310 ARID AGRICULTURE. 



BANGING It is not intended to give a complete discus- 



sion of sheep ranging. The ranging of sheep is 

 a business in itself and does not fit into the farm 

 management of the average settler. Undoubt- 

 edly the modern method of growing sheep in the 

 West would be more profitable than depending 

 upon the open range for running large flocks. A 

 man who can fence his fields to shut out coyotes 

 and develop a home sheep business without run- 

 ning large flocks and hiring a herder, would un- 

 doubtedly find the business profitable. It would 

 be necessary to have enough range adjoining the 

 ranch to support the sheep during the spring and 

 summer when the fields were producing crops. 

 The man who would buy a western sheep ranch 

 and range and go into business on a large scale 

 should not do so without some personal experi- 

 ence or securing as an associate in the business a 

 man who has learned how. 



