Sheep management, breeds and judging; a textbook for the shepherd and student . ated, for they have hadmany years of experience in sheep husbandry andhave learned to appreciate the value of sheep onthe farm far more than do many people in Amer-ica. Some men in this country handle their sheepin a manner that is cruel and really inhuman. Thelate Prof. John A. Craig, a friend of the writer andwell known as one of the foremost authorities onsheep husbandry in America, while once watchingsheep shearers at a large plant in the West, waswitness to the cruelty of some of the brutal shear-ers toward th
Sheep management, breeds and judging; a textbook for the shepherd and student . ated, for they have hadmany years of experience in sheep husbandry andhave learned to appreciate the value of sheep onthe farm far more than do many people in Amer-ica. Some men in this country handle their sheepin a manner that is cruel and really inhuman. Thelate Prof. John A. Craig, a friend of the writer andwell known as one of the foremost authorities onsheep husbandry in America, while once watchingsheep shearers at a large plant in the West, waswitness to the cruelty of some of the brutal shear-ers toward the sheep. During a short time in theircareless and reckless haste they slashed open thebellies of three sheep so badly that their intestinesran out on the shearing floor and the sheep hadto be killed in order to relieve them of the terriblepain they were suffering. And yet we speak abouthumanity! (19) 20 Sheep Management. Breeds and Judging. The writer himself could mention many in-stances of such cruel and barbarous handling ofsheep that lie liimself has been witness to, but. Plati; K. (a) The wrong way to calch a sheep. (b) The right wayto calch it. ^ General Management of the Flock. 21 these things have been done and cannot be will be said here about the starvation ofso many poor sheep on the Western ranges dur-ing the winter months. Let us at least learn topick up those pieces of barb wire, broken fromfences, that lie across our lanes, so that sheep willnot daily get tangled, cut their legs, and pull outtheir wool. To get all the profit which is possibleout of sheep many such matters, which may seemlike trifles, must be attended to by the shepherd. CATCHING THE SHEEP. When the shepherd wishes to catch a sheep heshould grasp it at the proper place, namely, at theflank. The accompanying illustrations show thewrong and the right way to catch a sheep. Manyan ignorant flockowner catches and takes hold ofthe sheep by the wool, at any place he can get holdof best, i
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