. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. Chapter XII. PONIES, GOATS, SHEEP, ETC. There has been a great deal of talk of the difficulty in keeping- boys on the farm. One of the best ways to do it is to give them some stock of their own to raise and reap the profit from. I know of several boys who have trained young steers, starting with them when calves and developing them on to steady and sturdy. FAST FRIRNDS. oxen. It takes a manly boy to train a yoke of oxen, and he may well be pleased with


. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. Chapter XII. PONIES, GOATS, SHEEP, ETC. There has been a great deal of talk of the difficulty in keeping- boys on the farm. One of the best ways to do it is to give them some stock of their own to raise and reap the profit from. I know of several boys who have trained young steers, starting with them when calves and developing them on to steady and sturdy. FAST FRIRNDS. oxen. It takes a manly boy to train a yoke of oxen, and he may well be pleased with his success. A lamb makes a pleasant pet when it is little, but as it gets older it is apt to prove a nuisance. The temptation to tease a lamb is great, and ram lambs particularly are apt to develop butting traits which compel their owner to banish them back to the flock. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson


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