title: Sheep Raiser's Manual
author:  William K. Kruesi 
description: Information on: grazing management; pasture renovation; parasites; housing; fencing; selection; breeding; new born lambs; lambs on grass; lamb grading; genetic improvement; controlled reproduction; record keeping; and more.
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  # When Life Was Young
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### C. A. Stephens
  
  
    
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  * [CHAPTER I. A NOSE IN COMMON](wenli_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. WHITE SUNDAY](wenli_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. MONDAY AT THE OLD FARM](wenli_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. OUR FIRST JERSEY COW](wenli_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. SHEEP-WASHING—ADDISON'S NOVEL
  
  
  WATER-WARMER
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. THE VERMIFUGE BOTTLE](wenli_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII. IMMERSING THE LAMBS](wenli_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. “OLD THREE-LEGS”](wenli_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX. HOMESICK AGAIN. BLUE, OH, SO BLUE!](wenli_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X. MUG-BREAD, PONES AND JOHNNY-REB TOAST](wenli_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI. THE BIRDS AND BIRD-SONGS AT THE OLD
  
  
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  * [CHAPTER XII. TWO VERY EARLY CALLERS—EACH ON
  
  
  BUSINESS
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII