIS FLOCK 179
DROVER'S OR BUTCHER'S DOG 185
QUIET ENJOYMENT 195
AN ENGLISH RACK FOR FEEDING SHEEP 203
A BARRACK FOR STORING SHEEP FODDER 228
THE BROAD-TAILED SHEEP 236