Modern Sheep, Breeds And Management

MODERN SHEEP, BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT - I907 - PREFACE. - The cordial reception that Fitting Sheep for Show Ring and lfarket met at the hands of some of the worlds greatest flockmasters, shepherds, the agricultural press and sheep breeders generally, was thc prime. factor inspiring the writing of this work. A wide acquaintance with prominent sheep breeders, fanciers and shepherds of several countries and many years spent in practical pastoral pursuits and in the pastoral journdistic field, has put 1Ee writer ia possession of information which it is hoped will prove of inteest and value to those into whose hands this volume may fall. The author takes great pleasure in acknowledging the assistance rendered him by those gentlemen whose names are mentioned from time to time in the pages of this work, without which it never could have appeared in anything like the complete state in which it is presented. In selecting the illustrations for this work it has been the aim of the writer to use only first class photographs, as drawings of animals are always more or less misleading and consequently disappointing. SHEPHERD BOY. --- CONTENTS -- PART I. HISTORY AND BREEDS. BRITISH BREEDS-The Shropshire-The Hampshire-The Southdown- The Oxford-The Suffolk-The Dorset Down-The Dorset Horn-The Cheviot-The Lincoln-The Cotswold-The Leicester-The Border Leicester-The Romney Marsh-The Devon Longwool-Wensleydales- The Dartmoor-South Hams-The Roscommon-The Ryeland-The Exmoor-Lonk Sheep-The Herdwick-Kerry Hill Sheep-Gritstone Sheep- Welsh Mountain Sheepl-The Radnor Sheep--The Blackface. Highland -The Clun Forest ShcepThe Norfolk Sheep-Wiltshire Sheep-The York or Penistone Sheep-Berkshire SheepBreton Sheep-OrkneyIsland Sheep-Shetland SheepThe Larzac Sheep-The Himalayan Mountain Sheep-Abyssinian SheepSomaliland Sheep-The Wallachian Sheep-Barbados Sheep-Tibet Sheep-Astrachan Sheep-1celand Sheep -St. Kilda Sheepsheep of the Philippine Islands-Holland Sheep-The Mayo Horny Sheep-The Crimean Sheep. French Breeds-The Moor Sheep of Syria-Quarto-Nippled Sheep-Old Mountain Sheep-Sahara Sheep-The Tunis Sheep-The Corriedale Sheep-Persian Sheep-Finewool Breds-The American Merino-The Rambouillet-The Delaine- Merino-The Franco-American-Black Sheep-Goat Sheep Hybrid- Interesting Breed Experiments-British Sheep Nomenclature. PART 11. GENERAL MANAGEMENT. Sheep on the Average Farm-Profits-Hints to Beginvers-Environ- ment-Aristocracy and Sheep-Millionaire Flockmasters-Sheep Farming in England-The Shepherd-Selection of Breeding Stock-Constitution- Points of Sheep--The Fleece-The Skin-Select Only Healthy Stock-The Ram-Selection of the Ram-On the Care of the Ram-The Breeding Season-Period of Gestation-Flushing-Breeding the Ewes-Barren Ewes -Care of the Ewe-Marking the Lambs-Breeding-In-Breeding-In- Breeding and Climatic Out-Crossing-Breeding Ewe Lambs-Control- ling the Sex-Prolificacy-Twins vs. Singles-Water-Shade-The Sheep Barn-The Hospital-The Shepherds Quarters-Hayracks-Portable Pens -Cleaning the Sheep Barn-The Sheep Yards-Management of the Yean- inn Ewe-Troubles of the Lambing Fold-How to Catch a Sheep-Clip- ping the Wool From the Ewes Flanks-Raising Cosset Lambs-Trans- ferring the Lamb-The Stanchion-Weaning the Lambs-Reviving a Chilled Lamb-Drenching Sheep-The Care of Young Stock-Shearing- Tying the Fleece-Dipping-Docking and Castrating-Culling-Spring and Summer Care-Fall Care-Winter Care-MuttonForm-Mutton-Lamb Feedins-Live Weight Gains of Wethers-Screenings-Shipping Crates- l- Portable Sheep Fences-Salt-Marketing Sheep and Lambs-Running Sheep on Shares-Sheepskin Rugs-Importing-The Fleece-Pedigree and Registering-Preparing Sheep for Sale-Score Card for Sheep. PART 111. SHEEP MANAGEMENT IN THE WESTERN STATES...