Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . Boxer, (whoseportrait is above given,) is sometimes called the Drovers or Tailless breed. Mr. Colmar, in one of his Reports, says: For a week or more before the tryst, the roads leading to Falkink will he found crowdedwith successive droves of cattle and sheep, proceeding to this central point; and it is extiemeiy curious on the field to see with what skill and care the different parties and herdtsre kept together by themselves. In t
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . Boxer, (whoseportrait is above given,) is sometimes called the Drovers or Tailless breed. Mr. Colmar, in one of his Reports, says: For a week or more before the tryst, the roads leading to Falkink will he found crowdedwith successive droves of cattle and sheep, proceeding to this central point; and it is extiemeiy curious on the field to see with what skill and care the different parties and herdtsre kept together by themselves. In this matter the shepherds are generally assisted bv * Vol. 1, », 515. 2S8 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. their Jogs, which npptnr endowed with a wifjacity almost human, and almoRt to know wvrjiiidiviiUial bflim^in?, to their charge. They are sure, with an inflexible , to brirgback a deserter to the flock. Mr T. C. Peters, (now of Btiflalo, N. ) on his icttirn from Europe, afew years siiire, broiicrht over a Drover and a CoUcy. His tt-stitnonv totheir extraordinary value will be found in llie Ameiican , j)ago 76. Fig. 73. THE COLLEY. The Scotch Sheep-Dogor Colley.—The light, active, sagacious CoUeyadmits of no superior—scarcely of an equal—where it is his businessmerely to manage liis 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, northe 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, givesa 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 in
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