. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 164 THE BOOK OF THE FARM SPRING. Fig. THE SHEPHERD 3 CROOK. contented, an apron or a piece of cloth, hung on a stake or bush in the paddock, will keep them together. (1840.) A very common method practiced by shepherds of Leicester eheep, when they wish to catch a ewe to give a weakly twin lamb a suck, or to examine the state of her udder, is to stoop down and run in upon hei from behind and seize her by a hind leg. This is a safe enough m
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 164 THE BOOK OF THE FARM SPRING. Fig. THE SHEPHERD 3 CROOK. contented, an apron or a piece of cloth, hung on a stake or bush in the paddock, will keep them together. (1840.) A very common method practiced by shepherds of Leicester eheep, when they wish to catch a ewe to give a weakly twin lamb a suck, or to examine the state of her udder, is to stoop down and run in upon hei from behind and seize her by a hind leg. This is a safe enough mode of catching a sheep when dexterously done; but when it fails, that is, when the captor cannot keep himself out of view until he seizes the ewe, she will start and run oft', and alarm the other ewes beside her, and ev- ery alarm to a ewe, whether lambed or about to lamb, is injuiious, and at any rate cannot do any good. In these circumstances, a crook does the same thing more quietly and as securely. It consists of a round rod of iron, bent in the form shown in fig. 325, furnished at the point with a knob, that the animal may not be injured by a sharp point, and at the other end with a socket, which receives a long shaft of wood, 5 or 9 feet long, according to fancy. The hind-leo- is hooked in at a, from behind the sheep, and it fills up the narrower part beyond a, while passing along it until it reaches the loop, when the animal is caught by the hock, and when secured its foot easily slips through the loop. Some caution is required in using the crook, for should the sheep give a sudden start forward to get away, the moment it feels the crook, the leg will be drawn forci- bly throuo-h the narrow part, and strike the bone with 8uch violence against the bend of the loop as to cause the animal consid- erable pain, and even occasion lameness for some days. On first em- bracino- the leo-, the crook should be drawn quickly toward you, so as to brino- the bend of the loop against t
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