. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . ng sheep should begin just as soon as thewool has grown to such a length that it may beworked upon with the hand shears. The old handshears, well sharpened and handled by a man whounderstands his work, will do the task satisfac-torily. Two or three trimmings will put the sheepin fine shape. For this purpose, we need a pailof water, a coarse stubble brush to roughen up thewool, and a finer brush with which the wool iswet and brought to the surface. A wet woolenrag is often useful in sponging off the wo
. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . ng sheep should begin just as soon as thewool has grown to such a length that it may beworked upon with the hand shears. The old handshears, well sharpened and handled by a man whounderstands his work, will do the task satisfac-torily. Two or three trimmings will put the sheepin fine shape. For this purpose, we need a pailof water, a coarse stubble brush to roughen up thewool, and a finer brush with which the wool iswet and brought to the surface. A wet woolenrag is often useful in sponging off the wool to makeit fluffy and to free it from dirt which dulls theshears. A halter is also required with which totie the sheep to a post or fence. Sheep will nat-urally stand more quietly than lambs. In trim-ming the animal begin on the top of its shoulder,working backward to the hips and tail. Try to getthe back straight. Now the rear end must betrimmed to correspond with the back^ and next theleft side from the shoulder back to the thigh. Theright side comes then, starting from the thigh for-.
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