THE 



NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



Vol. 18 December, 1922 No. 9 



Buster Brown, A Sheep — 100% American 



Charles Smith, 

 Big Trails, Wyoming 



"Buster" was born, out on the Wyoming range one cold bleak 

 day, in the early part of May in the year 1916. When he was six 

 days old his mother died from eating "poison-weed," as the vari- 

 ous poisonous plants are called. Deprived of his mother he be- 

 came a "bum," his only chance for food was to "bum" from other 

 lambs when their mothers were not looking. 



The herders tried to get him a "step-mother" by "jacketing 

 him;" which is done by placing the skin of a dead lamb over him, 

 but he was such a big husky lamb, that it was almost impossible 

 to keep these jackets on him, and the ewes would not own him, 

 tho he was put with three or four. He managed to exist for about 

 a month, then he was taken to the ranch where he was under 

 the care of the lady of the house, and he soon became a great pet; 

 he was affectionate and for a sheep very intelligent. 



He was given all the milk he would drink and all the oats he 

 wanted. He had the freedom of the place where he helped him- 

 self to grass and browse. 



When he was six months old he was a beautiful lamb, much 

 larger than the lambs that were with their mothers in the flock. 



He was put back in the herd where he soon made friends with 

 the herder and never failed to come to the door of the camp 

 wagon for his breakfast. The herder, when cooking his own break- 

 fast, would cook one extra pancake or two for Buster; he will 

 eat them quite hot and seems to like them best with a little syrup 

 on them, tho he doesn't like butter. He will eat almost anything 

 a person will eat except meats. In the first part of the war the 



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