SHEEP BREEDING

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 279, 19 August 1920, Page 8

SHEEP BREEDING

■' 'INTERESTING ATTSTTULIAN PUBLICA- ;•■>■•. ... HON. ; '" There are a thousand and one difficulties ■ to bo overcome almost daily in order to •■ aohieve success in sheep breeding, and realising the necessity for a book on the sub- , ject to aid the .sheep man a live and pracV't'loal .body of men started work over two ; years ago, and have published an elabor- ■'■ Ate work entitled "The Management and :• Diseases of Sheep in Australia." The book i is.thorough and exhaustive, and a verit- ;. >ble mine of information, to which the •' man on the land, when in doubt, can turn. '.. One of the subjects treated is the care of ', horses and how to get the best servico . from them. Over twenty pages are devoted ■'to thin subject. Should tho man on the ; land want to know the best way to train • his dog or tho best and most economical '.'way to fence and gate his property, or '.-' how to destroy the rabbit pest, or how to ; lay out his woolshcds and yards, or hnw '"'■ to build a house, all he has to do is to \ turn up the index, or look at the table [of, contents, and he has complete informa- ; 'Won. immediately available. Many of the I ■hitherto only dimly appreciated points reI garding breeds and breeding, are made I clear. The mistakes in breeding aro clear- ; "ly outlined. Handling and fattening sheep lor "market, lambing and lamb-marking, ; :mating and increasing hocks, percentage ! W rams to ewes, and time to join, doubles' : lambing, etc., are also fully covered. Af- ! .ter lambing comes iamb-marking, how tn I,,Sethis humanely; economically and with- '■■■ out fatality,' the erection of lamb-marking ■'■ yards, and the evidence of the dread germ , -of .tetanus are expounded. Shearing also i ■elaims the attention of the authors, who '.deal, with the conducting of the shearing, ' right .through from the initial preparations to the final packing of the wool in bales. Over twenty pages are devoted tn i .'the care of sheep from shearing to shear- '• lng, and fifty pages have been devoted to " .the diseases sheep are heir to. vEach din- ■ ease is taken separately, and a general 1 description is given, followed by tho symp- : toms and their treatment, or prevention. ■ Twenty-five separate complaints are dealt . with here, and finally is given a lone list - of simple and effective drugs, and how to tise them in sheen complaints. The value of prevention, and how to avoid disease, Is j. tho.3logan of this chanter. Ensilage and :.,silos also claim attention. There arc 662 I 'H eeß and 2M 'illustrations in the book. ..The - editor and authors nre:-Alr. '..J.. B. qrainsie,. deputy-chairman of the •; Metropolitan Meat Industry Board of New South Wales; Mr. Kobert Paton, late of ; 'Kiacatoo Station. Oondoboliu, New South >Wales; Mr. S. h. Reid, late of Cnroesa. i Jforee, New Smith Wales; Mr. Donnld Maclarlane, nf Eurella. Ilylstone, New South . Wales; Principal 11. W. Potts, M.S.. , 1.L.8., Hawkesbury Agricultural College and Experimental Farm. Now South Wales; the Hon. David J. Gordon. M.Ii.C. of Adelaide, South Australia; Mr. J. Wrenford : Mathews, New- South Wales Government ; . Sheep and Wool Expert. The publishers '-'SH-Bulterworth and Co. (Aus.), Ltd., ISO ■ Phi Up Street, Sydney. The price of tho .book is 2ns. net.'