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This vintage guide to farming sheep contains information on every step of the process, from breeding and rearing to wool production and beyond. With detailed descriptions and clear explanations, “Sheep Production” is highly recommended for anyone with a practical interest in keeping sheep for pleasure or for profit. Contents include: “Sheep Farming”, “Sheep Production”, “Starting A Flock”, “Selection And Management Of The Ram”, “Management At Breeding Time”, “Winter Care During Gestation Period”, “Care At Lambing Time”, “Care Of Ewe And Lambs After Lambing”, “Management Of Sheep”, “Sheep "Feeding”, “Suggested Rations”, “Parasites And Ailments Of Sheep”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on sheep farming.
The forest plantations in the Biltmore Estate, near Biltmore and Asheville, N.C., represent one of the earliest large-scale reforestation projects under private initiative in this country. Planting and seed-sowing operations were begun there about 40 years ago, in 1890, and the work was continued until about 1911. The resulting stands present an excellent opportunity to study the success or failure of forest planting with a large number of species in this part of the southern Appalachian region.
The proper identification of fleas forms a sound basis for disease prevention and flea control. This publication, prepared primarily as a taxonomic revision, will help those called upon to identify the species of these insects and recommend control procedures. Full descriptions are given of the genera ad higher groups, accompanied in most instances by figures. For species, subspecies, and varieties formal descriptions are avoided, but data have usually been supplied for each as follows: Indication of synonymy, name of type host, type locality, statement relative to range, and remarks upon identification characteristics, nature of original description, references to figures, published notes on biology or economic importance, and redescriptions.
Contents: --pt. 1. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. --pt. 2. State agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
This glossary, issued in 1924, and revised, provides terms used in fire control.