. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. THE GOAT. 379 old, or over 50 until t\yo weeks old. After then Dhere is coimparatively little trouble. Tibe nannies' sense of loca- tion is very keen and -many flock masters, -where they have a large number, make a practice of staking tihe kids. by sihort strings tied to pegs wliich are driven in the ground under the shade of a grove of trees. Many hun- dred are sometimes pegged out in way, each nanny knowing exactly where to go to find iher O'wn kid, an<l the string is kept on the same peg, but changed from one leg to
. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. THE GOAT. 379 old, or over 50 until t\yo weeks old. After then Dhere is coimparatively little trouble. Tibe nannies' sense of loca- tion is very keen and -many flock masters, -where they have a large number, make a practice of staking tihe kids. by sihort strings tied to pegs wliich are driven in the ground under the shade of a grove of trees. Many hun- dred are sometimes pegged out in way, each nanny knowing exactly where to go to find iher O'wn kid, an<l the string is kept on the same peg, but changed from one leg to another so ^as to avoid laming ithe kid. I do nat like this system because: 1st. Wihen it is once started you liave to keei^ it up longer than it is .good for tlae kid to be coinfined. 2d. In case of a cold storm it often results in miuch loss of kids. I prefer a system of small pens, putting a dif- ferent (Colored mark on the base of ithe nannies horns, to know^ which pen their kids are in, then cutting the nan-. nies into their respective pens through a chute and con- centrating these small pens into a larger one as the kids become old enough to go in larger numbers; and if nec- essary drafting some of the oldest of these off to a new range where the number requires it. Where it is necessaiy to keep the kids back in the pen, I bave found «the bridge slio^wn in the cut to be of great assistance, as the kids do not often venture on 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 Stewart, Henry. Chicago : American Sheep Breeder Press
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