Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . er, (whoieportrait is above given,) is sometimes called the Drovers or Tailless breed. Mr. Colmai:, in one of his Reports, says: For a week or more before the tryst, the roads leading to Falkink will be found crf)«rith suixessive droves of cattle and sheep, proceeding to this central point; and it is exUtJincly curious on the field to see with what skill and care the different parties and herdt•re kept together by themselves. lu
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . er, (whoieportrait is above given,) is sometimes called the Drovers or Tailless breed. Mr. Colmai:, in one of his Reports, says: For a week or more before the tryst, the roads leading to Falkink will be found crf)«rith suixessive droves of cattle and sheep, proceeding to this central point; and it is exUtJincly curious on the field to see with what skill and care the different parties and herdt•re kept together by themselves. lu this matter the shepherds are generally assisted b? ?VJ 1 2SS SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOOTH. their dogs, which appear eiidowed with a sagacity ahnost htimaii. and almost to itiiow evenindividual belongiiiij to their charge. They are sure, with ai inflexible perlJnacity, to brit|back a deserter to the flock. Mr T. C. Peters, (now of Buffalo, N. ) on his vetnrn from Euicj; e, a(vw years since, brouo^ht over a Drover and a Colley. His testimony toliieir extraordinary value will be found in the American Agriculturist, Tol,ji., j)age 76. Fig. 73. THE COLLEY. The Scotch Shekp-Dog or Colley.—The light, active, sagacious Colleyadmits of no superior—scarcely of an equal—where it is his businessmerely to manage his flock, and not to defend them from beasts largerthan himself. Mr. Hogg says that a single shepherd and his dog willaccomplish more in gathering a flock of sheep from a Highland farm thantwenty shepherds could do without dogs. Neither hunger, fatigue, norihe worst treatment will drive him from his masters side, and he willfollow him through every hardship without murmur or repining. The same well-known writer, in a letter in Blackwoods Magazine, giveaa most glowing description of the qualities of his Colley, Sirrah. Onenight a flock of lambs, under his care, frightened at something, madewhat we call in America a regular stampede, scattering over the hills inse
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