. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. .â ^VSm***. Fig. 607. A Montana sheep corral and range. Water-hole in the distance. quarters once or twice a week, taken out by a camp-tender. One tender makes the rounds of all the herders in an " outfit" or single ownership. A hardy and self-reliant lot of men are bred in this herding business, but the occupation lacks the pic- turesqueness of the old cowboy days. When the summer ranging is over, the herders go to head- quarters and are assigned duty on the winter range. Plains that are apparently lifeless in summer o
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. .â ^VSm***. Fig. 607. A Montana sheep corral and range. Water-hole in the distance. quarters once or twice a week, taken out by a camp-tender. One tender makes the rounds of all the herders in an " outfit" or single ownership. A hardy and self-reliant lot of men are bred in this herding business, but the occupation lacks the pic- turesqueness of the old cowboy days. When the summer ranging is over, the herders go to head- quarters and are assigned duty on the winter range. Plains that are apparently lifeless in summer often afford excellent grazing after the rains come. The sheep roam at large all winter, securing feed from various plants and the natural hay made of the dry grasses. In many establishments, cheap sheds are provided on the winter range where supplemental feeding may be given in very cold weather or when the snowfall is heavy. These sheds are usually covered with wild hay. A shed one hundred feet square will provide feeding-place for 2,000 to 3,000 sheep. Seventy-five tons or less of hay should provide winter feed for 2,500 sheep. Wethers are handled in bands of 2,000 to 3,000 animals. Ewes are handled in bands about half this size, for the care of lambing sheep is arduous. This pen is just large enough for her to stand in, and yet give the lamb a chance to get milk without being butted away. If the ewes all " claim," they are taken to a small corral that will hold about one day's drop, with good pasturage near. One day's drop on the start, with 2,500 ewes, will be 25 to 30 lambs, increasing to a maximum of 100 to 150 in the middle of the period. These small bunches of ewes and lambs are moved from one small corral to another to make way for different days' drop ; and after ten days they are merged into what is called a " lamb ; This band is added to daily as the lambs become strong, and, finally, when all the ewes have lambed, it becomes the main band.
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