. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Oxford Down Ram Photo J. T. Newman, Beikharepstead. ^;>- -^^^^ ■ ^^■m^^V^W^ii, ai>ni«wi»ra5gr^to«>»^:iife%^<iPr:^ --- A MoKMNd W \1 r,. Jockniann, Itrccht 172 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS Besides watching his sheep in the opencountry, the shepherd has to contend con-tinually against the scab and other ailments,filling as he does the triple office of mid-wife, physician, and surgeon. The recipe ofhis particular ointment for the scab is often afamily secret handed down from father to applies it at fixed times
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Oxford Down Ram Photo J. T. Newman, Beikharepstead. ^;>- -^^^^ ■ ^^■m^^V^W^ii, ai>ni«wi»ra5gr^to«>»^:iife%^<iPr:^ --- A MoKMNd W \1 r,. Jockniann, Itrccht 172 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS Besides watching his sheep in the opencountry, the shepherd has to contend con-tinually against the scab and other ailments,filling as he does the triple office of mid-wife, physician, and surgeon. The recipe ofhis particular ointment for the scab is often afamily secret handed down from father to applies it at fixed times and in a certainwajr. He parts the wool from the neck to the The shepherd is also the meteorologist ofthe village, and sometimes its seer; in fact, hepractices various sciences that border on themiraculous. For these many services he re-ceives a trifling salary, which is usually paidin kind. For instance, he may pasture acertain number of his own sheep; or he maykeep the whole flock for a certain numberof nights on his own arable land in order to
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